Charles Dillon, 10th Viscount Dillon
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Charles Dillon, 10th Viscount Dillon (1701–1741) fought in the War of the Polish Succession for France under Berwick as colonel-proprietor of Dillon's Regiment at the Siege of Kehl in 1733 and the Siege of Philippsburg in 1734. After the armistice, he married, moved to Ireland, and succeeded his cousin Richard as the 10th Viscount Dillon.
Birth and origins
Charles was born in 1701,Template:Sfn most likely at the Jacobite court at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, in France. He was the eldest of the five sons of Arthur Dillon and his wife Christina Sheldon. His father was born in 1670 in Ireland, fought for the Jacobites in the Williamite War and had gone to France as the colonel of Dillon's Regiment with the Irish Brigade in April 1690 when Irish troops were sent to France in exchange for French troops sent to Ireland with Lauzun. His father was a younger son of the 7th Viscount Dillon. His father's family was Old English Irish and descended from Sir Henry Dillon who came to Ireland with Prince John in 1185.Template:Sfn
Charles's mother's first name is given as ChristinaTemplate:Sfn or as Christiana.Template:Sfn She was a daughter of Ralph Sheldon. Dominic Sheldon, the English Catholic Jacobite, was her uncle.[1] She was a maid of honour to Queen Mary of Modena, wife of James II.Template:Sfn Both parents were thus Jacobites and Catholics. Charles had four brothers and three sisters,Template:Sfn who are listed in his father's article.
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Early life and career
While Charles was a child, he lived with his mother at the Jacobite court at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye where James II of England died on 16 September 1701 N.S., Template:Sfn the year of Charles's birth. James II was succeeded by James Francis Edward, whom Louis XIV immediately recognised as the rightful heir to the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland. Dillon's Regiment, led by Charles's father, fought for France in the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714). Louis XIV made Charles's father lieutenant-general in 1706 and comte de Dillon in 1711.Template:Sfn However, in 1713 France signed the Peace of Utrecht, recognising the Hanoverian succession and ending its support for the Jacobites.Template:Sfn James Francis Edward had to leave France and went to the Duchy of Lorraine, then to Avignon, and finally to Italy. His mother, the dowager queen Mary of Modena, however, stayed behind at Saint-Germain-en-Laye where she died in 1718.Template:Sfn
On 13 January 1714 Charles's uncle Henry, the 8th Viscount Dillon, died in Ireland. Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Efn This uncle had been attainted as Jacobite in 1690 but had been pardoned and had obtained the reversal of the attainder in 1693. He was succeeded by his son Richard as the 9th Viscount Dillon, to whom Charles would succeed later as the 10th Viscount.Template:Sfn
On 10 November 1718, Charles was made a captain in the regiment.Template:Sfn In 1722 James Francis Edward Stuart (the old pretender), who now resided in Rome, created his father Earl of Dillon.Template:Sfn
In 1730 his father retired from active serviceTemplate:Sfn and on 1 May 1730 Charles became colonel of Dillon's Regiment.Template:Sfn On 5 February 1733 N.S., Charles's father died at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn Charles, already colonel, now also succeeded in his father's titles: 2nd Earl of Dillon in the Jacobite peerageTemplate:Sfn and comte de Dillon in France.Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Efn
During the War of the Polish Succession (1733–1735), the comte de Dillon, as he now was, and his younger brother Henry fought under Marshal Berwick, the commander of Louis XV's Rhine army. They fought at the Siege of Kehl, which fell on 28 October 1733.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn In the campaign of 1734 they undertook the Siege of Philippsburg.Template:Sfn On 12 June 1734 Berwick was beheaded by a chance cannonball before PhilippsburgTemplate:Sfn and was replaced by Asfeld and Noailles, who shared the command of the army before Philippsburg.Template:Sfn The fortress surrendered on 18 July 1734.Template:Sfn
Later life: marriage and viscountcy
On 16 January 1735 Charles, comte de Dillon, married Frances Dillon, daughter of his first cousin Richard Dillon, the 9th Viscount.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn In 1736 he went to Ireland to take possession of some land that was part of her dowry.Template:Sfn His wife must have come with him or joined him later. They never returned to France. His absence from the regiment did not pose a problem at that time as the War of the Polish Succession had ended in 1735 with an armistice and France was to enjoy peace until it became seriously involved in the War of the Austrian Succession with Maurice de Saxe's raid on Prague in 1741.Template:Sfn
In 1737 Richard, the 9th Viscount, his father-in-law, died and Charles, already comte and earl, succeeded as the 10th Viscount Dillon in the Irish peerage.Template:Sfn As his wife was Richard's only heiress, Charles, Viscount Dillon, as he now was, also inherited the land.Template:Sfn
Charles and Frances had an only son:
- Charles Dillon (1738–1739), died youngTemplate:Sfn
His wife died on 17 January 1739 in London.Template:Sfn
Death, succession, and timeline
He died on 24 October 1741, aged 40, also in London and was buried in St Pancras cemeteryTemplate:Sfn[2] where Catholics were usually buried in London.Template:Sfn As his only son had predeceased him, he was succeeded by his younger brother Henry as the 11th Viscount,Template:Sfn and also as colonel-proprietor of Dillon's Regiment.Template:Sfn
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| 0 | 1701 | Born, probably at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye.[3] |
| Script error: No such module "age". | 1701, 16 Sep | James II died at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye.Template:Sfn |
| Script error: No such module "age". | 1711 | Father was created comte de Dillon by Louis XIV.Template:Sfn |
| Script error: No such module "age". | 1714, 13 Jan | His uncle Henry, the 8th Viscount, died in Dublin and was succeeded by his son Richard as the 9th Viscount.[4] |
| Script error: No such module "age". | 1714, 1 Aug | Accession of King George I, succeeding Queen AnneTemplate:Sfn |
| Script error: No such module "age". | 1715, 1 Sep | Death of Louis XIV; Regency until the majority of Louis XVTemplate:Sfn |
| Script error: No such module "age". | 1718, 10 Nov | Made a captain in the regiment.[5] |
| Script error: No such module "age". | 1722 | Father created Earl of Dillon by James Francis Edward Stuart (the old pretender).Template:Sfn |
| Script error: No such module "age". | 1723, 16 Feb | Majority of Louis XVTemplate:Sfn |
| Script error: No such module "age". | 1727, 11 Jun | Accession of King George II, succeeding King George ITemplate:Sfn |
| Script error: No such module "age". | 1730 | Became colonel of Dillon's Regiment as his father retired[6] |
| Script error: No such module "age". | 1733, 5 Feb N.S. | Father died at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye and he succeeded to his French and Jacobite titles.[7] |
| Script error: No such module "age". | 1733, 14–28 Oct | Fought at the Siege of Kehl during the War of the Polish Succession[8] |
| Script error: No such module "age". | 1734, May–Jul | Fought at the Siege of Philippsburg during the War of the Polish Succession[8] |
| Script error: No such module "age". | 1735, 16 Jan | Married his Irish cousin, Frances Dillon, daughter of his cousin Richard Dillon, the 9th Viscount.[9] |
| Script error: No such module "age". | 1737, Feb | Succeeded his cousin Richard as the 10th Viscount.[10] |
| Script error: No such module "age". | 1739, 17 Jan | Wife died in London.[11] |
| Script error: No such module "age". | 1741, 24 Oct | Died in London and was succeeded by his younger brother Henry as the 11th Viscount[12] |
Notes and references
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- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". – Dacre to Dysart (for Dillon)
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". – 1700 to 1739 (for Philippsburg)
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". – England (for the dowager queen)
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". – Scotland and Ireland (for Dillon)
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". – A to J
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". – 1714 to 1796 (for the sieges of Kehl and Philippsburg)
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- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". – 1733 & 1734
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- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". – COE to DOU (for Dillon)
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- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". – Viscounts (for Dillon)
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