Sir Robert Dillington, 2nd Baronet (c 1634 - 25 April 1687) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

House of Commons of England

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  variously between 1659 and 1685.

Dillington was the son of Robert Dillington of Mottistone and grandson of Sir Robert Dillington, 1st Baronet

Sir Robert Dillington, 1st Baronet

Sir Robert Dillington, 1st Baronet was an English aristocrat of the Dillington Baronets, grandfather to Sir Robert Dillington, 2nd Baronet....

  He matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford on 9 December 1653 and was of Gray's Inn

Gray's Inn

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 in 1654.

In 1659, Dillington was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Newport

Newport (Isle of Wight) (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in the Third Protectorate Parliament

Third Protectorate Parliament

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. He was elected MP for Newport in the Convention Parliament in 1660. He succeeded to the baronetcy

Dillington Baronets

The Dillington Baronetcy of Knighton, Isle of Wight in the County of Hampshire was created in the Baronetage of England on 6 September 1628 for Robert Dillington, who was a Member of Parliament and was succeeded by his grandson, and then by the three sons of the second baronet in turn. All the...

 on the death of his grandfather in 1664. He was elected MP for Newport again in 1670 in the Cavalier Parliament

Cavalier Parliament

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and sat until 1685.

Dillington died at the age of 52

Dillington's three sons successively succeeded to the baronetcy.