Marquess of Downshire

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Marquess of Downshire is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1789 for Wills Hill, 1st Earl of Hillsborough, a former Secretary of State.

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Hills had already been created Viscount Kilwarlin and Earl of Hillsborough in the Peerage of Ireland in 1751, with remainder, in default of male issue of his own, to his uncle Arthur Hill (who was created Viscount Dungannon in 1765), Baron Harwich, of Harwich in the County of Essex, in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1756, and Viscount Fairford and Earl of Hillsborough in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1772. Lord Downshire was the eldest son of Trevor Hill, who had been created Baron Hill of Kilwarlin, in the County of Down, and Viscount Hillsborough in the Peerage of Ireland in 1717, with remainder, in default of male issue of his own, to the male issue of his father, Michael Hill. Trevor Hill was the brother of the aforementioned Arthur Hill, 1st Viscount Dungannon.