Viscount Dillon

The Viscount Dillon title was created on March 16, 1622 for Theobald Dillon (d. 1624 ), Lord Chairman of Connaught . The Dillon family was of Irish-Norman descent. Dillons from the 13th century owned estates in the county of Westmeath , which was known as the "county of Dillons." His great-grandson, Theobald Dillon, 7th Viscount Dillon (d. 1691 ), was a supporter of Catholic King James II Stuart and was outlawed after the Glorious Revolution . He created the " Dillon Regiment " in the Irish brigade in the French army, which played a role in the victory of the French army at the Battle of Fontenoy in 1745 . The 7th Viscount Dillon died in the Battle of Ohrim in County Galway .

However, his son Charles Dillon, the 8th Viscount Dillon (d. 1713 ), was able in 1694 to achieve the abolition of the exile of his father, regained his title and estates, and then served as the viceroy of the county of Roscommon . His younger brother, Lieutenant General Arthur Dillon (1670-1733), received the French title of Count Dillon in 1711 . James Francis Edward Stewart, Jacobite pretender to the English throne, granted Arthur Dillon the title of Earl of Dillon. His son, Henry Dillon, 11th Viscount Dillon (1705-1787), served as a colonel in the French army . In 1793, the Dillon Regiment in France was disbanded. His son, Charles Dillon, 12th Viscount Dillon (1745-1813), adopted Anglicanism in 1767 and sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain from Westbury (1770-1774). His son, Henry Augustus Dillon-Lee, 13th Viscount Dillon (1777–1832), sat in the House of Commons from Harwich (1799–1801, 1801–1802) and Mayo County (1802–1814). His great-grandson, Eric Fitzgerald Dillon, 19th Viscount Dillon (1881–1946), was a foreman in the British Army.

As of 2014 , the title holder was his great-grandson , Henry Benedict Charles Dillon, 22nd Viscount Dillon (born 1973 ), who succeeded his father in 1982 .

• 1622-1624: Theobald Dillon, 1st Viscount Dillon (d. March 15, 1624), son of Thomas Dillon and Mary Dillon
• 1624-1629: Lucas Dillon, 2nd Viscount Dillon (March 1610 - April 13, 1629), eldest son of Sir Christopher Dillon (d. 1623/1624), grandson of the previous
• 1629-1630: Theobald Dillon, 3rd Viscount Dillon (July 1629 - May 13, 1630), the only son of the previous
• 1630–1672: Thomas Dillon, 4th Viscount Dillon (March 1615–1672), youngest son of Sir Christopher Dillon, grandson of Theobald Dillon, 1st Viscount Dillon
• 1672–1674: Thomas Dillon, 5th Viscount Dillon (died 1674), son of the previous
• 1674–1682: Lucas Dillon, 6th Viscount Dillon (died 1682), son of Theobald Dillon, grandson of Sir Christopher Dillon (d. 1623/1624), great-grandson of 1st Viscount Dillon
• 1682–1691: Theobald Dillon, 7th Viscount Dillon (died July 12, 1691), son of Robert Dillon, grandson of Sir Lucas Dillon, great-grandson of 1st Viscount Dillon
• 1691-1713: Henry Dillon, 8th Viscount Dillon (died January 13, 1713), the eldest son of the previous
• 1713-1737: Richard Dillon, 9th Viscount Dillon (1688 - February 1737), the only son of the previous
• 1737-1741: Charles Dillon, 10th Viscount Dillon (1701 - October 24, 1741), the eldest son of Lieutenant General Arthur Dillon, Earl of Dillon (1670-1732), grandson of the 7th Viscount Dillon
• 1741-1787: Henry Dillon, 11th Viscount Dillon (1705 - September 3, 1787), younger brother of the previous
• 1787-1813: Charles Dillon, 12th Viscount Dillon (November 6, 1745 - November 9, 1813), the eldest son of the previous
• 1813-1832: Henry August Dillon-Lee, 13th Viscount Dillon (October 28, 1777 - July 24, 1832), the only son of the previous from his first marriage
• 1832-1865: Charles Henry Dillon, 14th Viscount Dillon (April 20, 1810 - November 18, 1865), the eldest son of the previous
• 1865-1879: Theobald Dominic Jeffrey Dillon, 15th Viscount Dillon (April 5, 1811 - November 30, 1879), younger brother of the previous
• 1879-1892: Arthur Edmund Denis Dillon, 16th Viscount Dillon (April 10, 1812 - January 12, 1892), younger brother of the previous
• 1892-1932: Harold Arthur Dillon, 17th Viscount Dillon (January 24, 1844 - December 18, 1932), the eldest son of the previous
• 1932-1934: Arthur Henry Dillon 18th Viscount Dillon (January 5, 1875 - May 25, 1934), the eldest son of the Honorable Conrad Adderly Dillon (1845-1901)
• 1934-1946: Eric Fitzgerald Dillon 19th Viscount Dillon (April 4, 1881 - April 6, 1946), younger brother of the previous
• 1946-1979: Michael Eric Dillon, 20th Viscount Dillon (August 30, 1911 - November 30, 1979), the only son of the previous
• 1979-1982: Charles Henry Robert Dillon 21st Viscount Dillon (January 18, 1945 - September 15, 1982), the eldest son of the previous
• 1982 - present: Henry Charles Benedict Dillon 22nd Viscount Dillon (born January 6, 1973), the only son of the previous
  • Heir: Thomas Arthur Lee Dillon (born October 1, 1983), the only son of the Honorable Richard Arthur Louis Dillon (1948-2014), grandson of the 20th Viscount Dillon, cousin of the previous one.

• Count Roscommon
• Baron Klonbrock
• Peerity of France
• Jacobite peerage

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Lundy, Darryl. http://www.thepeerage.com/i2565.htm#s35942 The Peerage .