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Theobald Dillon
Viscount Dillon
Reign1682–1691
PredecessorLucas Dillon, 6th Viscount Dillon
SuccessorHenry Dillon, 8th Viscount Dillon
Died12 July 1691
Battle of Aughrim
Spouse(s)Mary Talbot
Issue
Detail		Robert, Henry, & Arthur
FatherRobert Dillon of Loughglynn
MotherRose Dillon

Theobald Dillon, 7th Viscount Dillon of Costello-Gallin (died 1691) was a supporter of 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 born probably at Loughglynn, his parents' habitual residence. He was a son of Robert Dillon and his wife Rose Dillon. His father, called Robert Dillon of Loughglynn, 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. At the time of his birth, the Dillons of Loughglynn were a cadet branch of the Viscounts of Dillons. Theobald's mother was a daughter of John Dillon of Streamstown.[1]

Family tree
Theobald Dillon with wife, parents, and other selected relatives.
Theobald
1st
Viscount
d. 1624		Eleanor
Tuite
d. 1638
Christopher
Dillon of
Ballylaghan
d. 1624		Lucas
Dillon of
Loughglynn		James
Dillon
c. 1600 –
aft. 1669
Lucas
2nd
Viscount
1610–1629		Thomas
4th
Viscount
1615–1673		Theobald
Dillon		Robert
Dillon of
Loughglynn
d. 1691		Rose
Dillon
of
Streams-
town
Theobald
3rd
Viscount
1629–1630		Thomas
5th
Viscount
d. 1674		Lucas
6th
Viscount
d. 1682		Theobald
7th
Viscount
d. 1691
Jacobite		Mary
Talbot
d. 1691
Henry
8th
Viscount
d. 1714		Frances
Hamilton
d. 1751		Arthur
1670–1733
French
General		Christina
Sheldon
1684–1757
Richard
9th
Viscount
1688–1737		Charles
10th
Viscount
1701–1741		Henry
11th
Viscount
1705–1787		Charlotte
Lee
d. 1794
Legend
XXXTheobald
Dillon		XXXViscounts
Dillon
This family tree is partly derived from the Dillon family tree pictured in La Tour du Pin.[2] Also see the lists of siblings and children in the text.

Marriage and children

Dillon married Mary, daughter of Sir Henry Talbot of Templeogue, Co. Dublin, and of Mount Talbot in County Roscommon, a brother-in-law of Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell. Theobald and Mary seem to have mainly lived at Kilmore, County Roscommon.[3]

Their children included:

  1. Robert, who was unmarried and predeceased his father;[4]
  2. Henry (died 1713), who became the 8th Viscount Dillon;[5] and
  3. Arthur (1670–1733), who became a general in French service.[6]

Later life

In the 1680s Theobald was lieutenant-colonel in Clanricarde's Regiment of Guards of the Irish Army.[7]

In 1683 Lucas Dillon, 6th Viscount Dillon died childless at Kilfaughny, County Westmeath, despite having married twice.[8] 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 was now, raised two regiments for James II, one commanded by his eldest son, Henry Dillon, the other by his second son, Arthur Dillon.[9] 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.[10]

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.[11]

Death, succession and timeline

Lord Dillon fell at the Battle of Aughrim on 12 July 1691.[12] His widow was killed accidentally by the explosion of a bomb during the Siege of Limerick on 7 September 1691.[13] 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.[14]

Timeline
The accuracy of the given ages depends on that of his birth (estimated) and those of the dated events.
Age Date Event
0 1650, estimate Born, probably at his parents' house at Loughglynn, County Roscommon.[a]
19–20 1670 His third son Arthur was born.[6]
22–23 1673 His distant cousin Thomas Dillon, the 4th Viscount, died and was succeeded by his son, also called Thomas Dillon.
23–24 1674 His 2nd cousin Thomas Dillon, the 5th Viscount, died and was succeeded by Lucas Dillon, another of his 2nd cousins.
31–32 1682 He succeeded as the 7th Viscount at the death of his 2nd cousin Lucas Dillon, 6th Viscount.[8]
34–35 1685, 6 Feb Accession of King James II, replacing King Charles II.[15]
37–38 1688 Raised Dillon's Regiment for James II.[10]
38–39 1689, 13 Feb Accession of William and Mary, replacing King James II.[16]
40–41 1691, 11 May Attainted by the Williamites.[11]
40–41 1691, 12 Jul Killed in action at the Battle of Aughrim.[12]

Notes and references

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference YoB was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  1. ^ Cokayne 1916, p. 359, line 12: "7. THEOBALD (DILLON) VISCOUNT DILLON OF CASTELLO-GALLEN, cousin and h. male, being s. and h. of Robert DILLON of Loughglynn, co. Roscommon, by Rose, 1st da. of John DILLON of Streamstown, which Robert was s. and h. of Sir Lucas D., of Loughglynn afsd."
  2. ^ La Tour du Pin 1913, pp. 14–15: "Note généalogique sur la Maison des Lords Dillon"
  3. ^ Lodge (1789), p. 193, line 41: "... he [Theobald] resided chiefly at Kilmore ..."
  4. ^ Burke 1949, p. 603, left column, line 65: "Robert d.v.p. unm."
  5. ^ Cokayne 1916, p. 360, line 12: "... Hon. Arthur Dillon, Lieut. Gen. in the french service (d. 5 Feb 1732/3) ...
  6. ^ a b Burke 1949, p. 603, left column, line 67: "Arthur, b. 1670, went into the french military service, 1690, and was Col. proprietor of the Dillon Regt."
  7. ^ Lodge (1789), p. 193, line 42: "... [Theobald] was lieutenent-colonel to Clanricarde's regiment of Guards in the army of King James II ..."
  8. ^ a b Lodge 1789, p. 191, line 7: "... he [the 6th Viscount] died in September or October 1682, at Killenfaghny in Westmeath, the usual mansion-house of the family, and having had no issue by either of his Ladies, the title and estates descended to Theobald Dillon of Kilmore, Esq., the next heir male of the body of Theobald the first Viscount ..."
  9. ^ D'Alton 1855, p. [ 584]: "He [Theobald] raised two Regiments for King James's service; the one ... commanded by the above Colonel Henry Dillon, his eldest son ... The second Regiment was put under the command of his second son, the Honorable Arthur Dillon ..."
  10. ^ a b Boulger 1911, p. 209: "On the other hand Viscount Dillon was not at all opposed to his regiment gong to France under the command of his second son, Arthur, who was a keen soldier."
  11. ^ a b Cokayne 1916, p. 359, line 18: "He [Theobald] was attainted 11 May 1691&nbsp:..."
  12. ^ a b Boulger 1911, p. 243: "Lord Galway and Lord Dillon (Theobald) were killed."
  13. ^ Cokayne 1916, p. 359, line 24: "His widow was accidentally killed a few weeks later, 7 Sep. 1691, in Limerick, during the siege, by the explosion of a bomb."
  14. ^ Lodge 1789, p. 195, line 1: "After this period it appears by a rule book of the Court of King's Bench, in Trinity Term (6. Will and Mary) that the outlawry against his father was reversed by the judgement of the said court, and which judgement was duly entered up and enrolled, and also examined by the House of Lords, 2 December 1697, when the Lord Viscount Massereene reported that the said outlawry was reversed."
  15. ^ Smyth 1839, p. xiii, line 20: "James II. . [Accession] 6 February, 1685"
  16. ^ Smyth 1839, p. xiii, line 21: "William and Mary . [Accession] 13 February, 1689"
  • Burke, Bernard (1949), A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire (99th ed.), London: Burke's Peerage Ltd.
  • Boulger, Demetrius Charles (1911), The Battle of the Boyne, London: Martin Secker
  • Cokayne, George Edward (1916), Gibbs, Vicary (ed.), The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol. 4 (2nd ed.), London: St Catherine Press – Dacre to Dysart (for Dillon)
  • D'Alton, John (1855), Illustrations, historical and genealogical, of King James's Irish army list, 1689, Dublin: Published by the author
  • Debrett, John (1828), Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, vol. 2 (17th ed.), London: F. C. and J. Rivington - Scotland and Ireland
  • La Tour du Pin, Henriette-Lucy, Marquise de (1913), Journal d'une femme de cinquante ans (in French), vol. 1 (7th ed.), Paris: Librairie Chapelot{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Lodge, John (1789), The Peerage of Ireland, vol. 4, Dublin: James Moore – Viscounts (for Dillon)
  • Smyth, Constantine (1839), Chronicle of the Law Officers of Ireland, London: Henry Butterworth (for Table of reigns)

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