Earl of Roscommon

Earl of Roscommon was a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Ireland .

Award

The title was created on August 5, 1622 for James Dillon, 1st Baron Dillon . He had already been awarded the title Baron Dillon , of Kilkenny West in the County of Westmeath , on January 24, 1619, also in the Peerage of Ireland .

Both titles expired when the 12th Earl died on May 15, 1850.

List of the Earls of Roscommon (1622)

Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon

• James Dillon, 1st Earl of Roscommon († 1642)
• Robert Dillon, 2nd Earl of Roscommon († 1642)
• James Dillon, 3rd Earl of Roscommon (around 1605–1649)
• Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon (around 1630–1685)
• Carey Dillon, 5th Earl of Roscommon (1627-1689)
• Robert Dillon, 6th Earl of Roscommon († 1715)
• Robert Dillon, 7th Earl of Roscommon († 1721)
• James Dillon, 8th Earl of Roscommon (1702–1746)
• Robert Dillon, 9th Earl of Roscommon († 1770)
• John Dillon, 10th Earl of Roscommon († 1782)
• Patrick Dillon, 11th Earl of Roscommon (1769-1816)
• Michael Dillon, 12th Earl of Roscommon (1798–1850)

literature

• George Edward Cokayne , Vicary Gibbs (Eds.): The Complete Peerage . Volume 2, Alan Sutton Publishing, Gloucester 2000, p. 183.
• Charles Mosley (Ed.): Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage . Volume 1, Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, Wilmington 2003, p. 1147.
• John Debrett: Debrett's Complete Peerage. JG & F. Rivington, London 1839, pp. 527-528.