Hill was born in Wolverhampton, the son of Henry Hill, a banker, and his wife Anne Staveley. He was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham and Exeter College, Oxford. He was called to the bar by the Inner Temple in 1851 and joined the Oxford circuit, of which he became the leader. He also acquired a large practice at the parliamentary bar, which he had to relinquish upon entering the House of Commons. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1868.
Hill represented Coventry from 1868 to 1874, West Staffordshire from 1874 to 1885 and Kingswinford from 1885 to 1900. He also served as Judge Advocate of the Fleet.
He lived at Kensington and at Oxley Manor, Bushbury, Staffordshire, where he was a JP and Deputy Lieutenant of the county. In 1880 he and his wife funded a school and chapel at Bushbury.
During the years 1881-1884 Hill went on annual visits to western Canada and published an account of his travels, From Home to Home: Autumn Wanderings in the Northwest in the Years 1881-1884 (1885). The town of Stavely, Alberta was named after him.
He married Katherine Ponsonby and they had a son, Henry Staveley-Hill, who followed his father into law and politics. After Katherine died Hill married again, to Mary Frances Baird, daughter of Francis Baird of St Petersburg.
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Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Alexander Staveley Hill
Alexander Staveley Hill (1825-1905), Barrister and politician at the National Portrait Gallery
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