Английская Википедия:Henry Dillon, 8th Viscount Dillon

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Henry Dillon, 8th Viscount Dillon (died 1714) was an Irish soldier and politician. In 1689 he sat in the Patriot Parliament. He fought for the Jacobites during the Wiiliamite War, defending Galway against Ginkel and surrendering it in 1691 after a short siege. He obtained the reversal of his father's attainder in 1696 recovering his father's lands.

Birth and origins

Henry was born about 1665,Шаблон:Efn probably at his parents' house at Kilmore, County Roscommon, Ireland.Шаблон:Sfb He was the second but eldest surviving of the three sons of Theobald Dillon and his wife Mary Talbot. At that time his father was heir apparent of Lucas Dillon, 6th Viscount Dillon of Costello-Gallen, a remote cousin.Шаблон:Sfn His father's family was Old English and descended from Sir Henry Dillon who had come to Ireland with Prince John in 1185.Шаблон:Sfn

Henry's mother was a daughter of Sir Henry Talbot of Templeogue and his wife Margaret Talbot, who was a sister of Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell.Шаблон:Sfn The Talbots also were an Old English family.

Both his parents were Catholic. He had two brothers, who are listed in his father's article. His younger brother, Arthur, later became a general in French service.Шаблон:Sfn

Early life

In 1683 his father succeeded as the 7th Viscount Dillon.Шаблон:Sfn In 1688, at the Glorious Revolution, his father raised two regiments of foot for James II, Dillon commanded one of them, the other was commanded by his younger brother, Arthur.Шаблон:Sfn

Marriage and children

In July 1687 Dillon married Frances Hamilton, second of the three daughters of comte George Hamilton and his wife Frances Jennings and step-daughter of Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, lord deputy of Ireland.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn These three sisters were known in Ireland as the three viscountesses as they all three married Irish viscounts.Шаблон:Sfn

Шаблон:Anchor Henry and Frances had at least two children:

1. Bridget
2. Richard (died 1737), who succeeded as the 9th ViscountШаблон:Sfn

Later life

In 1689 Dillon was one of the two members of parliament for County Westmeath in the House of Commons of the Patriot Parliament.Шаблон:Sfn In that same year he served as Lord Lieutenant of County Roscommon.Шаблон:Sfn

His father, the 7th Viscount, fell in the Battle of Aughrim on 12 July 1691Шаблон:Sfn fighting under Saint-Ruhe against the Williamites under Ginkel. Henry succeeded as the 8th Viscount in the eyes of his Jacobite comrades, but his father had been attainted on 11 May 1691Шаблон:Sfn and in the eyes of the victorious Williamites there was no title or estate for him to succeed to.Шаблон:Sfn

Lord Dillon, as he was now, was governor of Galway for the Jacobites.Шаблон:Sfn Ginkel quickly marched down upon him from Aughrim and invested the town on 18 July. Dillon surrendered on the 26th on terms and marched out with his troops to Limerick.Шаблон:Sfn The Williamites laid siege to Limerick in August 1690. During a shelling of the town Dillon's mother Mary lost her life.Шаблон:Sfn The siege was lifted at the end of the month but a second siege followed in 1691 and lasted until the Williamite war in Ireland ended with the Treaty of Limerick signed on 8 October 1691.Шаблон:Sfn

While many of the Jacobites went into exile at the end of the war, an event called the Flight of the Wild Geese, Dillon stayed in Ireland and applied for the reversal of his attainder, which he obtained in 1694 by a judgement of the Court of the King's Bench and was confirmed by the Irish House of Lords in 1697.Шаблон:Sfn He, therefore, got back his title and lands.

Death, succession, and timeline

Dillon died on 13 January 1714 in Dublin and was buried at Ballyhaunis in County Mayo.Шаблон:Sfn He was succeeded by his son, Richard, the 9th Viscount, who died in 1737, without male issue,Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Efn and the title passed to his nephew Charles, his brother Arthur's son.Шаблон:Sfn

Timeline
The accuracy of the given ages depends on that of his birth (estimated) and those of the dated events.
Age	Date	Event
0	1665, estimate	Born,Шаблон:Efn probably at his parents' house at Kilmore, County Roscommon.
Шаблон:Age	1670	Brother Arthur was born.Шаблон:Sfn
Шаблон:Age	1683	Father succeeded as the 7th Viscount.
Шаблон:Age	1685, 6 Feb	Accession of King James II, succeeding King Charles IIШаблон:Sfn
Шаблон:Age	1687, 8 Jan	Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, appointed Lord Deputy of IrelandШаблон:Sfn
Шаблон:Age	1687, Jul	Married Frances Hamilton, step-daughter of Tyrconnell.Шаблон:Sfn
Шаблон:Age	1689, 13 Feb	Accession of William and Mary, succeeding King James IIШаблон:Sfn
Шаблон:Age	1689	Sat in the Patriot Parliament.
Шаблон:Age	1691, 11 May	Father was attainted by the Williamites.Шаблон:Sfn
Шаблон:Age	1691, 12 Jul	Succeeded as the 8th Viscount as his father was slain at the Battle of Aughrim
Шаблон:Age	1691, 26 Jul	Surrendered Galway to Ginkel.
Шаблон:Age	1694	Obtained the reversal of his father's attainder.
Шаблон:Age	1702, 8 Mar	Accession of Queen Anne, succeeding King William IIIШаблон:Sfn
Шаблон:Age	1714, 13 Jan	Died in Dublin and was succeeded by his son Richard as the 9th Viscount.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Efn

Notes and references

Sources

• Шаблон:Cite encyclopedia
• Шаблон:Cite book
• Шаблон:Cite book (for siblings Elizabeth, Thomas, John, Lucia, Margaret and daughters)
• Шаблон:Cite book
• Шаблон:Cite book
• Шаблон:Cite book – Dacre to Dysart (for Dillon)
• Шаблон:Cite book
• Шаблон:Cite book – Scotland and Ireland
• Шаблон:Cite book – (for timeline)
• Шаблон:Cite book
• Шаблон:Cite book
• Шаблон:Cite book – Viscounts (for Dillon)
• Шаблон:Cite book – The Age of Louis XIV
• Шаблон:Cite encyclopedia (for the 1st viscount)