Lucas Dillon, 6th Viscount Dillon

Lucas Dillon
Viscount Dillon
Tenure	1674–1682
Predecessor	Lucas, 5th Viscount Dillon
Successor	Theobald, 7th Viscount Dillon
Died	September or October 1682 Kilfaughny, County Westmeath
Spouse(s)	Ursula Dongan Anne Nugent
Issue	Both marriages were childless
Father	Theobald Dillon
Mother	Sarah Bourke

Lucas Dillon, 6th Viscount Dillon (died 1682) was an Irish peer who recovered title and lands after the restoration of King Charles II.

Birth and origins

Lucas was born in Ireland as the eldest son of Theobald Dillon and his wife Sarah Bourke.[1] His father was the third son of Christopher Dillon, who was the eldest son and heir apparent of Theobald Dillon, 1st Viscount Dillon.[2][3] The Dillons are an Old English family, established in 1185 when Sir Henry Dillon came to Ireland with Prince John.[4] Lucas's mother was an illegitimate daughter of David Bourke, who was a younger son of Theobald Bourke, 1st Viscount Mayo. Her family, the Mayo Bourkes, were Gaelicised Old English.[1]

He heads the list of siblings below as the eldest:

1. Lucas (died 1682)
2. James, who was a captain in the army[5]

His sisters were:

1. Honora, who married firstly Robert Dillon of Lisnagragh and secondly James Dillon of Rathmane[6]
2. Bridget, who married a Dillon of County Mayo[7]

Family tree

Lucas Dillon with wife, parents, and other selected relatives.[a] Theobald 1st Viscount d. 1624 Eleanor Tuite d. 1638 Christopher Dillon of Ballylaghan d. 1624 d.v.p.* Janet Dillon m. 1604 Lucas Dillon of Loughglynn 1579–1656 Lucas 2nd Viscount 1610–1629 Thomas 4th Viscount 1615–1673 Theobald Dillon Sarah Bourke Robert Dillon of Loughglynn Theobald 3rd Viscount 1629–1630 Thomas 5th Viscount d. 1674 Ursula Dongan d. 1680 Lucas 6th Viscount d. 1682 Ann Nugent Theobald 7th Viscount d. 1691 Jacobite Henry 8th Viscount d. 1714 Frances Hamilton d. 1751 Arthur 1670–1733 French General Christina Sheldon 1684–1757 Richard 9th Viscount 1688–1737 Charles 10th Viscount 1701–1741 Henry 11th Viscount 1705–1787 Charlotte Lee d. 1794 Legend XXX Subject of the article XXX Viscounts Dillon *d.v.p. = predeceased his father (decessit vita patris)

Viscount

Lucas's uncle Thomas Dillon, 4th Viscount Dillon, died in 1673[9][10] and was succeeded by his only surviving son, also called Thomas Dillon, Lucas's cousin. Thomas Dillon, the 5th Viscount died without surviving children a year later.[11] Lucas succeeded him as the 6th Viscount Dillon in 1674. On 28 February 1675 he granted a yearly pension of £600 (about £110,000 in 2023[12]) to Elizabeth, the widow of the 5th Viscount.[13]

Marriages

Lord Dillon, as he was now, married firstly Ursula, daughter of William Dongan, 1st Earl of Limerick,[14] by Maria Euphemia, daughter of Sir Richard Chambers, Baronet. Ursula died childless in 1680.[15] In 1682 he married secondly Lady Anne Nugent, daughter of Richard Nugent, 2nd Earl of Westmeath.[16]

Quit rent waiver

On 22 September 1675 Lord Dillon obtained from King Charles II the waver of the quit rents to the amount of £455 13s. 10d (about £90,000 in 2023[12]) due to the Crown according to the Irish Act of Settlement of 1662.[17]

Death, succession, and timeline

A few months after his second marriage Lord Dillon suddenly died of dropsy in September or October 1682 at Kilfaughny, Westmeath,[18] childless despite his two marriages. He was succeeded by Theobald as the 7th Viscount, a second cousin.[19] His widow married secondly Sir William Talbot, 3rd Baronet and died after 14 July 1710.

Timeline
As his birth date is uncertain, so are all his ages.
Age	Date	Event
0	1650, estimate	Born.[b]
9–10	1660, 29 May	Restoration of King Charles II[20]
23–24	1674	Succeeds his cousin, Thomas Dillon, as the 6th Viscount.[11]
24–25	1675, 28 Feb	Grants a pension of £600 to the widow of his predecessor, the 5th Viscount.[13]
24–25	1675, about	Married Ursula Dongan, his 1st wife.[15]
24–25	1675, 22 Sep	Charles II waved the quit-rent for the lands restored to the 4th Viscount in the Act of Settlement of 1662.
29–30	1680	First wife died.[15]
31–32	1682, Mar	Married Anne Nugent, his 2nd wife[16]
31–32	1682, Sep or Oct	Died at Kilfaughny, County Westmeath[19]

Notes and references

Notes

1. This family tree is partly derived from the Dillon family tree pictured in La Tour du Pin.[8] Also see the lists of siblings in the text.
2. The year of birth, needed for the purposes of this table, is a very rough guess based on when he married and when he died.

Citations

1. Lodge 1789, p. 190, line 1. "Which Theobald, married Sarah Bourke of the Viscount Mayo's family ..."
2. Burke & Burke 1915, p. 646, left column, penultimate line. "Luke, 6th Viscount Dillon, great-grandson of 1st Viscount, being the eldest son of Sir Theobald Dillon, 3rd son of his Lordship's eldest son Sir Christopher Dillon, Kt."
3. Webb 1878, p. 149, line 42. "... was born about 1614 ..."
4. Webb 1878, p. 149, line 7. "... [Sir Henry Dillon] came to Ireland in 1185 as secretary to Prince John ..."
5. Lodge 1789, p. 190, line 2. "Captain James Dillon who died without issue."
6. Lodge 1789, p. 190, line 3. "... daughter Honora who married first to Robert Dillon of Lisnagragh, or Lisnagree, secondly, to James Dillon of Rathmane, Gent."
7. Lodge 1789, p. 190, line 6. "... Bridget who married ___ Dillon of Mayo."
8. La Tour du Pin 1913, pp. 14–15. "Note généalogique sur la Maison des Lords Dillon"
9. Cokayne 1916, p. 358, line 25. "He [the 4th Viscount] d. [died] in 1673 or 1674.
10. Burke & Burke 1915, p. 646, left column, line 82. "... and d. [died] 1672-3 ..."
11. Lodge 1789, p. 189, line 36. "Thomas, the 5th Viscount Dillon married Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Sir John Bourke of Derymaclagtny in the county of Galway ... and his Lordship deceasing 1674, the honour devolved on Lucas Dillon, eldest son of Theobald, third son of Sir Christopher Dillon, eldest son of Theobald, the first Viscount."
12. UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
13. Lodge 1789, p. 190, line 8. "Lucas, who succeeded, and was the sixth Viscount, settled on the last day of February 1674-5, a rent charge of 600l. a year on the widow of Thomas the fifth lord ..."
14. Lodge 1789, p. 190, line 23. "He married to his first wife, Ursula, daughter of William, Viscount Dongan, and Earl of Limerick;"
15. Cokayne 1916, p. 359, line 2. "He m. 1stly Ursula, da. of William (Dungan), 1st Earl of Limerick [I.] by Maria Euphemia, da. of Sir Richard Chambers, Bart. [E.1663] She died 1680."
16. Lodge 1789, p. 191, line 1. "... and to his second wife, about the latter end of the year 1681, the Lady Anne Nugent, eldest daughter of Richard, earl of Westmeath ..."
17. Lodge 1789, p. 190, line 12. "... and being high in the favour of K. Charles II. His Majesty in consideration of the many services and sufferings of his family, did by his letter, dated 22 September 1675, direct a grant to be made under the Great Seal ... whereby he remitted, released and for ever quit claim, to the yearly sum of 455l. 13s. 10h. of the new quit rents ..."
18. Lodge 1789, p. 191, line 7. "... but in a few months after his marriage, being seized with a dropsy ... he [the 6th Viscount] died in September or October 1682, at Killenfaghny in Westmeath, the usual mansion-house of the family, and having had no issue by either of his Ladies, the title and estates descended to Theobald Dillon of Kilmore, Esq., the next heir male of the body of Theobald the first Viscount ..."
19. Burke & Burke 1915, p. 646, right column, line 3. "... but dying s.p. [childless] in 1682, the title devolved on Theobald, 7th Viscount ..."
20. Fryde et al. 1986, p. 44, line 39. "Charles II. ... acc. 29 May 1660 ..."

Sources

• Burke, Bernard; Burke, Ashworth Peter (1915). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage (77th ed.). London: Harrison. OCLC 1155471554. (for Dillon)
• Cokayne, George Edward (1916). Gibbs, Vicary (ed.). The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. Vol. IV (2nd ed.). London: St Catherine Press. OCLC 228661424. – Dacre to Dysart
• Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology. Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, No. 2 (3rd ed.). London: Offices of the Royal Historical Society. ISBN 0-86193-106-8. – (for timeline)
• La Tour du Pin, Henriette-Lucy, Marquise de (1913). Journal d'une femme de cinquante ans [Diary of a Woman in her Fifties] (in French). Vol. I (7th ed.). Paris: Librairie Chapelot. OCLC 1047408815.
• Lodge, John (1789). Archdall, Mervyn (ed.). The Peerage of Ireland or, A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom. Vol. IV. Dublin: James Moore. OCLC 264906028. – Viscounts (for Dillon)
• Webb, Alfred (1878). "Dillon, Theobald, Viscount". Compendium of Irish Biography. Dublin: M. H. Gill & Son. p. 149. OCLC 122693688. (for 1st Viscount)

Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Thomas Dillon	Viscount Dillon 1674–1682	Succeeded by Theobald Dillon