Henry Dillon, 11th Viscount Dillon

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Henry Dillon, 11th Viscount Dillon of Costello-Gallen (1705 – 1787) was an English peer.

Henry's father was the Hon. Arthur Dillon, a son of the 7th Viscount (1670-1737) who was Colonel of the Dillon Regiment and in 1711 created Count Dillon in France, and Earl of Dillon in 1721 by the "Old Pretender" James Francis Edward Stuart (but recognized by Jacobites as "King James III and VIII"). Henry's mother was Catherine, or perhaps Christina, a daughter of Ralph Sheldon, who served as a maid of honor to Queen Mary of Modena, consort to James II.

On October 26, 1744, he married the Lady Charlotte Lee, the great-granddaughter of Charles II and Barbara Villiers. As the eldest surviving child of the second Earl of Lichfield, Charlotte Lee inherited the estate of her uncle, the fourth Earl, when he died childless in 1776. Therefore, Lord Dillon's wife was collateral heiress of Sir Henry Lee, who built the original Lodge in Wychwood Forest in Oxfordshire. From his mother, Charles Dillon-Lee, their son, inherited the estate of Ditchley but not the title of Lichfield. Ditchley remained the home of the Viscounts Dillon until 1934.

[edit] Issue

His children by the Lady Charlotte Lee of Lichfield include:

Charles, his successor.

Arthur, a general in the French service who was guillotined, on 13th April, 1794. This officer was father, by his second wife, of Madame Bertrand, so celebrated for her devotion to the Emperor Napoleon.

Henry, lieutenant-colonel.

Frances, m. Sir William Jerningham, 6th Baronet, 7th Baron Stafford

Laura.

Charlotte, m. Valentine Browne, 1st Earl of Kenmare (1754–1812)

Theobald, Count

[edit] Ancestry

Henry Dillon, 11th Viscount Dillon's ancestors in three generations

Henry Dillon, 11th Viscount Dillon	Father: Gen. Arthur Dillon	Paternal Grandfather: Theobald Dillon, 7th Viscount Dillon	Paternal Great-grandfather: Sir Lucas Dillon of Lough-Glyn
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Rose Dillon of Streamstown
		Paternal Grandmother: Mary Talbot of Templeogue, Ireland	Paternal Great-grandfather: Sir Henry Talbot of Templeogue and Mount Talbot
			Paternal Great-grandmother:
	Mother: Catherine (or Christina) Sheldon	Maternal Grandfather: Gen. Ralph Sheldon (d. 1723)	Maternal Great-grandfather: Edward Sheldon (1599-1687) of Beoley
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Mary (or Margaret) Wake of Antwerp
		Maternal Grandmother:	Maternal Great-grandfather:
			Maternal Great-grandmother:

Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Charles Dillon	Viscount Dillon 1741–1787	Succeeded by Charles Dillon