Theobald Dillon

Born [date unknown] in Ireland

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Died 12 Jul 1691 in Aughrim, County Galway, Ireland

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Theobald Dillon was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Biography

Theobald Dillon, 7th Viscount Dillon was the son of Capt Robert Dillon, of Lough Glynn, co. Roscommon and Rose Dillon. He succeeded his 2nd cousin Lucas Dillon in Sep 1682 as 7th Viscount DIllon. He m. Mary Talbot (d. 7 Sep 1691), dau. of Sir Henry Talbot, of Templeogue, co. Dublin, and of Mount Temple, co. Roscommon, by his wife Margaret Talbot, sister of Richard [Talbot], 1st Duke of Tyrconnel, and dau. of Sir William Talbot, 1st Bt., of Carton, co. Kildare. He d. 12 July 1691, killed in action at the Battle of Aughrim; his widow was killed during the Siege of Limerick by the explosion of a bomb.

Children of Theobald Dillon and Mary Talbot:

1. Robert Dillon (dvp.)
2. Hon Henry Dillon, later 8th Viscount Dillon
3. Hon Arthur Dillon, in the French military service from 1690, Knight of the Thistle 1715 and cr. Earl Dillon [Jacobite, 1722] (b.1670; d. 5 Feb 1733), mar. Christina Sheldon, Maid of Honour to Queen Mary of Modena (b. c. 1680; d. 5 Aug 1757), dau. of Ralph Sheldon, Equerry to King James II
4. Hon Christopher Dillon, Capt in the Dillon Regiment (d. unm.)
5. Hon James Dillon, served in the Dillon Regiment (d. unm.)
6. Hon Lucas Dillon, served in the Dillon Regiment (d. unm.)
7. Hon Jane Dillon, mar. her second cousin once removed Sir John Bourke, 4th Bt., of Milford and of Glinsk, co. Galway
8. Hon Bridget Dillon

Sources

• THE PEERAGE 190061
• Dillon, Viscount (I, 1621/2) Cracroft's Peerage