Viscount Dillon

Coat of arms of the Viscounts Dillon

Viscount Dillon , of Costello-Gallen in the County of Mayo , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Ireland .

Award and history of the title

The title was created on March 16, 1622 for the Hiberno-Norman landowner and military leader Theobald Dillon . His great-grandson, the 7th Viscount fought from 1688 during the Glorious Revolution on the side of the Catholic King James II , fell in 1691. The Battle of Aughrim was ostracized in 1691. His eldest son Henry obtained the restoration of the title for himself as the 8th Viscount in 1694. His brother the Hon. Arthur Dillon made a career in the French military from 1690 and received the French title of Count Comte Dillon from King Louis XIV in 1711 . In addition, the Jacobite pretender to the throne Jacob III raised him . 1721 to Earl Dillon ; The latter title was not recognized due to the failure of all Jacobite restitution attempts. The Comte's son, Charles Dillon, Comte Dillon inherited his cousin, the 9th Viscount, as the 10th Viscount Dillon in 1737.

Today's title holder is Henry Dillon as the 22nd Viscount.

List of Viscounts Dillon (1622)

• Theobald Dillon, 1st Viscount Dillon († 1624)
• Lucas Dillon, 2nd Viscount Dillon (1610–1629)
• Theobald Dillon, 3rd Viscount Dillon (1629-1630)
• Thomas Dillon, 4th Viscount Dillon (1615–1672)
• Thomas Dillon, 5th Viscount Dillon († 1674)
• Lucas Dillon, 6th Viscount Dillon († 1682)
• Theobald Dillon, 7th Viscount Dillon († 1691) (title forfeited 1691)
• Henry Dillon, 8th Viscount Dillon († 1713) (title restored 1694)
• Richard Dillon, 9th Viscount Dillon (1688–1737)
• Charles Dillon, 10th Viscount Dillon (1701–1741)
• Henry Dillon, 11th Viscount Dillon (1705–1787)
• Charles Dillon, 12th Viscount Dillon (1745–1813)
• Henry Dillon, 13th Viscount Dillon (1777–1832)
• Charles Dillon, 14th Viscount Dillon (1810–1865)
• Theobald Dillon, 15th Viscount Dillon (1811–1879)
• Arthur Dillon, 16th Viscount Dillon (1812-1892)
• Harold Dillon, 17th Viscount Dillon (1844–1932)
• Arthur Dillon, 18th Viscount Dillon (1875–1934)
• Eric Dillon, 19th Viscount Dillon (1881–1946)
• Michael Dillon, 20th Viscount Dillon (1911–1979)
• Charles Dillon, 21st Viscount Dillon (1945–1982)
• Henry Dillon, 22nd Viscount Dillon (* 1973)

Probable title heir ( Heir Presumptive ) is the cousin of the current title holder Thomas Dillon (* 1983).

Literature and web links

• Charles Kidd: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Debrett's Ltd, London 2014, ISBN 0-9929348-2-6 .
• Dillon, Viscount (I, 1621/2) at Cracroft's Peerage
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page