Viscount Dillon
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Viscount Dillon, of Costello-Gallen in the County of Mayo, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland.
The title was created in 1622 for Theobald Dillon, Lord President of Connaught. The Dillons were an Irish-Norman landlord family from the 1200s and a part of County Westmeath was called 'Dillon's Country'.
His great-grandson, the seventh Viscount, was a supporter of King James II and was outlawed after the Glorious Revolution. He founded 'Dillon's Regiment' 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, the eighth Viscount, managed to obtain a reversal of the outlawry and later served as Lord Lieutenant of County Roscommon. His nephew, the tenth Viscount, was given the French title of Count Dillon in 1711 and was also created "Earl Dillon" by James Francis Edward Stuart, the Jacobite claimant to the throne. His younger brother, the twelfth Viscount, was a Colonel in the French Army, but Dillon's Regiment was disbanded in 1793 due to the turmoils of the French Revolution.
His son, the twelfth Viscount, notably represented Westbury in Parliament and conformed to Anglicanism in 1767. His son, the thirteenth Viscount, sat as a Member of Parliament for Harwich and County Mayo. His great-grandson, the nineteenth Viscount, was a Brigadier in the Army. As of 2006 the viscountcy and French earldom are held by the latter's great-grandson, the twenty-second Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1982.
[edit] Viscounts Dillon (1622)
- Theobald Dillon, 1st Viscount Dillon (d. 1634)
- Lucas Dillon, 2nd Viscount Dillon (1610–1629)
- Theobald Dillon, 3rd Viscount Dillon (1629–1630)
- Thomas Dillon, 4th Viscount Dillon (1615–1672) Outlawed by Cromwell Restored by Charles II
- Thomas Dillon, 5th Viscount Dillon (d. 1674)
- Lucas Dillon, 6th Viscount Dillon (d. 1682)
- Theobald Dillon, 7th Viscount Dillon (d. 1691)
- Henry Dillon, 8th Viscount Dillon (d. 1713)
- Richard Dillon, 9th Viscount Dillon (1688–1737)
- Charles Dillon, 10th Viscount Dillon (1701–1741)
- Henry Dillon, 11th Viscount Dillon (1705–1787) Married Charles II's granddaughter.
- Charles Dillon, 12th Viscount Dillon (1745–1813) Inherited the Estate of Ditchley
- Henry Augustus Dillon, 13th Viscount Dillon (1777–1832)
- Charles Henry Dillon, 14th Viscount Dillon (1810–1865) Son of 13th Viscount
- Theobald Dominick Geoffrey Dillon, 15th Viscount Dillon (1811–1879) Son of 13th Viscount
- Arthur Edmund Denis Dillon, 16th Viscount Dillon (1812–1892) Son of 13th Viscount
- Harold Arthur Dillon, 17th Viscount Dillon (1844–1932)
- Arthur Henry Dillon, 18th Viscount Dillon (1875–1934)
- 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 Presumptive is the present holder's uncle, Richard Arthur Louis Dillon (b. 1948)
The Heir Presumptive's Heir Apparent is his son Thomas Arthur Lee Dillon (b. 1983)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
