Alexander Hill

From Northern Mine Research Society: Obituary

• Educated at St. Andrew's and Glasgow Universities
• Worked at the offices of the Professor W.J.M. Rankin, and in Scottish coal mines.
• He then entered the laboratory of the Tharsis Sulphur and Copper Company in Glasgow.
• 1875 appointed as metallurgical superintendent of the Rio Tinto Mines in Spain; in charge of the cementation and reduction works; designed and superintended the construction of extensive plant.
• 1881 in charge of silver mines and reduction works in Mexico.
• 1883 in Portugal he was engaged in developing and managing several copper mines.
• 1890 practised as a consulting mining engineer in association with Mr. W. Ferdinand and Mr. G.D. Delprat.
• 1895 went to California for Messrs. Matheson & Co., and acted as general manager of the Mountain Copper Co.
• 1897 in England as a consulting mining engineer.
• 1902 elected a Member of the Institution of Mining Engineers
• 1903 he entered into partnership with Mr. C.H. Stewart, A.R.S.M., as Alexander Hill & Stewart
• 1909 Member of the Council of the I.M.E in March.
• 1912 24 April (aged 56) at his residence in Northwood after a period of ill-health extending over two years.
• Probate 6 July 1912: £4988 6s 6d

From Geni: 1855 07 08 Alexander Hill Birth.jpg

• Sunday, 8 July 1855 at 03:20
• Birth of Alexander Hill, male, at [Woodbank Cottage, Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire 55.932755, -4.687213]
• Son of Laurence Hill, Shipbuilder, aged 39 [born about 1816]; birthplace Dalbeth Lodge[?] Ward, Lanarkshire, and Catherine Hill, Maiden surname: Wardrop; born in India - her third child; married in Langside; issue: 1 boy and 1 girl living
• Informant Laurence Hill, father
• Registered 27 July 1855 at Port Glasgow by William Smith, Registrar, in the Burgh of Port Glasgow in the County of Renfrew

From PDF FORMAT Watt Library index of family history notices

Birth Hill 1855 A son to Mr. & Mrs. Laurence Hill, born at Wood Bank, Port Glasgow on Sunday, 8 July 1855 (Greenock Advertiser Friday, 13 July 1855)

From Freecen 1861 Scotland Census

7 April 1861 Census for residents of The Knowe, now 15 Shankland Grove, Greenock, Renfrewshire PA15 2PE 55.93639, -4.71194; House with 14 rooms

• Lawrence Hill, head, married, male, aged 44 [born about 18] in Dalbeth, Lanarkshire; Shipbuilder, Employing 100 men 15 boys
• Catherine Hill, wife, married, female, aged 31 [born about 18] in Madras, Overseas British; Enumerated as Scholar [?]
• Alexander Hill, son, single, male, aged 5 [born about 18] in Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire; Scholar
• 4 siblings, 1 visitor, 3 servants

From MyHeritage: Laurence Hill: 1881 Scotland Census (transcription only)

3 April 1881 Census for residents of The Knowe, Bogston Road, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland

• Laurence Hill, head, married, male, aged 64 [born about 1817], in Dalbeth, Lanarkshire; Civil Engineer
• Catherine Hill, wife, married, female, aged 51 [born about 1830], in India
• Alexander Hill, son, single, male, aged 25 [born about 1856], in Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire; Miner's Engineer
• 6 siblings, 2 servants

From Ancestry: Church of England Marriages and Banns 1754-1938

• name: Alexander Hill, of [13 Woburn Place, Bloomsbury, London WC1H 0LS 51.5236857, -0.1263945], of this parish
• spouse: Mary Margaret Raine Carr, of [4 Woburn Place, Bloomsbury, London WC1H 0LS 51.5236888, -0.1264152], of this parish
• record type: Marriage Banns
• marriage banns dates: Sunday, 7 April 1889 by H.S.S., Sunday, 14 April 1889 by H.G.L.N., 21 April 1889 by H.S.S.
• marriage banns place: Saint George, Bloomsbury, Bloomsbury Way, London, England
• married: Wednesday, 24 April 1889
• register type: Parish Register
• notice type: Marriage Banns
• collection: 1623

From Ancestry: London England Church of England Marriages and Banns 1754-1938

• Marriage: Wednesday, 24 April 1889
• Alexander Hill, aged 33 [born about 1856], bachelor, mining engineer, of 13 Woburn Place
• son of Lawrence Hill, civil engineer
• Mary Margaret Raine Carr, aged 31 [born about 1858], spinster, of 4 Woburn Place
• daughter of Mark William Carr, deceased, civil engineer
• married at: St George, Bloomsbury Way, Bloomsbury, London, after banns according to the forms of the Established Church
• ceremony by: A. J. Bennoch, vicar of St Lukes, Woodside
• witnesses: Mary Carr, Laurence H. Wilson, F. Bennoch, Elizabeth M. Carr

From FreeBMD - Registration of marriage of Mary Margaret R. Carr in 1889 and FreeBMD - Registration of marriage of Alexander Hill in 1889

• April to June 1889: Registration of marriage of Alexander Hill; in St. Giles, London (Volume 1b, Page 872)
• April to June 1889: Registration of marriage of Mary Margaret R. Carr; in St. Giles, London (Volume 1b, Page 872)

From Alexander Hill married Mary Margaret Raine Carr - The Newcastle Weekly Courant, Saturday, 11 May 1889 Page 4 - Newspapers.com

Marriage: St George's, Bloomsbury Way, Bloomsbury, London WC1A 2SA 51.5175639, -0.1246611, on 24 April 1889 [ult.], by the Rev. A. J. Bennoch, M.A., Vicar of Woodside, Alexander Hill, of Lisbon, eldest son of Laurence Hill, Esq., C.E., of Glasgow, to Mary Margaret Raine Carr, elder daughter of the late Mark William Carr, Esq., M.Inst.C.E., of 4 Woburn Place, Russell Square, London

NOTE: Geni: Reverend Archibald James Bennoch, M.A is Francis Bennoch's brother's son.

From South Wales Daily News Saturday, 5 December 1896 Advertising

The Mountain Copper Company Limited

... Issue of 166674 shares of £5 each ...

Resident engineer and manager - Alexander Hill, Esq., Keswick, California.

Abridged Prospectus

1. This Company is formed for the purpose of acquiring and working on an extended scale the well-known and remarkably rich copper mines belonging to The Mountain Mines, Limited, situated at Iron Mountain, Shasta County, in the State of California, the smelting works connected therewith, and other extensive property, as well as the entire interest in the railway to the mines and also the refining work in the neighbourhood of New York owned by the New Jersey Metal Refining Works, Limited. ...

4. ... The quantity of ore contained in this body of Sulphide is estimated by Mr Hill at little less than 1,500,000 (1,338,183) tons, and in my opinion this estimate is safe and trustworthy." . . . "I think it reasonably certain that the larger portion, probably three-fourths of the ore now developed contains on an average more than 7.5% per cent. of copper, and that the remainder carries from 2 to 4 per cent. copper." ...

7. The Mines have been most ably opened up by Mr Alexander Hill, the Engineer and Resident Manager of the Company, who has had great mining and engineering experience in various parts of the world, and has displayed conspicuous energy and ability in the business generally.

London 3 December 1896

From The Western Mail Monday, 12 June 1899 Advertising

Ray Copper Mines, Limited of Arizona ...

Directors: ... James H. Edwards, Shipbuilder, High Docks, South Shields, Director of the Globe Minerals Exploration Company Limited.

Consulting Engineer: Alexander Hill, A.M.I.C.E., M.E., F.C.S., etc., 11 and 12 Clement's Lane, E.C. ...

Reports On Mines.

Reports on the Properties have been made by the following gentlemen:

Mr Alexander Hill. A.M.I.C.E., M.E., F.C.S., etc., late General Manager of the Mountain Copper Company (Limited), and now the Consulting Engineer of the Globe Minerals Exploration Company (Limited). Mr. Hill was employed to report upon and develop the Mountain Copper Company's mines in California, and it was on his advice that that property was taken up. In the Prospectus of the Mountain Copper Company (Limited), Mr. Hill was referred to in the following terms:

"The Mines have been most ably opened up by Mr. Alexander Hill, the Engineer and Resident Manager of the Company, who has had great Mining and Engineering experience in various parts of the world, and has displayed conspicuous energy and ability in the business generally." ...

Directors' Anticipation of Dividends.

From the statements set forth in the reports referred to, the Directors feel confident that so soon as the additional plant recommended by Mr. Hill is erected, the Profit Will be sufficient to provide a dividend on the whole Share Capital of the Company of not less than 25 per cent per annum, taking copper at the average price of the last twelve years, say £50 per ton.

Report of Mr. Alexander Hill:

Short Report of Mr. Alexander Hill, referring to his more detailed Report: —

London 2 May 1899. To the Directors of the Globe Minerals Exploration Company (Limited). ...

The following Contracts have been entered into:

• 19 March 1898: - Albert Steinfeld and Alexander Hill.
• 9 July 1898: - Alexander Hill and Globe Minerals Exploration Company (Limited).
• 10 March 1899.- Albert Steinfeld and Alexander Hill.
• 5 April 1899: - Same parties. Same date same parties as to changes in names of properties.
• 3 April 1899:- J. C. Hopkins and Murray Innes and Alexander Hill.
• 27 March 1899:- C, E. Taylor and Alexander Hill.
• 6 May 1899: - Same parties. Same date - Same parties, extension of option.
• 11 March 1899: — F. E. Wilson. Declaration of Trust.
• 2 June 1899: - Globe Minerals Exploration Company (Limited) of the first part. Alexander Hill of the second part, and Edmund Woodroffe, as Trustee for this Company, of the third part.

Two of the Directors of the Globe Minerals Exploration Company (Limited) are Directors of this Company, and with Mr. Alexander Hill, as Shareholders in the former Company, are interested in the promotion of this company.

London, E.C., 8 June 1899

From findmypast 19010331 census Alexander Hill 45 Mary M R 43 Lawrence C 10 Mary K C 8 Mark C 6 Nina M C 5 Cuthbert A 3 at Merrylee Green Lane Northwood Middlesex

31 March 1901 Census for residents of [Merrylee, location?] Green Lane, Northwood, London HA6 1AB 51.611432, -0.4236858

• Alexander Hill, head, married, male aged 45 [born about 1856] in Scotland; Mining Engineer, C.E.
• Mary M R Hill, wife, married, female aged 43 [born about 1858] in Hereford, Herefordshire
• Lawrence C Hill, son, single, male aged 10 [born about 1891] in Portugal
• Mary K C Hill, daughter, female aged 8 [born about 1893] in Colston Bassett, Nottinghamshire
• Mark C Hill, son, male aged 6 [born about 1895] in Spain
• Nina M C Hill, daughter, female aged 5 [born about 1896] in London, Middlesex
• Cuthbert A Hill, son, male aged 3 [born about 1898] in Scotland
• Maud Tracey, servant, female aged 35 [born about 1866] in Ipswich, Suffolk; Nursery Governess
• Matilda Edgar, servant, female aged 25 [born about 1876] in Shotley Bridge, County Durham; Cook (Domestic)
• Sarah J Judd, servant, female aged 23 [born about 1878] in Norfolk; Housemaid (Domestic)

From Geni: 1911 Census Alexander and Mary Hill.jpg

2 April 1911 Census for residents of Merrylee, Northwood, Middlesex, England; House with 11 rooms

• Alexander Hill, head, married for 21 years [about 1890], 5 children still living, male, aged 55 [born about 1856], in Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Resident; Consulting Mining Engineer
• Mary Margaret Hill, wife, married for 21 years [about 1890], 5 children still living, female, aged 53 [born about 1858], in Hereford, Herefordshire
• Mary Katherine Hill, daughter, single, female, aged 18 [born about 1893], in Colston Bassett, Nottinghamshire; Student part time
• Nina Margaret Hill, daughter, single, female, aged 15 [born about 1896], in West Hampstead, London; School
• Annie Ronson, servant, single, female, aged 26 [born about 1885], in Holm Eden, Cumberland; Cook Domestic
• Edith Read, servant, single, female, aged 19 [born about 1892], in Newton Longville, Buckinghamshire; Housemaid Domestic

From FreeBMD - Registration of death of Alexander Hill in 1912

April to June 1912: Registration of death of Alexander Hill; aged 56 [born about 1856]; in Uxbridge, London (Volume 3a, Page 40)

From Ancestry 1912 04 27 Alexander Hill Burial.jpg

• 27 April 1912: burial of Alexander Hill aged 56 [born about 1856]
• Buried at [Holy Trinity Church, Gateway Close, Northwood, London HA6 2RP 51.6147468, -0.4374247]
• Ceremony by Edward B. Backhouse
• Note: Brick grave with the right to a ground interment [Grave of Alexander Hill and Mary Hill née Carr 51.614583, -0.438000]

From Ancestry 19120706 probate Alexander Hill Merrylee Northwood Middlesex d 19120424 pr London Mary Margaret Raine Hill widow £4988

6 July 1912 probate of Alexander Hill of Merrylee, Northwood, Middlesex, who died 24 April 1912, probate granted at London on 6 July 1912 to Mary Margaret Raine Hill, widow. Effects £4988 6s. 6d.

From Ancestry 19120830 probate Alexander Hill of Merrylee Northwood and 13 Woburn Place died 19120424 cert Edinburgh London 19120706 to Mary Margaret Raine Hill £6884 60558

6 July 1917 probate resworn of Alexander Hill, of Merrylee, Northwood, Middlesex, formerly of 13 Woburn Place, Middlesex, who died 24 April 1912, at Merrylee, aforesaid, testate. Certificate endorsed by Commissary Clerk of Edinburgh, 30 August 1912, on Probate of the Will, granted at London, on 6 July 1917, to Mary Margaret Raine Hill, the relict, the sole Executrix. Value of Estate resworn, £6884 7s. 4d.