Lucas Dillon, 6th Viscount Dillon
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Lucas Dillon, 6th Viscount Dillon (died 1682) was an Irish peer who recovered title and lands after the restoration of King Charles II.
Birth and origins
Lucas was born in Ireland as the eldest son of Theobald Dillon and his wife Sarah Bourke.Template:Sfn His father was the third son of Christopher Dillon, who was the eldest son and heir apparent of Theobald Dillon, 1st Viscount Dillon.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn The Dillons are an Old English family, established in 1185 when Sir Henry Dillon came to Ireland with Prince John.Template:Sfn Lucas's mother was an illegitimate daughter of David Bourke, who was a younger son of Theobald Bourke, 1st Viscount Mayo. Her family, the Mayo Bourkes, were Gaelicised Old English.[1]
He heads the list of siblings below as the eldest:
- Lucas (died 1682)
- James, who was a captain in the armyTemplate:Sfn
His sisters were:
- Honora, who married firstly Robert Dillon of Lisnagragh and secondly James Dillon of RathmaneTemplate:Sfn
- Bridget, who married a Dillon of County MayoTemplate:Sfn
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Viscount
Lucas's uncle Thomas Dillon, 4th Viscount Dillon, died in 1673Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn and was succeeded by his only surviving son, also called Thomas Dillon, Lucas's cousin. Thomas Dillon, the 5th Viscount died without surviving children a year later.Template:Sfn Lucas succeeded him as the 6th Viscount Dillon in 1674. On 28 February 1675 he granted a yearly pension of £600 (about £Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". in Template:Inflation/year[2]) to Elizabeth, the widow of the 5th Viscount.Template:Sfn
Marriages
Lord Dillon, as he was now, married firstly Ursula, daughter of William Dongan, 1st Earl of Limerick,Template:Sfn by Maria Euphemia, daughter of Sir Richard Chambers, Baronet. Ursula died childless in 1680.Template:Sfn In 1682 he married secondly Lady Anne Nugent, daughter of Richard Nugent, 2nd Earl of Westmeath.Template:Sfn
Quit rent waiver
On 22 September 1675 Lord Dillon obtained from King Charles II the waver of the quit rents to the amount of £455 13s. 10d (about £Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". in Template:Inflation/year[2]) due to the Crown according to the Irish Act of Settlement of 1662.Template:Sfn
Death, succession, and timeline
A few months after his second marriage Lord Dillon suddenly died of dropsy in September or October 1682 at Kilfaughny, Westmeath,Template:Sfn childless despite his two marriages. He was succeeded by Theobald as the 7th Viscount, a second cousin.Template:Sfn His widow married secondly Sir William Talbot, 3rd Baronet and died after 14 July 1710.
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| 0 | 1650, estimate | Born.Template:Efn |
| Script error: No such module "age". | 1660, 29 May | Restoration of King Charles IITemplate:Sfn |
| Script error: No such module "age". | 1674 | Succeeds his cousin, Thomas Dillon, as the 6th Viscount.[3] |
| Script error: No such module "age". | 1675, 28 Feb | Grants a pension of £600 to the widow of his predecessor, the 5th Viscount.[4] |
| Script error: No such module "age". | 1675, about | Married Ursula Dongan, his 1st wife.[5] |
| Script error: No such module "age". | 1675, 22 Sep | Charles II waved the quit-rent for the lands restored to the 4th Viscount in the Act of Settlement of 1662. |
| Script error: No such module "age". | 1680 | First wife died.[5] |
| Script error: No such module "age". | 1682, Mar | Married Anne Nugent, his 2nd wife[6] |
| Script error: No such module "age". | 1682, Sep or Oct | Died at Kilfaughny, County WestmeathTemplate:Sfn |
Notes and references
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Citations
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