About the Author. George Arundel HILL (1796 ­1861) was the son of Arundel Hill and Catherine Bold, of Limerick, Ireland. As a very young man he served under the Duke of Wellington at Waterloo, being an officer of the 2nd Battalion, 65th Regiment.
Emigrating to Canada in 1831, he was the author of "A Guide for Emigrants from the British Shores to the Woods of Canada." He was also an author of numerous tracts, poems and prose for the Coborg Star. He was a clerk and treasurer for the township of Dummer for several years, and the first Warden of the United Counties of Victoria and Peterborough. From 1851-61 he was clerk of the Townships of Dummer and Burleigh. For seven years he was superintendent of schools.
His wife was Hannah, and their children were Arundel, Emily, Bold, Elizabeth, Hannah, Kate and Hopton.