Stephen John Hill

Sir Stephen John Hill KCMG CB
Hill in 1870
Governor of the Gold Coast
In office 1851–1854
Preceded by	James Bannerman
Succeeded by	Henry Connor
Governor of Sierra Leone
In office 1854–1863
Preceded by	Sir Arthur Kennedy
Succeeded by	Robert Dougan
Governor of Antigua
In office 1863–1869
Preceded by	Ker Baillie-Hamilton
Succeeded by	Sir Benjamin Pine
Governor of Newfoundland
In office 1869–1876
Preceded by	Sir Anthony Musgrave
Succeeded by	Sir John Glover
Personal details
Born	(1809-06-10)10 June 1809 West Indies
Died	20 October 1891(1891-10-20) (aged 82) London, England

Viceregal styles of Sir Stephen John Hill
Reference style	His Excellency
Spoken style	Your Excellency

Sir Stephen John Hill, KCMG CB, (10 June 1809 – 20 October 1891) was a governor of, in turn, four British colonial possessions.

Born in the West Indies, Hill began his colonial service in Africa, becoming governor of the Gold Coast (modern Ghana) in 1851. In 1854 he became governor of Sierra Leone. From 1860 through 1861 he was made governor of Sierra Leone for a second time. Then in 1863 he was appointed governor of the Leeward Islands and Antigua. In 1869 Hill became governor of Newfoundland, continuing in that position until 1876. He provided valuable guidance to the colony during the period following their rejection of participation in Canadian Confederation. Hill took up residency in Anguilla in November 1885 and left in February 1888.

Hill died in 1891 in London, England.

See also

• Governors of Newfoundland
• List of people of Newfoundland and Labrador
• List of colonial governors of Sierra Leone

External links

• Biography at Government House The Governorship of Newfoundland and Labrador
• "Stephen John Hill". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.