Sir
Lucas
Dillon
Born in Newtown, County Meath, Ireland
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of Robert Dillon
and Genet (Barnewell) Dillon
Brother of
Roger Dillon
Husband of
Jane (Bathe) Dillon
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Marian (Sherle) Dillon
— married
after 1581 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at about age 62
in Newtown, County Meath, Ireland
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Biography
Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer (appointed 1570). [1]
Sir Lucas Dillon was born 1538 at Newtown House, County Meath, Ireland. [2]} (Mother born 1513.)
He was a distinguished lawyer. [3]
He married firstly Jane Bathe around 1561 at Athearne Castle, County Meath, Ireland.
He married secondly Marion Sherle, widow of Sir Christopher Barnewall of Turvey. [4]
They had 7 sons and 5 daughters. [3]
Son James Dillon was the 1st Earl of Roscommon.
One daughter married Lord Belfield. [3]
Lucas died in Dublin in 1592 and was buried at Newtown Abbey near Trim. [5]
Attorney General Ireland Sir Lucas Dillon
Sources
- ↑ The judges in Ireland, 1221-1921 by Ball, F. Elrington (Francis Elrington), -1928, author Pub: 1927 pp 211 - 212
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_Dillon
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "The description of Ireland, and the state thereof as it is at this present in anno 1598", 1878, by Edmund Hogan, page 99, https://archive.org/stream/descriptionofire00hogauoft/descriptionofire00hogauoft_djvu.txt
- ↑ Lucas Dillon. (2017, February 12). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 23:36, March 24, 2017, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lucas_Dillon&oldid=765125456
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5887607 : accessed 28 May 2018), memorial page for Sir Lucas Dillon (c.1530–1592), Find A Grave Memorial no. 5887607, citing Church of Newton Clonbun, Trim, County Meath, Ireland ; Maintained by Find A Grave.
- Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Original data: Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed. Dictionary of National Biography, 1921–1922. Volumes 1–20, 22. London, England: Oxford University Press, 1921–1922.
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Dillon-845 and Dillon-1451 appear to represent the same person because: Both the Attorney General of Ireland.
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Chris Hoult
Dilleon-1 and Dillon-845 appear to represent the same person because: Use the sourced profile spelling Dillon perhaps add Dilleon as other last names
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by Chris Hoult
Philip (Mills) Broughton-Mills
Dillon-845 and Dillon-1035 appear to represent the same person because: Both father of 1st Earl of Roscommon.
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