Robert Dillon, 1st Baron Clonbrock
Robert Dillon, 1st Baron Clonbrock PC (27 February 1754 – 22 July 1795), was an Irish politician.
The Right Honourable The Baron Clonbrock | |
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| Member of the Irish Parliament for Lanesborough | |
| In office 1776–1790 | |
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| Born | Robert Dillon 27 January 1754 |
| Died | 22 July 1795 (aged 41) |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Spouse(s) | Letitia Greene (m. 1776) |
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Dillon was the son of Luke Dillon and Bridget Kelly, daughter of John Kelly. His grandfather Robert Dillon had represented Dungarvan in the Irish House of Commons.[1] Dillon was himself returned to the Irish Parliament for Lanesborough in 1776, a seat he held until 1790,[1][2] when he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Clonbrock, of Clonbrock in the County of Galway.[1] He was appointed an Irish Privy Counsellor in 1795, but died before he could be sworn in.[1][3]
Lord Clonbrock married Letitia Greene, daughter of John Greene, of Old Abbey, County Limerick, in 1776. He died at Clonbrock, County Galway, in July 1795, aged 41, and was succeeded in the barony by his son, Luke. Lady Clonbrock married as her second husband Clement Archer, State Surgeon in Ireland, in 1802 and died in September 1806.[1]
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| Parliament of Ireland | ||
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| Preceded by Matthias Earbery Edward Bellingham Swan |
Member of Parliament for Lanesborough 1776–1790 With: John Hely-Hutchinson 1776–1783 David La Touche 1783 Cornelius Bolton 1783–1790 |
Succeeded by Gervase Parker Bushe Stephen Moore |
| Peerage of Ireland | ||
| New creation | Baron Clonbrock 1790–1795 |
Succeeded by Luke Dillon |