Sir Robert Dillington, 2nd Baronet (c. 1634 – 25 April 1687) was an English politician who sat in the

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at various times between 1659 and 1685. Dillington was the son of Robert Dillington of Mottistone and grandson of Sir Robert Dillington, 1st Baronet. He matriculated at

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on 9 December 1653 and was of

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in 1654. In 1659, Dillington was elected Member of Parliament for

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in the

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.History of Parliament Online - Dillington, Robert
/ref> He was elected MP for Newport in the Convention Parliament in 1660. In 1664, when his grandfather died, he succeeded to the

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and to the

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estate on the

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.'Parishes: Mottistone', A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 5 (1912), pp. 251-253. Date accessed: 25 March 2011
/ref> He was elected MP for Newport again in 1670 in the

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and sat until 1685. Dillington died at the age of 52. He had married twice, firstly Jane, the daughter of John Freke of Cerne Abbey, Dorset with whom he had several children, of whom only 2 sons and 1 daughter survived and secondly Anne, the daughter and coheiress of William Webb, a London grocer and Alderman, with whom he had a further son and 2 daughters. Dillington's three sons, Robert, John, and Tristram, succeeded him in turn to the baronetcy.

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