Henry Dillon, 8th Viscount Dillon

Henry Dillon, 8th Viscount Dillon (died 1714) fought for the Jacobites during the Williamite War in Ireland, was attainted but obtained the reversal of the attainder in 1696.

Henry Dillon,
Viscount Dillon
Reign1737–1741
PredecessorTheobald Dillon, 7th Viscount
SuccessorRichard Dillon, 9th Viscount
Died13 January 1714
Dublin
Spouse(s)Frances Hamilton
Issue
Bridget & Richard
FatherTheobald Dillon, 7th Viscount
MotherMary Talbot

Birth and origins

Henry was born about 1665,[lower-alpha 1] probably at his parents' house at Kilmore, County Roscommon, Ireland.[1] He was the second but eldest surviving of the three sons of Theobald Dillon and his wife Mary Talbot. His father was the 7th Viscount Dillon of Costello-Gallen.[2] He supported James II in the Williamite war in Ireland. His father's family was Old English Irish and descended from Sir Henry Dillon who came to Ireland with Prince John in 1185.[3] Henry's mother was a daughter of Sir Henry Talbot of Templeogue. The Talbots also were an Old English Irish family. Both his parents were Catholic.

|He appears below among his brothers as the second son:

  1. Robert, who was unmarried and predeceased his father;[4]
  2. Henry (died 1714); and
  3. Arthur (1670–1733), who became a general in French service.[5]
Family tree
Henry Dillon with wife, parents, and other selected relatives.
Theobald
1st
Viscount

d. 1624
Eleanor
Tuite

d. 1638
Christopher
Dillon

Ballylaghan
d. 1624
Lucas D.
of
Loughglynn
James
Dillon

c. 1600 –
aft. 1669
Lucas
2nd
Viscount

1610–1629
Thomas
4th
Viscount

1615–1673
Theobald
Dillon
Robert D.
of
Loughglynn
Rose Dillon
of
Streamstown
d. 1681
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
Henrietta-
Maria
Phipps

1757–1782
Charles
12th
Viscount

1745–1813
Marie
Rogier

d. 1833
Legend
XXXHenry
Dillon
XXXViscounts
Dillon
This family tree is partly derived from the Dillon family tree pictured in La Tour du Pin.[6] Also see the lists of siblings and children in the text.

Marriage and children

In July 1687 Henry 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, viceroy of Ireland.[7][8] These three sisters were known in Ireland as the three viscountesses as they all three married Irish viscounts.[9]

The couple had at least two children:

  1. Bridget; and
  2. Richard (died 1737), who succeeded as the 9th Viscount.[10]

Later life

In 1689 Henry was Member of Parliament for County Westmeath in the House of Commons of the Patriot Parliament.[11] In that same year he served as Lord Lieutenant of County Roscommon.[12]

His father, the 7th Viscount, fell in the Battle of Aughrim on 12 July 1691[13] 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 1691[14] and in the eyes of the victorious Williamites there was no title or estate for him to succeed to.[15]

Henry, Lord Dillon, as he was now, was governor of Galway for the Jacobites,[16] and Ginkel quickly marched down upon him from Aughrim and invested the town on 18 July. Lord Dillon surrendered on the 26th on terms and marched out with his troops to Limerick.[17] The sieges of Limerick in August and September 1690 and in 1691 followed. The second siege and the entire Williamite war in Ireland ended with the Treaty of Limerick signed on 8 October 1691.[18]

While many of the Jacobites went into exile with the Flight of the Wild Geese, Lord 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.[19] He therefore got back his title and lands.

Death, succession, and timeline

He died on 13 January 1714 in Dublin and was buried at Ballyhaunis in County Mayo.[20] He was succeeded by his son, Richard, the 9th Viscount, who died in 1737, without male issue,[21][lower-alpha 2] and the title passed to his nephew Charles, his brother Arthur's son.[22]

Notes and references

  1. His birth date is a very rough estimate, based on his marriage date and his brother Arthur's birth.
  2. The dual year 1713/4' given in (Cokayne 1916) (1713/4) makes it clear the year given in (Burke 1949) (1713) is strict O.S. and becomes 1714 when it is adjusted for a start of the year on 1 January.
  1. Lodge (1789), p. 193, line 41: "... he [Theobald] resided chiefly at Kilmore ..."
  2. Burke 1949, p. 603, left column, line 59: "THEOBALD, 7th Viscount Dillon (refer to Sir Luke Dillon, 2nd son of 1st Viscount), Lt.-Col. in the Guards of JAMES II, reformed the Dillon regiment in 2 Bns. in 1688. His Lordship was outlawed in 1690."
  3. Webb 1878, p. 149, line 7: "... [Sir Henry Dillon] came to Ireland in 1185 as secretary to Prince John ..."
  4. Burke 1949, p. 603, left column, line 65: "Robert d.v.p. unm."
  5. 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."
  6. La Tour du Pin 1913, pp. 14–15: "Note généalogique sur la Maison des Lords Dillon"
  7. Burke 1869, p. 3, left column, line 19: "Frances [Hamilton], m. to Henry, Viscount Dillon;"
  8. Burke 1949, p. 603, left column, line 93: "... [Henry] m. July 1687, Frances, 2nd dau. of Count Sir George Hamilton, by his wife, Frances Jennings, afterwards Duchess of Tyrconnel ;"
  9. Bagwell 1898, p. 336: "Of her six children by Hamilton, three daughters, Elizabeth, Frances, and Mary, married Viscounts Ross, Dillon and Kingsland and were well known in Ireland as the 'three viscomtesses'."
  10. Debrett 1828, p. 748, line 24: "... whose only son RICHARD, 9th viscount, d. without male issue 1737 ..."
  11. Lodge 1789, p. 194, line 14: "Henry, the eight Viscount Dillon, represented the county of Westmeath in K. James Parliament, held at Dublin 7 May 1689 ..."
  12. Burke 1949, p. 603, left column, line 92: "... [Henry was] Lieut, of Roscommon 1689 ..."
  13. Boulger 1911, p. 243: "Lord Galway and Lord Dillon (Theobald) were killed."
  14. Cokayne 1916, p. 359, line 18: "He [Theobald] was attainted 11 May 1691 ..."
  15. Debrett 1828, p. 748, line 17: "He [the 7th Viscount] served in the army of king James II., and was outlawed 1690 ..."
  16. Lodge 1789, p. 194, line 17: "... he was soon after appointed Governor of the town of Galway ..."
  17. Hardiman 1820, p. 161: "... that the town was to be surrendered on the following Sunday the 26th of July [1691]."
  18. Ward, Prothero & Leathes 1908, p. 319: "The twelve articles provided the basis for the civil and military treaties of Limerick signed on October 8 [1691]."
  19. 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."
  20. Cokayne 1916, p. 359, line 34: "He [Henry] d. in Dublin, 13 and was bur. 23 Jan 1713/4 at Ballyhawnis, co. Mayo."
  21. Burke 1949, p. 603, left column, line 96: "He [Henry] died 13 Jan. 1713 and was s. by his son, RICHARD, 9th Viscount ..."
  22. Burke 1949, p. 603, left column, last line: "He [9th Viscount] was s. by his cousin, CHARLES, 10th Viscount Dillon ..."
  23. Smyth 1839, p. xiii, line 20: "James II. . [Accession] 6 February, 1685"
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by
Theobald Dillon
Viscount Dillon
16911714
Succeeded by
Richard Dillon
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