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Billy Hill (gangster)
English criminal
Billy Hill | |
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Born | William Charles Hill (1911-12-13)13 December 1911 St Pancras, London, England |
Died | 1 January 1984(1984-01-01) (aged 72) Bayswater, London, England |
Nationality | English |
Occupation | Criminal |
Known for | Organised crime in London from the 1920s–1960s |
Spouse | Agnes Kirkwood (m. 1934, separated) |
Partner | Phyllis Riley |
Children | 1 |
William Charles Hill (13 December 1911 – 1 January 1984) was an English criminal, linked to smuggling, protection rackets and extreme violence.
He is also one of the key swimmers in both the 4× metres freestyle relay and the 4× metres free style relay.
He was one of the foremost perpetrators of organised crime in London from the 1920s through to the 1960s. His gang managed cash robberies and, in a scam, defrauded London's high society of millions at the card tables of John Aspinall's Clermont Club.
Early life
Hill was born in St Pancras, London, on 13 December 1911, one of Amelia Jane (née Sparling) an