Luke Dillon, 4th Baron Clonbrock
The Lord Clonbrock | |
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 Lord Clonbrock at Clonbrock Castle in 1900 | |
| High Sheriff of County Galway | |
| In office 1865–1866 | |
| Preceded by | Richard D'Arcy of New Forest |
| Succeeded by | John Archer Daly (né Blake) of Raford |
| Lord Lieutenant of Galway | |
| In office 1892–1917 | |
| Preceded by | The Lord Clonbrock |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Killanin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 March 1834 |
| Died | 12 May 1917 (aged 83) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent |
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| Relatives | Francis Spencer (maternal grandfather) Edward Crofton (father-in-law) |
Luke Gerald Dillon, 4th Baron Clonbrock KP PC (Ire) (10 March 1834 – 12 May 1917) was an Irish peer.[1]
In 1865, he was appointed High Sheriff of County Galway.[2] He became Baron Clonbrock in 1893 on the death of his father Robert Dillon, 3rd Baron Clonbrock and was appointed a Knight of the Order of St Patrick on 29 August 1900.[3]
He married Augusta Caroline Crofton, daughter of Edward Crofton, 2nd Baron Crofton of Mote and Lady Georgina Paget, on 18 July 1866 at Roscommon, County Roscommon, Ireland.[4] As a result of her marriage, Hon. Augusta Caroline Crofton was styled as Baroness Clonbrock on 4 December 1893.
The finding aid[5] of the collection related to the personal and political papers of the family of Dillon, Barons Clonbrock, Ahascragh (County Galway, c.1600-1960) was compiled by Stephen Ball, at the National Library of Ireland.
References
- ^ "Death of Lord Clonbrock". galwaydecadeofcommemoratioin.org.
- ^ Cokayne, George Edward (1913). Vicary Gibbs (ed.). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom. Vol. III. London: The St Catherine Press Ltd. p. 328.
- ^ Rayment, Leigh. "Knights of the Order of St Patrick". Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
- ^ "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com.
- ^ "Clonbrock Estate papers" (PDF). nlt.ie.