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122 DTGBY — DILLON. Dorset; ed, at Harrow; sometime (1S27) Lieut. 9th Lancers ; Lieut. Col. Dorset Yeomanry 18.16. He m. 27 June 1 837, Theresa-Anna-Maria, 1st da. of Henry- Stephen "(Fox-Strangways), 3d Earl of IlchtstbB, by Caroliue-Leuora, da. of Lord George Murray, Bishop of St. David's. She, who was 6. 11 Jany. 1814, d. 2 May 1874, at Minterne House, Dorset. He d. there 16 Oct. 1SS9, in his 81st year and was bur. at Minterne. Barony 1 4 and 10. Edward-Henry-Trafalgar (Digdy), VII Baron Digby of Sherborne [176.1], also Baron Digby of 1889. Geashiix [L, 1620], s. and h., 6. 21 Oct. 1846; Capt. Coldstream Guards, 1S6S ; Lieut. Col., 1877 ; Col., 1887 , Barony [I.] X. J M.P. for Dorset, 1876-85. Family Estates. ...These, in 18S3, consisted of 1,SS6 acres in co. Dorset and 124 co. Warwick, besides 29,722 in King's County, 938 in Queen's County, and 6.S35 (valued but at £102 a year) co. Mayo. Total 39,505 acres, valued at £15,963 a year. Principal Residence. Minterne House, near Cerne, Dorset. Note. .. .The Sherborne estate (about 26,000 acres in Dorset and Somerset, valued at over £45,000 a year) devolved in 1S56, on the deatli of Karl Digby, on his nephew (his sister's son) George-Digby Wingtield-llaker, afterwards Wingtield-Digby, whose yr. br. John inherited, in like manner, the Coleshill estate in Warwickshire, about 9.. 000 acres, valued at over £15,000 a year. DILLON OF KILKENNY-WEST. Barony [I.] Sir James Dillox , of Moymet, co. Mcath, s. ami h. cf T 1 Til 0 Sir Lucas D. of the same, sometime Ch, Baron of the Exchequer [I.] was on 24 Jany, 1618 9, ep. LOUD DILLON, BARON OF KIL- KENNY-WEST, co. Westmeath [I.] He was on 5 Aug. 1622, CP. EARL OF ROSCOMMON, [I.] both which titles since 15 May 1850, have become dormant or extinct. See "Roscommon," Earldom of, [I.] cr. 1622. DILLON OE COSTELLO-GALLEN. Viscountcy [LJ Sir Theobald Dillon, of Costello-Gallcn, co. I. 1622. Mayo, 3d s. of Thomas D., of Ballyuakill, by Mary, da. of Chris- topher Dillon, of Kilmore, was Commander of a troop, and received Knighthood in 1559, and was in 1582, made Collector for the provinces of Connaught and Thomond, which was continued to him by James I ., by whom, 16 March 1621/2, he was cr. VISCOUNT DILLON OF COSTELLO- GALLEN {") co. Mayo. [I.] He to. Eleanor, widow of William Tcite, of Tuitestown, co. Westmeath. He d. 15 March 1624 at a great age, having above 100 descendants. Inq. post mortem. His widow d. 8 April 1638, at Killinure, co. Westmeath, and was iio'. at St. Francis' Friary, Athlone. II. 1624. 2. Lucas (Dillon), Viscount Dillon of Costello- Gallkn, [I.] grandson and h., being s. and h. of Sir Christopher Dillon of Ballylagham, co. Mayo, President of Connaught, by Jane, 1st da. of James (Billon,) 1st Earl of Roscommon, [I.] which Christopher, was s. and h. ap. of the last Viscount, but A v. p. 28 Feb. 1623/4. He was aged 14} years in Sep. 1624. He m. (when 15) in 1625. Mary, da. of Randal (Macdonnell), 1st Earl of Antrim, [I.] by Alice, da. or sister of Hugh (O'Neill), Earl of Tyrone. [I] He d. 13 April 1629 at Killenfagny, co. Westmeath, and was bur. 14 Sep., in the Friary of Athlone. Inq. postmortem. His widow m. Oliver (Plunket,) 6th Baron Louth,) [I.] who d. about 1679. (») The preamble to this patent is in " Lodge," vol. iv, p. 117.