Sir Rowland Hill of Soulton (c. 1495–1561), styled "The First Protestant Lord Mayor of London", was a privy councillor, statesman, scholar, merchant and patron of art and philanthropist active through the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I.
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1495 Hodnet, Shropshire
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1561 (aged 65) London
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