Henry Dillon, 8th Viscount Dillon
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Henry Dillon, 8th Viscount Dillon (died 1714) was an Irish soldier and politician. In 1689 he sat in the Patriot Parliament. He fought for the Jacobites during the Williamite War, defending Galway against Ginkel and surrendering it in 1691 after a short siege. He obtained the reversal of his father's attainder in 1696 recovering his father's lands.
Birth and origins
Henry was born about 1665,Template:Efn probably at his parents' house at Kilmore, County Roscommon, Ireland.Template:Sfb He was the second but eldest surviving of the three sons of Theobald Dillon and his wife Mary Talbot. At that time his father was heir apparent of Lucas Dillon, 6th Viscount Dillon of Costello-Gallen, a remote cousin.Template:Sfn His father's family was Old English and descended from Sir Henry Dillon who had come to Ireland with Prince John in 1185.Template:Sfn
Henry's mother was a daughter of Sir Henry Talbot of Templeogue and his wife Margaret Talbot, who was a sister of Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell.Template:Sfn The Talbots also were an Old English family.
Both his parents were Catholic. He had two brothers, who are listed in his father's article. His younger brother, Arthur, later became a general in French service.Template:Sfn
Early life
In 1683 his father succeeded as the 7th Viscount Dillon.Template:Sfn In 1688, at the Glorious Revolution, his father raised two regiments of foot for James II, Dillon commanded one of them, the other was commanded by his younger brother, Arthur.Template:Sfn
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Marriage and children
In July 1687 Dillon married Frances Hamilton, second of the three daughters of comte George Hamilton and his wife Frances Jennings and step-daughter of Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, lord deputy of Ireland.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn These three sisters were known in Ireland as the three viscountesses as they all three married Irish viscounts.Template:Sfn
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- Richard (died 1737), who succeeded as the 9th ViscountTemplate:Sfn
Later life
In 1689 Dillon was one of the two members of parliament for County Westmeath in the House of Commons of the Patriot Parliament.Template:Sfn In that same year he served as Lord Lieutenant of County Roscommon.Template:Sfn
His father, the 7th Viscount, fell in the Battle of Aughrim on 12 July 1691Template:Sfn fighting under Saint-Ruhe against the Williamites under Ginkel. Henry succeeded as the 8th Viscount in the eyes of his Jacobite comrades, but his father had been attainted on 11 May 1691Template:Sfn and in the eyes of the victorious Williamites there was no title or estate for him to succeed to.Template:Sfn
Lord Dillon, as he was now, was governor of Galway for the Jacobites.Template:Sfn Ginkel quickly marched down upon him from Aughrim and invested the town on 18 July. Dillon surrendered on the 26th on terms and marched out with his troops to Limerick.Template:Sfn The Williamites laid siege to Limerick in August 1690. During a shelling of the town Dillon's mother Mary lost her life.Template:Sfn The siege was lifted at the end of the month but a second siege followed in 1691 and lasted until the Williamite war in Ireland ended with the Treaty of Limerick signed on 8 October 1691.Template:Sfn
While many of the Jacobites went into exile at the end of the war, an event called the Flight of the Wild Geese, Dillon stayed in Ireland and applied for the reversal of his attainder, which he obtained in 1694 by a judgement of the Court of the King's Bench and was confirmed by the Irish House of Lords in 1697.Template:Sfn He, therefore, got back his title and lands.
Death, succession, and timeline
Dillon died on 13 January 1714 in Dublin and was buried at Ballyhaunis in County Mayo.Template:Sfn He was succeeded by his son, Richard, the 9th Viscount, who died in 1737, without male issue,Template:SfnTemplate:Efn and the title passed to his nephew Charles, his brother Arthur's son.Template:Sfn
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| 0 | 1665, estimate | Born,Template:Efn probably at his parents' house at Kilmore, County Roscommon.[1] |
| Script error: No such module "age". | 1670 | Brother Arthur was born.Template:Sfn |
| Script error: No such module "age". | 1683 | Father succeeded as the 7th Viscount. |
| Script error: No such module "age". | 1685, 6 Feb | Accession of King James II, succeeding King Charles IITemplate:Sfn |
| Script error: No such module "age". | 1687, 8 Jan | Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, appointed Lord Deputy of IrelandTemplate:Sfn |
| Script error: No such module "age". | 1687, Jul | Married Frances Hamilton, step-daughter of Tyrconnell.Template:Sfn |
| Script error: No such module "age". | 1689, 13 Feb | Accession of William and Mary, succeeding King James IITemplate:Sfn |
| Script error: No such module "age". | 1689 | Sat in the Patriot Parliament.[2] |
| Script error: No such module "age". | 1691, 11 May | Father was attainted by the Williamites.Template:Sfn |
| Script error: No such module "age". | 1691, 12 Jul | Succeeded as the 8th Viscount as his father was slain at the Battle of Aughrim[3] |
| Script error: No such module "age". | 1691, 26 Jul | Surrendered Galway to Ginkel. |
| Script error: No such module "age". | 1694 | Obtained the reversal of his father's attainder. |
| Script error: No such module "age". | 1702, 8 Mar | Accession of Queen Anne, succeeding King William IIITemplate:Sfn |
| Script error: No such module "age". | 1714, 13 Jan | Died in Dublin and was succeeded by his son Richard as the 9th Viscount.Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Efn |
Notes and references
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