Charles Dillon, 12th Viscount Dillon

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Charles Dillon-Lee, 12th Viscount Dillon, KP, PC (Ire) (1745–1813) conformed to the established religion in 1767 and inherited Ditchley in England from his mother.

Birth and origins

Charles was born on 6 November 1745 in London.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn He was the eldest child of Henry Dillon and his wife Lady Charlotte Lee. His father was the 11th Viscount Dillon.

Charles's mother was the eldest daughter of George Lee, 2nd Earl of Lichfield. His parents had married on 26 October 1744 in London.Template:Sfn

He was one of seven siblings, who are listed in his father's article. His two younger brothers, Arthur and Henry, were colonels of Dillon's regiment in France.

Early life

In January 1766 Pope Clement XIII ended the Catholic Church's support for the Jacobites and recognised the Hanoverian Dynasty as the rightful rulers of England. On 4 December 1767, in Dublin, Charles conformed to the established church.Template:Sfn In that same year he was also elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.[1]

Charles, in his youth, liked racing and gambling and made huge debts.Template:Sfn He moved to Brussels to avoid his debtors.

In 1770 he was elected MP for the Westbury Borough constituency in Wiltshire, England.Template:Sfn

In 1776 Charles changed his surname from Dillon to Dillon-Lee and quartered his arms accordingly to comply with the will of his maternal uncle George Lee, 3rd Earl of Lichfield. In that same year, his mother inherited the Lichfield estate at the death of her uncle the fourth Earl, who died childless.

Family tree
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First marriage and children

Charles married twice. He married firstly on 19 August 1776 in Brussels Henrietta-Maria Phipps, daughter of Constantine Phipps, 1st Baron Mulgrave and his wife Lepel Hervey.Template:Sfn She was illegitimately descended from James II.

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  1. Henry Augustus Dillon-Lee (1777–1832), succeeded him as the 13th Viscount
  2. Frances Charlotte Dillon-Lee (1780–1819), married Thomas Webb, BaronetTemplate:Sfn

Lichfield inheritance

On 4 November 1776 Robert Lee, 4th Earl of Lichfield, died and his earldom became extinct.Template:Sfn The nearest relatives of the last earl were his nieces. Charles's mother, née Lee, inherited the estate as she was the eldest surviving of these nieces.

Second marriage and children

His first wife died in 1782.Template:Sfn In 1787 he married, secondly, Marie Rogier of Mechelen.Template:Sfn She had been an actress in Brussels and had been his mistress in the time before his first marriage.Template:Sfn

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  1. James William Dillon-Lee (1792–1812), seems to have died unmarriedTemplate:Sfn
  2. Henrietta Dillon-Lee (died 1811), seems to have died unmarriedTemplate:Sfn
  3. Charlotte Dillon-Lee (died 1866), married in 1813 Frederick Beauclerk (1773–1850), a younger son of Aubrey Beauclerk, 5th Duke of St Albans and an early cricketerTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn

Later life

In 1787 he served as High Sheriff of Mayo, Ireland. On 3 November 1787, his father, Henry Dillon, 11th Viscount Dillon, died and Charles succeeded as the 12th Viscount Dillon.Template:Sfn He was solemnly confirmed in the Viscountcy in 1788 by the Irish House of Lords.Template:Sfn He was invested as a Knight of the Order of St. Patrick in 1798.Template:Sfn

In 1794 Charles inherited the Lichfield estate from his mother. Ditchley became the seat of the Viscounts Dillon. It would remain in the possession of the family until 1934.

During the passing of the Acts of Union 1800 Lord Dillon supported the union.Template:Sfn

In 1802 Lord Dillon sold the manor of Quarendon, where the seat of the Lee family had once stood, to James Du Pré of Wilton Park. Quarendon was of course part of the land inherited from his mother. In 1806 Lord Dillon raised a regiment, namely the 101st Regular, recruited from the inhabitants of his Irish lands and surrounding areas near Loughglinn, County Roscommon.

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Ditchley House, the seat of the Lee family

Death, succession, and timeline

Lord Dillon died at Loughglinn, on 9 November 1813.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn Despite his conversion, he was buried in the Dillon Family Vault in the Cemetery at the Augustinian Friary, Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, Ireland. His widow died in London in 1833. He was succeeded by his only son, Henry Augustus, as the 13th Viscount Dillon.

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Charles Dillon, 12th Viscount Dillon in parliamentary robes
Timeline
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0 1745, 6 Nov Born in London[2]
Script error: No such module "age". 1760, 25 Oct Accession of King George III, succeeding King George IITemplate:Sfn
Script error: No such module "age". 1767, 4 Dec Conformed to the established religion[3]
Script error: No such module "age". 1776, 19 Aug Married, 1stly, Henrietta Maria Phipps, in Brussels[4]
Script error: No such module "age". 1776, 4 Nov Mother inherited from Robert Lee, the 4th Earl of Lichfield.Template:Sfn
Script error: No such module "age". 1782, 1 Aug First wife died.[5]
Script error: No such module "age". 1787 Married, 2ndly, Marie Rogier[6]
Script error: No such module "age". 1787, 3 Nov Succeeded his father as the 12th Viscount Dillon'.
Script error: No such module "age". 1788, 18 Mar Confirmed as Viscount by the Irish House of Lords.
Script error: No such module "age". 1794 Inherited the Lichfield estate from his mother
Script error: No such module "age". 1813, 9 Nov Died at Loughglinn, County Roscommon, Ireland[7]

Notes and references

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