Henry Dillon, 11th Viscount Dillon [SEP] date of death
Henry Dillon, 11th Viscount Dillon
Henry Dillon, 11th Viscount Dillon (1705 – 1787) was an Irish peer.
Life.
Henry's father was the Hon. Arthur Dillon (1670–1733), a son of the 7th Viscount, who was Colonel and founder of the Dillon Regiment in 1688. In 1711, Arthur was created Count Dillon in France, and Earl of Dillon in 1721, by the "Old Pretender" James Francis Edward Stuart (recognized by Jacobites as "King James III and VIII")
to Hugh Edward Henry Clifford, 5th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh
Lichfield died on 15 February 1743 in Spelsbury. He was succeeded by his son and namesake, George Henry Lee II.
End of the Line.
The 3rd and 4th Earls died without issue so Lichfield's estate eventually reverted to his eldest surviving daughter, Lady Charlotte Lee. In 1744 the Lady Charlotte had married the 11th Viscount Dillon. Their son Charles Dillon, 12th Viscount Dillon inherited the estate of Ditchley but not the title. Ditchley remained the home