Robert Dillon
Irish politician
Died when: 86 years 250 days (1040 months)Star Sign: Aries
Robert Dillon, 3rd Baron Clonbrock (29 March 1807 – 4 December 1893), was an Irish peer.Dillon was the son of Luke Dillon, 2nd Baron Clonbrock, by the Honourable Anastasia, daughter of Joseph Blake, 1st Baron Wallscourt.
He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.In December 1826, aged 19, he succeeded his father in the barony.This was an Irish peerage and did not entitle him to an automatic seat in the House of Lords.
However, in 1838 he was elected an Irish Representative Peer.In 1872 he was appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Galway, a post he held until 1892.
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