Sir Lucas Dillon of Loughglynn (1579–1656) was in 1628 one of the negotiators of the Graces; he was MP for Roscommon in the two Irish Parliaments of Charles I. At the Irish Rebellion of 1641 he sided with the rebels and joined the Irish Catholic Confederation, where he served on the Supreme Council.
Birth and origins
Lucas was born in 1579,[1] the second son of Theobald Dillon and Eleanor Tuite. His father would become the first Viscount Dillon in 1622. His mother was a daughter of Sir Edward Tuite of Tuitestown, County Westmeath, and widow of William Tuite of Monilea. His father's side of the family descended from Lord Dillon of Drumraney, County Westmeath. His father's family was Old English and descended from Sir Henry Dillon who came to Ireland with Prince John in 1185.[2]
Family tree
Theobald Dillon with wife, parents, and other selected relatives.[a]
In June 1627 a convention was elected in Ireland[4] that chose 11 agents[5] to be sent to England to negotiate with the King. Sir Lucas was one of them. Three were Protestants, the remaining eight Old English Catholics.[6]
Sir Lucas sat for County Roscommon in the parliaments of 1634–1635[8] and the Parliament 1640–1649.[9]
Irish Catholic Confederation
The Cessation
On 15 September 1643 at Sigginstown, Strafford's unfinished house,[10] the Confederates signed a cease-fire with Ormond, called the "Cessation".[11] Sir Lucas was one of the signatories for the Confederates.[12][13] The Confederates agreed to pay the King £30,000 (about £6,400,000 in 2023[14]) in several instalments.
Second Ormond Peace
n January 1649, the Second Ormond Peace was signed.[15] The Irish Catholic Confederation was dissolved,[16] and power handed to 12 Commissioners of Trust of which Sir Lucas was one.[17] On 2 August Jones defeated the Irish royalists under Ormond, who had been besieging Dublin, at the Battle of Rathmines.[18]
^Also see the lists of siblings and children in the text.
Citations
^Murphy 2009, 1st paragraph: "Dillon, Sir Lucas (1579–1656) ...."
^Webb 1878, p. 149, line 7: "... [Sir Henry Dillon] came to Ireland in 1185 as secretary to Prince John ..."
^Murphy 2009, last paragraph, last sentence. "... the couple had four sons."
^Gillespie 2006, p. 76, line 31: "In June elections were held for a convention to nominate the delegation for the king."
^Clarke 1976, p. 237, note 2: "The Old English agents were: Lord Killeen, Sir Thomas Lutrell, Sir William Talbot (Leinster), Sir Lucas Dillon, Sir Henry Lynch (Connaught), Sir Edward FitzHarris, Sir John Meade, Lord Power (Munster). The Protestant agents were Richard Osborne (Munster), Arthur Forbes, Andrew Stewart (Ulster)."
^Gillespie 2006, p. 76, line 34: "The delegation included three Protestant settlers and eight Catholic Old Englishmen ..."
^Lodge 1789, p. 185, line 33: "Thomas, the 4th Viscount, who being within age, viz. 15 years old at the accession to the honour; K. Charles I by indenture, bearing date of 8 December same year [1630] demised and to farm set, the estates then very considerable ... to Lucas Dillon of Lough-Glyn "
^Meehan 1882, p. 73: "... the confederate commissioners agreed to meet him in Strafford's unfinished mansion at Jigginstown, in order to a cessation of arms."
^Bagwell 1909, p. 50: "Ten persons signed on the part of the Confederates, of whom Lord Muskerry, Sir Robert Talbot, and Geoffrey Browne were perhaps the most notable."
^Gilbert 1882, p. 163, Note 1: "James, Marquess of Ormonde, Lieutenant-General of his Majestie's army in the kingdom of Ireland of the one part, and Donogh, Viscount Muskery; Sir Lucas Dillon, Knight; Nicholas Plunket, Esquire; Sir Robert Talbot, Baronet; Torlogh O'Neill; Geffry Browne; Ever Mac Gennis, and John Walshe, Esquires: Authorized by his Majestie's Roman Catholic subjects, of the other part."
^Bagwell 1909, p. 175, note: "The Commissioners of Trust were Viscounts Dillon and Muskerry, Lord Athenry, Alexander MacDonnell, Sirs Lucas Dillon, Nicholas Plunket, and Richard Barnewall, Geoffrey Browne, Donough O'Callaghan, Turlagh O'Neill, Miles O'Reilly, and Gerald Fennell Esquires."
^Joyce 1903, p. 202: "... to fortify the old castle of Rathmines. But Colonel Jones sallied forth in the night and surprised not only Purcell but Ormond himself and utterly routed the entire army (2nd of August 1649)."
^Murphy 2009, last paragraph, 4th sentence. "He died in 1656 and his widow and family were transported to Co. Westmeath. "
^Lodge 1789, p. 177, line 18: "... was appointed by patent, General Collector and Receiver of all and singular the Composition Money, within the provinces of Connaught and Thomond."
^Cokayne 1916, p. 357, line 21: "... took an active part against the rebel Irish under Tyrone, 1598–1601; knighted by the Earl of Essex, 24 July 1599."
^Lodge 1789, p. 178, line 19: "The King also ... did by patent 19 July 1608, 6 of his reign, regrant, sell, and confirm to him, his heirs and assignes forever, the entire manor, castle, or stone-fort and town of Killenfaghny ..."
^Lodge 1789, p. 177, line 35: "... creating him Viscount Dillon of Costello-Gallen in the Kingdom of Ireland, by letters patent bearing date at Westminster, 16 March 1621-2 ..."
^Cokayne 1916, p. 357, line 33: "Christopher was s. [son] and h. ap. [heir apparent] of the last Viscount but d. v.p. [predeceased his father], 28 Feb 1623/4."
^Gilbert 1882, p. 163, Note 1: "James, Marquess of Ormonde, Lieutenant-General of his Majestie's army in the kingdom of Ireland of the one part, and Donogh, Viscount Muskery; Sir Lucas Dillon, Knight; Nicholas Plunket, Esquire; Sir Robert Talbot, Baronet; Torlogh O'Neill; Geffry Browne; Ever Mac Gennis, and John Walshe, Esquires: Authorized by his Majestie's Roman Catholic subjects, of the other part."
