Dillon Baronets

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The Dillon Baronetcy of Lismullen, County Donegal, created in 1801, is an extinct Baronetcy in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

The baronets also held the title of Baron Dillon of the Holy Roman Empire, which was granted by Imperial Letters Patent of the Emperor Joseph II dated 4 July 1783. [1]. The ancestral motto is Whilst I breathe I hope.[2]

[edit] Dillon Baronets (1801)

  • Sir John Dillon, 1st Baronet (1739-1805)
  • Sir Charles Drake Dillon, 2nd Baronet (died 1840)
  • Sir Arthur Richard Dillon, 3rd Baronet (died 1845)
  • Sir William Dillon, 4th Baronet (1774-1851)
  • Sir Arthur Henry Dillon, 5th Baronet (1828-1852)
  • Sir John Dillon, 6th Baronet (1806-1875)
  • Sir John Fox Dillon, 7th Baronet (1843-1925)
  • Sir Robert Dillon, 8th Baronet (1914-1982); brother of Michael Dillon (nee Laura Dillon).

In 1958 Debrett's Peerage listed Michael Dillon, the world's first female-to-male transsexual to undergo sex reassignment surgery, as heir to his brother's baronetcy, while Burke's Peerage mentioned only a sister, Laura Maude. The editor of Debrett's told Time Magazine that Dillon was unquestionably next in line for the baronetcy: "I have always been of the opinion that a person has all rights and privileges of the sex that is, at a given moment, recognized."[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE TITLES HELD BY BRITISH FAMILIES
  2. ^ a b "A Change of Heir", Time, May 26, 1958. Retrieved on 2007-03-25.