Theobald Dillon, 7th Viscount Dillon of Costello-Gallin (died 1691) supported

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, was

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on 11 May 1691, and fell in the

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during the

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. His attainder was reversed in favour of the 8th Viscount on 20 June 1694.

Birth and origins

Theobald was probably born at Loughglynn, his parents' habitual residence. He was a son of Robert Dillon and his wife Rose Dillon. His father, Captain Robert Dillon of Loughglynn, was a member of the landed gentry. He was son and heir of

Lucas Dillon of Loughglynn Sir Lucas Dillon of Loughglynn (1579–1656) was in 1628 one of the negotiators of the Graces; he was MP for Roscommon in the two Irish Parliaments of Charles I. At the Irish Rebellion of 1641 he sided with the rebels and joined the Irish Cath ...

, who had been the second son of

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 ...

. At the time of Theobald's birth, the Dillons of Loughglynn were a cadet branch of the

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. Theobald's mother was a daughter of John Dillon of Streamstown. Theobald appears as the elder of two brothers: #Theobald (died 1691) #Lucas, died unmarried His sisters were: #Alice or Elizabeth, married James Ferrall #Jane, married Lally #Mary, married a Dillon of Sinogweny

Marriage and children

Theobald Dillon married Mary, daughter of Sir Henry Talbot of

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, Co. Dublin, and of Mount Talbot in County Roscommon, a brother-in-law of

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. Theobald and Mary mainly lived at Kilmore,

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. Theobald and Mary had six sons: #Robert, predeceased his father and died unmarried #

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(died 1714), became the 8th Viscount Dillon #

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(1670–1733), became a general in French service #Christopher, captain in the Dillon regiment, died unmarried #James, in the Dillon regiment, died unmarried #Lucas, in the Dillon regiment, died unmarried —and two daughters: #Jane, married Sir John Burke, Baronet of Mitford #Bridget

Later life

In the 1680s Dillon was lieutenant-colonel in Clanricarde's Regiment of Guards of the Irish Army. In 1683 Lucas Dillon, 6th Viscount Dillon, died childless at Kilfaughny,

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, despite having married twice. He was the last of the senior branch descended from Christopher Dillon of Ballylaghan. Theobald, his second cousin, was the next heir male of the 1st Viscount. Theobald inherited the title and the estate, becoming the 7th Viscount Dillon. In 1688 Lord Dillon, as he now was, raised two regiments of foot for James II, one commanded by his eldest son, Henry Dillon, the other by his second son, Arthur Dillon. Both fought in the

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, but the second, Arthur Dillon's was sent to France with the Irish Brigade in April 1690 in exchange against the Lauzon's French Expeditionary Force. Lord Dillon was a

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member in the

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of the

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of 1689. On 11 May 1691 he was attainted.

Death, succession, and timeline

Lord Dillon fell at the

on 12 July 1691. His widow was killed accidentally by the explosion of a bomb during the Siege of Limerick on 7 September 1691. As he had been attainted, his title and his lands were forfeit. However, in 1694 his son Henry managed to obtain a reversal of the

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and succeeded to title and lands.

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* * * – Dacre to Dysart (for Dillon) * * – (for timeline) * * – Viscounts (for Dillon) {{DEFAULTSORT:Dillon, Theobald Dillon, 7th Viscount Dillon 1691 deaths 17th-century Irish people Irish soldiers in the army of James II of England Irish soldiers in the French Army Members of the Irish House of Lords Theobald 07 Year of birth missing