Henry Dillon, 13th Viscount Dillon
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Henry Augustus Dillon-Lee, 13th Viscount Dillon (1777–1832), was an Irish politician, soldier and writer. Despite being a Protestant, he supported Catholic emancipation in Ireland and wrote on the topic. He sat as MP for Harwich in England in the last parliament of Great Britain and the first parliament of the United Kingdom. In the second parliament of the United Kingdom he sat for County Mayo in Ireland. Through his daughter Henrietta, He was ancestors to Clementine (the wife of Winston Churchill) and to the Mitford sisters.
Henry Augustus Dillon-Lee | |
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Viscount Dillon | |
Tenure | 1813–1832 |
Predecessor | Charles, 12th Viscount Dillon |
Successor | Charles, 14th Viscount Dillon |
Born | 28 October 1777 Brussels, Austrian Netherlands |
Died | 24 July 1832(1832-07-24) (aged 54) London, England |
Spouse(s) |
Henrietta Browne (m. 1807) |
Issue Detail | Henrietta, Charles, Constantine, & others |
Father | Charles, 12th Viscount Dillon |
Mother | Henrietta Maria Phipps |
He was the colonel of a regiment and wrote on military subjects. He wrote fiction publishing two historical novels.