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Viscount Dillon, of
Costello-
Gallen in the
County of Mayo, is a title in the
Peerage of Ireland
The Peerage of Ireland consists of those titles of nobility created by the English monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland, or later by monarchs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It is one of the five divisi ...
. It was created in 1622 for
Theobald Dillon,
Lord President of Connaught
The Lord President of Connaught was a military leader with wide-ranging powers, reaching into the civil sphere, in the English government of Connaught in Ireland, in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The office was created in 1569, and in 1 ...
. The Dillons were a
Hiberno-Norman
From the 12th century onwards, a group of Normans invaded and settled in Gaelic Ireland. These settlers later became known as Norman Irish or Hiberno-Normans. They originated mainly among Cambro-Norman families in Wales and Anglo-Normans from ...
landlord family from the 13th century in a part of County
Westmeath
"Noble above nobility"
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, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Ireland
, subdivision_type1 = Province
, subdivision_name1 =
, subdivis ...
called 'Dillon's Country'. His great-grandson, the seventh Viscount, was a supporter of the Catholic
King James II of England
James VII and II (14 October 1633 16 September 1701) was King of England and King of Ireland as James II, and King of Scotland as James VII from the death of his elder brother, Charles II, on 6 February 1685. He was deposed in the Glorious Re ...
and was outlawed after the
Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution; gd, Rèabhlaid Ghlòrmhor; cy, Chwyldro Gogoneddus , also known as the ''Glorieuze Overtocht'' or ''Glorious Crossing'' in the Netherlands, is the sequence of events leading to the deposition of King James II and ...
. He founded '
Dillon's Regiment
Dillon's Regiment ( French: ''Régiment de Dillon'') was first raised in Ireland in 1688 by Theobald, 7th Viscount Dillon, for the Jacobite side in the Williamite War. He was then killed at the Battle of Aughrim in 1691.
Williamite War
Dillon' ...
' of the
Irish Brigade in the French Army, which was supported by the
Wild Geese and achieved success at
Fontenoy in 1745.
However, his son Henry, the eighth Viscount, managed to obtain a reversal of the outlawry in 1694 and later served as
Lord Lieutenant of County Roscommon
This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of County Roscommon.
There were lieutenants of counties in Ireland until the reign of James II, when they were renamed governors. The office of Lord Lieutenant was recreated on 23 August 1 ...
. His younger brother,
Lieutenant-General Arthur Dillon, was given the
French title of ''Count Dillon'' in 1711 and was also created "Viscount Dillon" and "Earl of Dillon" by
James Francis Edward Stuart
James Francis Edward Stuart (10 June 16881 January 1766), nicknamed the Old Pretender by Whigs, was the son of King James II and VII of England, Scotland and Ireland, and his second wife, Mary of Modena. He was Prince of Wales from ...
, the
Jacobite claimant to the throne. His son Henry, the eleventh Viscount, was a Colonel in the
French Army
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, but Dillon's Regiment was disbanded in 1793 due to the turmoils of the
French Revolution
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. His son Charles, the twelfth Viscount, notably represented
Westbury in Parliament and conformed to
Anglican
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...
ism in 1767. His son Henry Augustus, the thirteenth Viscount, sat as a
Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...
for
Harwich
Harwich is a town in Essex, England, and one of the Haven ports on the North Sea coast. It is in the Tendring district. Nearby places include Felixstowe to the north-east, Ipswich to the north-west, Colchester to the south-west and Clacton-on- ...
and
County Mayo
County Mayo (; ga, Contae Mhaigh Eo, meaning "Plain of the Taxus baccata, yew trees") is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. In the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Conn ...
. His great-grandson, the nineteenth Viscount, was a
Brigadier
Brigadier is a military rank, the seniority of which depends on the country. In some countries, it is a senior rank above colonel, equivalent to a brigadier general or commodore, typically commanding a brigade of several thousand soldiers. In ...
in the Army. the title is held by the latter's great-grandson, the twenty-second Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1982.
Viscounts Dillon (1622)
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Theobald Dillon, 1st Viscount Dillon
Theobald Dillon, 1st Viscount Dillon (died 1624), was an Irish military commander and adventurer. He held extensive lands in eastern Connacht and north-western Leinster, some acquired by sharp practices. He was a loyal supporter of Elizabeth I o ...
(died 1624)
*Lucas Dillon, 2nd Viscount Dillon (1610–1629)
*Theobald Dillon, 3rd Viscount Dillon (1629–1630)
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Thomas Dillon, 4th Viscount Dillon
Thomas Dillon, 4th Viscount Dillon PC (Ire) (1615–1673) held his title for 42 years that saw Strafford's administration, the Irish Rebellion of 1641, the Irish Confederate Wars and the Cromwellian Conquest of Ireland. He was a royalist and s ...
(1615–1672)
*Thomas Dillon, 5th Viscount Dillon (died 1674)
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Lucas Dillon, 6th Viscount Dillon
Lucas Dillon, 6th Viscount Dillon (died 1682) was an Irish peer who obtained favours from King Charles II.
Birth and origins
Lucas was born in Ireland as the eldest son of Theobald Dillon and his wife Sarah Bourke. His father was the third s ...
(died 1682)
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Theobald Dillon, 7th Viscount Dillon
Theobald Dillon, 7th Viscount Dillon of Costello-Gallin (died 1691) supported James II of England, King James II, was Attainder, attainted on 11 May 1691, and fell in the Battle of Aughrim during the Williamite War. His attainder was rever ...
(died 1691)
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Henry Dillon, 8th Viscount Dillon
Henry Dillon, 8th Viscount Dillon (died 1714) was an Irish soldier and politician. In 1689 he sat in the Patriot Parliament. He fought for the Jacobites during the Wiiliamite War, defending Galway against Ginkel and surrendering it in 1691 ...
(died 1713)
*Richard Dillon, 9th Viscount Dillon (1688–1737)
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Charles Dillon, 10th Viscount Dillon
Charles Dillon, 10th Viscount Dillon (1701–1741) fought in the War of the Polish Succession for France under Berwick as colonel-proprietor of Dillon's Regiment at the Siege of Kehl in 1733 and the Siege of Philippsburg in 1734. After the a ...
(1701–1741)
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Henry Dillon, 11th Viscount Dillon
Henry Dillon, 11th Viscount Dillon (1705–1787) was an Irish peer and a soldier in French service. He was the colonel proprietor of Dillon's Regiment, an Irish regiment of foot in French service, in 1741–1744 and again in 1747–1767. In th ...
(1705–1787)
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Charles Dillon, 12th Viscount Dillon (1745–1813)
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Henry Augustus Dillon, 13th Viscount Dillon (1777–1832)
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Charles Henry Dillon, 14th Viscount Dillon (1810–1865)
*Theobald Dominick Geoffrey Dillon, 15th Viscount Dillon (1811–1879)
*Arthur Edmund Denis Dillon, 16th Viscount Dillon (1812–1892)
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Harold Arthur Dillon, 17th Viscount Dillon (1844–1932)
*Arthur Henry Dillon, 18th Viscount Dillon (1875–1934)
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Eric FitzGerald Dillon, 19th Viscount Dillon (1881–1946)
*Michael Eric Dillon, 20th Viscount Dillon (1911–1979)
*Charles Henry Robert Dillon, 21st Viscount Dillon (1945–1982)
*Henry Benedict Charles Dillon, 22nd Viscount Dillon (b. 1973)
The
heir apparent
An heir apparent, often shortened to heir, is a person who is first in an order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person; a person who is first in the order of succession but can be displaced by the b ...
is the present holder’s son, Hon. Francis Charles Robert Dillon (b. 2013)
See also
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Earl of Roscommon
Earl of Roscommon was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 5 August 1622 for James Dillon, 1st Baron Dillon. He had already been created Baron Dillon on 24 January 1619, also in the Peerage of Ireland. The fourth Earl was a court ...
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Baron Clonbrock
Baron Clonbrock, of Clonbrock in the County of Galway, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 3 June 1790 for Robert Dillon, who had earlier represented Lanesborough in the Irish House of Commons. His grandson, the third Baro ...
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Peerage of France
The Peerage of France (french: Pairie de France) was a hereditary distinction within the French nobility which appeared in 1180 in the Middle Ages.
The prestigious title and position of Peer of France (french: Pair de France, links=no) was ...
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Jacobite Peerage
Notes
References
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*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
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Viscountcies in the Peerage of Ireland
Viscountcies in the Jacobite peerage
Noble titles created in 1622