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Arthur Dillon (1750-1794)
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Arthur Dillon was a general in French service under the Ancien Régime and in the American
and French Revolutionary Wars
.
He was the son of Lady Charlotte Lee and Henry Dillon, 11th Viscount Dillon
of Costello-Gallen, and cousin of Théobald Dillon
(not to be confused with his brother, also named Théobald). His grandfather was general Arthur Dillon
. He was the grandfather of Arthur Dillon (1834-1922)
, also a military officer.
At eighteen, he married his second cousin, Therese-Lucy de Rothe (1751 - 7 September 1782). They had two children: George, died at age two, and Lucie-Henriette Dillon
(by marriage, Lucie-Henriette de la Tour du Pin Gouvernet), the noted memoiriste of the Revolutionary period and the Napoleonic era.
On the death of his uncle, Arthur, by inheritance, became colonel of the Dillon family's proprietary regiment
. In 1778, he sailed with his regiment to the Caribbean to campaign against Britain. He served at Grenada
; Savannah, Georgia
(where he was promoted to brigadier); and elsewhere. After the Treaty of Paris
, he became governor of Tobago
. His first wife having died, he married a wealthy French Creole
widow from Martinique
, Marie-Françoise Laure de Girardin, the Comtesse de la Touche, by whom he had six children.
He returned to Paris to represent Martinique in the Estates-General of 1789
. A democratic, reformist royalist, Dillon was guillotine
d during the Reign of Terror
.
Arthur Dillon (born in 1750 at Braywich, England
, died at Paris, 1794) was a general in French service under the Ancien Régime and in the American
and French Revolutionary Wars
.
He was the son of Lady Charlotte Lee and Henry Dillon, 11th Viscount Dillon
of Costello-Gallen, and cousin of Théobald Dillon
(not to be confused with his brother, also named Théobald). His grandfather was general Arthur Dillon
. He was the grandfather of Arthur Dillon (1834-1922)
, also a military officer.
At eighteen, he married his second cousin, Therese-Lucy de Rothe (1751 - 7 September 1782). They had two children: George, died at age two, and Lucie-Henriette Dillon
(by marriage, Lucie-Henriette de la Tour du Pin Gouvernet), the noted memoiriste of the Revolutionary period and the Napoleonic era.
On the death of his uncle, Arthur, by inheritance, became colonel of the Dillon family's proprietary regiment
. In 1778, he sailed with his regiment to the Caribbean to campaign against Britain. He served at Grenada
; Savannah, Georgia
(where he was promoted to brigadier); and elsewhere. After the Treaty of Paris
, he became governor of Tobago
. His first wife having died, he married a wealthy French Creole
widow from Martinique
, Marie-Françoise Laure de Girardin, the Comtesse de la Touche, by whom he had six children.
He returned to Paris to represent Martinique in the Estates-General of 1789
. A democratic, reformist royalist, Dillon was guillotine
d during the Reign of Terror
.
Arthur Dillon (born in 1750 at Braywich, England
, died at Paris, 1794) was a general in French service under the Ancien Régime and in the American
and French Revolutionary Wars
.
He was the son of Lady Charlotte Lee and Henry Dillon, 11th Viscount Dillon
of Costello-Gallen, and cousin of Théobald Dillon
(not to be confused with his brother, also named Théobald). His grandfather was general Arthur Dillon
. He was the grandfather of Arthur Dillon (1834-1922)
, also a military officer.
At eighteen, he married his second cousin, Therese-Lucy de Rothe (1751 - 7 September 1782). They had two children: George, died at age two, and Lucie-Henriette Dillon
(by marriage, Lucie-Henriette de la Tour du Pin Gouvernet), the noted memoiriste of the Revolutionary period and the Napoleonic era.
On the death of his uncle, Arthur, by inheritance, became colonel of the Dillon family's proprietary regiment
. In 1778, he sailed with his regiment to the Caribbean to campaign against Britain. He served at Grenada
; Savannah, Georgia
(where he was promoted to brigadier); and elsewhere. After the Treaty of Paris
, he became governor of Tobago
. His first wife having died, he married a wealthy French Creole
widow from Martinique
, Marie-Françoise Laure de Girardin, the Comtesse de la Touche, by whom he had six children.
He returned to Paris to represent Martinique in the Estates-General of 1789
. A democratic, reformist royalist, Dillon was guillotine
d during the Reign of Terror
.
American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the...
and French Revolutionary Wars
French Revolutionary Wars
The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of major conflicts, from 1792 until 1802, fought between the French Revolutionary government and several European states...
.
He was the son of Lady Charlotte Lee and Henry Dillon, 11th Viscount Dillon
Henry Dillon, 11th Viscount Dillon
Henry Dillon, 11th Viscount Dillon of Costello-Gallen was an English peer.Henry's father was the Hon. Arthur Dillon , a son of the 7th Viscount, who was Colonel and founder of the Dillon Regiment in 1688...
of Costello-Gallen, and cousin of Théobald Dillon
Théobald Dillon
Théobald Dillon was count of Dillon and an Irish-born general in the French army. He was the grandson of Arthur Dillon, the nephew of the bishop Arthur Richard Dillon and the cousin of general Arthur Dillon .On 29 April 1792, following the loss of a skirmish with Austrian forces, Dillon was...
(not to be confused with his brother, also named Théobald). His grandfather was general Arthur Dillon
Arthur Dillon (1670-1733)
Arthur, count of Dillon was a Jacobite soldier from Ireland who served in the French army.- Career :...
. He was the grandfather of Arthur Dillon (1834-1922)
Arthur Dillon (1834-1922)
Arthur Dillon was a French cavalry officer and journalist, and friend of général Boulanger. He was the grandson of General Arthur Dillon , descended from a family of exile Irish Jacobites....
, also a military officer.
At eighteen, he married his second cousin, Therese-Lucy de Rothe (1751 - 7 September 1782). They had two children: George, died at age two, and Lucie-Henriette Dillon
Henriette-Lucy, Marquise de La Tour du Pin Gouvernet
Henriette-Lucy, Marquise de La Tour du Pin-Gouvernet , , was a French aristocrat famous for her memoirs entitled Journal d'une femme de 50 ans...
(by marriage, Lucie-Henriette de la Tour du Pin Gouvernet), the noted memoiriste of the Revolutionary period and the Napoleonic era.
On the death of his uncle, Arthur, by inheritance, became colonel of the Dillon family's proprietary regiment
Dillon Regiment
The Dillon's Regiment was first raised in Ireland in 1688 by Theobald, 7th Viscount Dillon for the Jacobite side in the Williamite War. He was then killed at the Battle of Aughrim in 1691....
. In 1778, he sailed with his regiment to the Caribbean to campaign against Britain. He served at Grenada
Grenada
Grenada is an island country and Commonwealth Realm consisting of the island of Grenada and six smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea...
; Savannah, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia
Savannah is the largest city and the county seat of Chatham County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. Established in 1733, the city of Savannah was the colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. Today Savannah is an industrial center and an important...
(where he was promoted to brigadier); and elsewhere. After the Treaty of Paris
Peace of Paris (1783)
The Peace of Paris was the set of treaties which ended the American Revolutionary War. On 3 September 1783, representatives of King George III of Great Britain signed a treaty in Paris with representatives of the United States of America—commonly known as the Treaty of Paris —and two treaties at...
, he became governor of Tobago
Tobago
Tobago is the smaller of the two main islands that make up the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is located in the southern Caribbean, northeast of the island of Trinidad and southeast of Grenada. The island lies outside the hurricane belt...
. His first wife having died, he married a wealthy French Creole
Creole peoples
The term Creole and its cognates in other languages — such as crioulo, criollo, créole, kriolu, criol, kreyol, kreol, kriulo, kriol, krio, etc. — have been applied to people in different countries and epochs, with rather different meanings...
widow from Martinique
Martinique
Martinique is an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea, with a land area of . Like Guadeloupe, it is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. To the northwest lies Dominica, to the south St Lucia, and to the southeast Barbados...
, Marie-Françoise Laure de Girardin, the Comtesse de la Touche, by whom he had six children.
He returned to Paris to represent Martinique in the Estates-General of 1789
Estates-General of 1789
The Estates-General of 1789 was the first meeting since 1614 of the French Estates-General, a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm: the nobility, the Church, and the common people...
. A democratic, reformist royalist, Dillon was guillotine
Guillotine
The guillotine is a device used for carrying out :executions by decapitation. It consists of a tall upright frame from which an angled blade is suspended. This blade is raised with a rope and then allowed to drop, severing the head from the body...
d during the Reign of Terror
Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror , also known simply as The Terror , was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between rival political factions, the Girondins and the Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of "enemies of...
.
Arthur Dillon (born in 1750 at Braywich, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, died at Paris, 1794) was a general in French service under the Ancien Régime and in the American
American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the...
and French Revolutionary Wars
French Revolutionary Wars
The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of major conflicts, from 1792 until 1802, fought between the French Revolutionary government and several European states...
.
He was the son of Lady Charlotte Lee and Henry Dillon, 11th Viscount Dillon
Henry Dillon, 11th Viscount Dillon
Henry Dillon, 11th Viscount Dillon of Costello-Gallen was an English peer.Henry's father was the Hon. Arthur Dillon , a son of the 7th Viscount, who was Colonel and founder of the Dillon Regiment in 1688...
of Costello-Gallen, and cousin of Théobald Dillon
Théobald Dillon
Théobald Dillon was count of Dillon and an Irish-born general in the French army. He was the grandson of Arthur Dillon, the nephew of the bishop Arthur Richard Dillon and the cousin of general Arthur Dillon .On 29 April 1792, following the loss of a skirmish with Austrian forces, Dillon was...
(not to be confused with his brother, also named Théobald). His grandfather was general Arthur Dillon
Arthur Dillon (1670-1733)
Arthur, count of Dillon was a Jacobite soldier from Ireland who served in the French army.- Career :...
. He was the grandfather of Arthur Dillon (1834-1922)
Arthur Dillon (1834-1922)
Arthur Dillon was a French cavalry officer and journalist, and friend of général Boulanger. He was the grandson of General Arthur Dillon , descended from a family of exile Irish Jacobites....
, also a military officer.
At eighteen, he married his second cousin, Therese-Lucy de Rothe (1751 - 7 September 1782). They had two children: George, died at age two, and Lucie-Henriette Dillon
Henriette-Lucy, Marquise de La Tour du Pin Gouvernet
Henriette-Lucy, Marquise de La Tour du Pin-Gouvernet , , was a French aristocrat famous for her memoirs entitled Journal d'une femme de 50 ans...
(by marriage, Lucie-Henriette de la Tour du Pin Gouvernet), the noted memoiriste of the Revolutionary period and the Napoleonic era.
On the death of his uncle, Arthur, by inheritance, became colonel of the Dillon family's proprietary regiment
Dillon Regiment
The Dillon's Regiment was first raised in Ireland in 1688 by Theobald, 7th Viscount Dillon for the Jacobite side in the Williamite War. He was then killed at the Battle of Aughrim in 1691....
. In 1778, he sailed with his regiment to the Caribbean to campaign against Britain. He served at Grenada
Grenada
Grenada is an island country and Commonwealth Realm consisting of the island of Grenada and six smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea...
; Savannah, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia
Savannah is the largest city and the county seat of Chatham County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. Established in 1733, the city of Savannah was the colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. Today Savannah is an industrial center and an important...
(where he was promoted to brigadier); and elsewhere. After the Treaty of Paris
Peace of Paris (1783)
The Peace of Paris was the set of treaties which ended the American Revolutionary War. On 3 September 1783, representatives of King George III of Great Britain signed a treaty in Paris with representatives of the United States of America—commonly known as the Treaty of Paris —and two treaties at...
, he became governor of Tobago
Tobago
Tobago is the smaller of the two main islands that make up the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is located in the southern Caribbean, northeast of the island of Trinidad and southeast of Grenada. The island lies outside the hurricane belt...
. His first wife having died, he married a wealthy French Creole
Creole peoples
The term Creole and its cognates in other languages — such as crioulo, criollo, créole, kriolu, criol, kreyol, kreol, kriulo, kriol, krio, etc. — have been applied to people in different countries and epochs, with rather different meanings...
widow from Martinique
Martinique
Martinique is an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea, with a land area of . Like Guadeloupe, it is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. To the northwest lies Dominica, to the south St Lucia, and to the southeast Barbados...
, Marie-Françoise Laure de Girardin, the Comtesse de la Touche, by whom he had six children.
He returned to Paris to represent Martinique in the Estates-General of 1789
Estates-General of 1789
The Estates-General of 1789 was the first meeting since 1614 of the French Estates-General, a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm: the nobility, the Church, and the common people...
. A democratic, reformist royalist, Dillon was guillotine
Guillotine
The guillotine is a device used for carrying out :executions by decapitation. It consists of a tall upright frame from which an angled blade is suspended. This blade is raised with a rope and then allowed to drop, severing the head from the body...
d during the Reign of Terror
Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror , also known simply as The Terror , was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between rival political factions, the Girondins and the Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of "enemies of...
.
Arthur Dillon (born in 1750 at Braywich, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, died at Paris, 1794) was a general in French service under the Ancien Régime and in the American
American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the...
and French Revolutionary Wars
French Revolutionary Wars
The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of major conflicts, from 1792 until 1802, fought between the French Revolutionary government and several European states...
.
He was the son of Lady Charlotte Lee and Henry Dillon, 11th Viscount Dillon
Henry Dillon, 11th Viscount Dillon
Henry Dillon, 11th Viscount Dillon of Costello-Gallen was an English peer.Henry's father was the Hon. Arthur Dillon , a son of the 7th Viscount, who was Colonel and founder of the Dillon Regiment in 1688...
of Costello-Gallen, and cousin of Théobald Dillon
Théobald Dillon
Théobald Dillon was count of Dillon and an Irish-born general in the French army. He was the grandson of Arthur Dillon, the nephew of the bishop Arthur Richard Dillon and the cousin of general Arthur Dillon .On 29 April 1792, following the loss of a skirmish with Austrian forces, Dillon was...
(not to be confused with his brother, also named Théobald). His grandfather was general Arthur Dillon
Arthur Dillon (1670-1733)
Arthur, count of Dillon was a Jacobite soldier from Ireland who served in the French army.- Career :...
. He was the grandfather of Arthur Dillon (1834-1922)
Arthur Dillon (1834-1922)
Arthur Dillon was a French cavalry officer and journalist, and friend of général Boulanger. He was the grandson of General Arthur Dillon , descended from a family of exile Irish Jacobites....
, also a military officer.
At eighteen, he married his second cousin, Therese-Lucy de Rothe (1751 - 7 September 1782). They had two children: George, died at age two, and Lucie-Henriette Dillon
Henriette-Lucy, Marquise de La Tour du Pin Gouvernet
Henriette-Lucy, Marquise de La Tour du Pin-Gouvernet , , was a French aristocrat famous for her memoirs entitled Journal d'une femme de 50 ans...
(by marriage, Lucie-Henriette de la Tour du Pin Gouvernet), the noted memoiriste of the Revolutionary period and the Napoleonic era.
On the death of his uncle, Arthur, by inheritance, became colonel of the Dillon family's proprietary regiment
Dillon Regiment
The Dillon's Regiment was first raised in Ireland in 1688 by Theobald, 7th Viscount Dillon for the Jacobite side in the Williamite War. He was then killed at the Battle of Aughrim in 1691....
. In 1778, he sailed with his regiment to the Caribbean to campaign against Britain. He served at Grenada
Grenada
Grenada is an island country and Commonwealth Realm consisting of the island of Grenada and six smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea...
; Savannah, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia
Savannah is the largest city and the county seat of Chatham County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. Established in 1733, the city of Savannah was the colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. Today Savannah is an industrial center and an important...
(where he was promoted to brigadier); and elsewhere. After the Treaty of Paris
Peace of Paris (1783)
The Peace of Paris was the set of treaties which ended the American Revolutionary War. On 3 September 1783, representatives of King George III of Great Britain signed a treaty in Paris with representatives of the United States of America—commonly known as the Treaty of Paris —and two treaties at...
, he became governor of Tobago
Tobago
Tobago is the smaller of the two main islands that make up the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is located in the southern Caribbean, northeast of the island of Trinidad and southeast of Grenada. The island lies outside the hurricane belt...
. His first wife having died, he married a wealthy French Creole
Creole peoples
The term Creole and its cognates in other languages — such as crioulo, criollo, créole, kriolu, criol, kreyol, kreol, kriulo, kriol, krio, etc. — have been applied to people in different countries and epochs, with rather different meanings...
widow from Martinique
Martinique
Martinique is an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea, with a land area of . Like Guadeloupe, it is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. To the northwest lies Dominica, to the south St Lucia, and to the southeast Barbados...
, Marie-Françoise Laure de Girardin, the Comtesse de la Touche, by whom he had six children.
He returned to Paris to represent Martinique in the Estates-General of 1789
Estates-General of 1789
The Estates-General of 1789 was the first meeting since 1614 of the French Estates-General, a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm: the nobility, the Church, and the common people...
. A democratic, reformist royalist, Dillon was guillotine
Guillotine
The guillotine is a device used for carrying out :executions by decapitation. It consists of a tall upright frame from which an angled blade is suspended. This blade is raised with a rope and then allowed to drop, severing the head from the body...
d during the Reign of Terror
Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror , also known simply as The Terror , was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between rival political factions, the Girondins and the Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of "enemies of...
.