Sir
James
Dillon
Born about in Skreene, Meath, Ireland
Ancestors 
Son of Gerald Dillon
and Emilia (Fitzgerald) Dillon
Brother of
Maurice Dillon
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Robert Dillon
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
Third son of Gerald Dillon of Skreene and Emilia FitzGerald, knighted by King Edward III, served as Treasurer of Ireland.
Sir James was ancestor of the Earls of Roscommon and the Barons of Clonbrock.[1]
James Dillon, third son of Gerald, Lord of Drumrany, acquiring about the year 1400 a large estate car Tarah, built his mansion house of Proudstown and a castle with a parochial church in his manor of Skryne. [2]
James Dillon of Proudstown is ancestor of the Dillons [3]
He married Honora Darcy, daughter of Sir John Darcy, Lord Justice. They had several children including Sir Robert Dillon and Maurice Dillon.
Sources
- ↑ Gerald had 4 sons and 2 daughters: 1. Sir Maurice, his heir; 2. Henry, a Priest; 3. Sir James, ancestor of the Earls of Roscommon, and the Barons of Clonbrock; 4. John; 5. Catherine; 6. Anne.
- John O'Hart's Irish Pedigrees (1892), Vol.2, "Barons of Drumrany". See entry #6 for James' father Gerald Dillon:
- ↑ Excursions Through Ireland: Province of Leinster p: 135 by Thomas Cromwell
- ↑ The Book of Irish Families, Great & Small by Michael C. O'Laughlin
Notes
Knighted by King Edward III before 1377 states Vivian. Would mean that he was knighted as a child and was 26 years junior to his wife. Proof that young children were knighted, herewith:Cokayne writes: V. 5. JAMES (LE BOTILLER, otherwise ORMOND), EARL OF WILTSHIRE [ENG] and ORMOND [IRL], son and heir by 1st wife, was aged 30 and more at his father 's death [23 Aug 1452]. He was knighted in the Parliament at Leicester, 19 May 1426, by the infant King Henry Vl His actual birth date was 24 Nov 1420.Thus he was knighted at age 5 1 /2 - so a person could be knighted at this early age. His maternal grandfather was not born until aft 1338 and was married after 20 Jul 1359, as ordered by the King. It was thus impossible for his birth until at least 1373, his mother being born possibly in the year following her parent's wedding., , , Text: -Vol. X, pp. 126-129;vol. XIV, p. 516
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Z Fanning
Z Fanning
Wikitree profile for his father-in- law is here: Sir John Darcy
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Rejected matches › James Dillon (abt.1760-)
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