Mary Hill, Countess of Hillsborough

Who was Mary Hill, Countess of Hillsborough?

Mary Hill, Countess of Hillsborough was a British peeress, a daughter of the Edward Stawell, 4th Baron Stawell.

On 11 September 1750, she married Henry Bilson-Legge and they later had a son, Henry. Upon the death of her father in 1755, she inherited her father's estate but not his title, but was later created Baroness Stawell, of Somerton in the County of Somerset, in 1760, in her own right.

Her husband died in 1764 and in 1768 she married the 1st Earl of Hillsborough and became Countess of Hillsborough. Her second husband was created Marquess of Downshire after her death.