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Arthur Dillon with his two wives, his parents, and other selected relatives.
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Republican military leaders of the French Revolutionary Wars
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September and October 1779 Dillon fought at the
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Brigades in the Service of France
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Historic and Biographic Dictionary of French Generals
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Jullien de Courcelles, Jean Baptiste Pierre (1822).
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1294:. London: Zed Books.
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61:3 September 1750
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1145:Phipps 1926
1129:Phipps 1926
1113:Phipps 1926
1083:, pp.
938:1750, 3 Sep
854:Dillon Rum.
840:widow from
818:Saint Kitts
703:the article
670:Tour du Pin
157:French Army
1334:Categories
1242:1046538374
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1182:1071691485
1147:, p.
1131:, p.
1117:78, line 9
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1067:, p.
911:guillotine
842:Martinique
812:, and the
701:Subject of
591:Montgérald
91:Allegiance
1270:277765127
1217:cite book
1049:Citations
947:Berkshire
943:Bray Wick
919:Timeline
786:D'Estaing
742:in 1747.
712:Viscounts
674:1770–1853
664:Henriette
653:1777–1832
579:1750–1794
568:1751–1782
553:1745–1813
469:Charlotte
463:1705–1787
448:1701–1741
433:1688–1737
350:1684–1757
345:Christina
335:1670–1733
189:Berkshire
185:Bray Wick
175:in 1794.
66:, England
1300:40397478
1288:(1984).
1252:(1926).
1193:(1913).
1012:See also
941:Born at
740:Lauffeld
649:Viscount
644:Augustus
587:Girardin
585:Laure de
549:Viscount
459:Viscount
444:Viscount
430:Viscount
320:Viscount
252:Jacobite
246:Viscount
241:Theobald
163:and the
1159:Sources
951:England
894:, when
730:Colonel
562:Lucy de
560:Therese
544:Charles
474:d. 1794
439:Charles
425:Richard
347:Sheldon
339:General
324:d. 1714
263:d. 1691
250:d. 1691
193:England
131:General
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826:Tobago
808:, the
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686:Legend
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574:Arthur
337:French
331:Arthur
260:Talbot
100:
85:France
52:, 1834
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1085:14–15
1029:Notes
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873:Fanny
668:de la
666:-Lucy
642:Henry
564:Rothe
454:Henry
315:Henry
81:Paris
1317:ISBN
1296:OCLC
1266:OCLC
1238:OCLC
1223:link
1205:OCLC
1178:OCLC
927:Date
647:13th
547:12th
457:11th
442:10th
258:Mary
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71:Died
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