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Hillyer may refer to:
- Charles Hillyer Brand (1861–1933), American politician, businessman, jurist and lawyer
- Charles T. Hillyer, 19th century politician and soldier from Connecticut
- Conway Hillyer Arnold, USN, a rear admiral of the United States Navy in command of the Third Squadron of the Atlantic Fleet in 1910
- Edgar Winters Hillyer (1830–1882), United States federal judge
- Enrico Hillyer Giglioli (1845–1909), Italian zoologist and anthropologist
- George Hillyer (1835–1927), American politician, 29th Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, and a state assemblyman and senator
- Jim Hillyer (coach), the 11th head college football coach for the Prairie View A&M University Panthers in Prairie View, Texas
- Jim Hillyer (politician), Canadian politician
- Junius Hillyer (1807–1886), American politician and lawyer
- Lambert Hillyer (1889–1969), American film director and screenwriter
- Lonnie Hillyer (1940–1985), American jazz trumpeter
- Quin Hillyer (born 1964), American newspaper columnist and writer
- Raphael Hillyer (1914–2010), American viola soloist, teacher
- Robert Hillyer (1895–1961), American poet
- William Hillyer (1813–1861), prominent cricketer for Kent County Cricket Club
Usage examples of "hillyer".
Next morning a score of us went with Hillyer, out of friendship, and helped him bury his late relative, the unlamented Buckner, and I acted as first assistant pall-bearer, Hillyer acting as chief.
We all went to our cabin, and the boys cooked him the best dinner the camp could furnish the materials for, and while they were about it Hillyer and I outfitted him from hat to shoe-leather with new clothes of ours, and made a comely and presentable old gentleman of him.
This function had been appointed to take place in the house of Lieutenant Hillyer, the third attache mentioned in the above list.
He twirled a knob, sending a bright blip representing Major Savage with the artillery racing diagonally from Astoria to Hillyer Gap, while the main force of the regiment continued up the Columbia, then turned east to the mountains, covering two legs of a triangle.
Main Street jogs at the corner just past my windows, following the hills, and Hillyer Avenue, a wide through-street, curves into and joins Main at that corner.
They used to set up a band stand here, blocking off Hillyer Avenue, for street dances or carnivals.
It took a minute or so, too, to realize this: a gradual movement of people had been going on, from both directions on Main Street, to the semi public square formed by the intersection of Hillyer and Main.
The car backed out, drove ahead a dozen yards, then swung slowly left into Hillyer Avenue, and I knew they were headed for the police station.
Beauchamp got into the back seat, and the car backed, then pulled ahead, turned left into Hillyer Avenue, and disappeared from sight.
Then the group walked away -- toward Hillyer Avenue -- and I watched till they turned the corner and disappeared.
Sir George Hillyer near him with two thousand a year, a busy, happy man, than to have him living in England without control, amongst all his old temptations.
He twirled a knob, sending a bright blip representing Major Savage with the artillery racing diagonally from Astoria to Hillyer Gap while the main force of the Regiment continued up the Columbia, then turned east to the mountains, covering two legs of a triangle.
Special thanks also to Ben Hillyer for his wonderful photograph of the Turning Angel.
Next morning a score of us went with Hillyer, out of friendship, and helped him bury his late relative, the unlamented Buckner, and I acted as first assistant pall-bearer, Hillyer acting as chief.
I am cabining with a young fellow named "Sammy" Hillyer, about twenty-five, the only son of his mother--like me--and loves her dearly, and writes to her every week--part of which is like me.