Theobald Dillon, 7th Viscount Dillon

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Theobald Dillon, 7th Viscount Dillon of Costello-Gallin (died 1691) supported King James II, was attainted on 11 May 1691, and fell in the Battle of Aughrim during the Williamite War. His attainder was reversed in favour of the 8th Viscount on 20 June 1694.

Birth and origins

Theobald was probably born at Loughglynn, his parents' habitual residence. He was a son of Robert Dillon and his wife Rose Dillon. His father, Captain Robert Dillon of Loughglynn,Template:Sfn was a member of the landed gentry. He was son and heir of Lucas Dillon of Loughglynn, who had been the second son of Theobald Dillon, 1st Viscount Dillon.Template:Sfn At the time of Theobald's birth, the Dillons of Loughglynn were a cadet branch of the Viscounts Dillon. Theobald's mother was a daughter of John Dillon of Streamstown.Template:Sfn

Theobald appears as the elder of two brothers:

  1. Theobald (died 1691)
  2. Lucas, died unmarriedTemplate:Sfn

His sisters were:

  1. Alice or Elizabeth, married James FerrallTemplate:Sfn
  2. Jane, married LallyTemplate:Sfn
  3. Mary, married a Dillon of SinogwenyTemplate:Sfn
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Marriage and children

Theobald Dillon married Mary, daughter of Sir Henry Talbot of Templeogue, County Dublin, and of Mount Talbot in County Roscommon, a brother-in-law of Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell. Theobald and Mary mainly lived at Kilmore, County Roscommon.Template:Sfn

Script error: No such module "anchor". Theobald and Mary had six sons:

  1. Robert, predeceased his father and died unmarriedTemplate:Sfn
  2. Henry (died 1714), became the 8th Viscount DillonTemplate:Sfn
  3. Arthur (1670–1733), became a general in French serviceTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn
  4. Christopher, captain in the Dillon regiment, died unmarriedTemplate:Sfn
  5. James, in the Dillon regiment, died unmarriedTemplate:Sfn
  6. Lucas, in the Dillon regiment, died unmarriedTemplate:Sfn

—and two daughters:

  1. Jane, married Sir John Burke, Baronet of MitfordTemplate:Sfn
  2. BridgetTemplate:Sfn

Later life

In the 1680s Dillon was lieutenant-colonel in Clanricarde's Regiment of Guards of the Irish Army.Template:Sfn

In 1683 Lucas Dillon, 6th Viscount Dillon, died childless at Kilfaughny, County Westmeath, despite having married twice.Template:Sfn He was the last of the senior branch descended from Christopher Dillon of Ballylaghan. Theobald, his second cousin, was the next heir male of the 1st Viscount. Theobald inherited the title and the estate, becoming the 7th Viscount Dillon.

In 1688 Lord Dillon, as he now was, raised two regiments of foot for James II, one commanded by his eldest son, Henry Dillon, the other by his second son, Arthur Dillon.Template:Sfn Both fought in the Williamite war in Ireland, but the second, Arthur Dillon's was sent to France with the Irish Brigade in April 1690 in exchange against the Lauzon's French Expeditionary Force.Template:Sfn

Lord Dillon was a Roman Catholic member in the Irish House of Lords of the Patriot Parliament of 1689. On 11 May 1691 he was attainted.Template:Sfn

Death, succession, and timeline

Lord Dillon fell at the Battle of Aughrim on 12 July 1691.Template:Sfn His widow was killed accidentally by the explosion of a bomb during the Siege of Limerick on 7 September 1691.Template:Sfn As he had been attainted, his title and his lands were forfeit. However, in 1694 his son Henry managed to obtain a reversal of the attainder and succeeded to title and lands.Template:Sfn

Timeline
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0 1650, estimate Born, probably at his parents' house at Loughglynn, County Roscommon.Template:Efn
Script error: No such module "age". 1670 His third son Arthur was born.Template:Sfn
Script error: No such module "age". 1673 His distant cousin Thomas Dillon, the 4th Viscount, died and was succeeded by his son, also called Thomas Dillon.Template:Sfn
Script error: No such module "age". 1674 His 2nd cousin Thomas Dillon, the 5th Viscount, died and was succeeded by Lucas Dillon, another of his 2nd cousins.Template:Sfn
Script error: No such module "age". 1682 He succeeded as the 7th Viscount at the death of his 2nd cousin Lucas Dillon, 6th Viscount.[1]
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". 1688 Raised Dillon's Regiment for James II.[2]
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". 1691, 11 May Attainted by the Williamites.[3]
Script error: No such module "age". 1691, 12 Jul Killed in action at the Battle of Aughrim.[4]

Notes and references

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Peerage of Ireland
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check Viscount Dillon
1682–1691 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by

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