Field Marshal Sir Richard Amyatt Hull was the last Chief of the Imperial General Staff (1961–1964) and the first Chief of the General Staff (1964–1965), and as such the professional head of the British Army.

Richard Hull of Leith Hill Place built Prospect House, later known as Leith Hill Tower, on the top of Leith Hill in 1765 or 1766, with the intention of raising the hill above 1,000 feet. When he died in 1772, at his request he was buried under the tower, upside down as he believed that at Judgement Day the world would be turned at its head.