1013:. Apart from their long-standing personal enmity, Dillon blamed Nugent for his failure to become chief justice. A colourful, though probably apocryphal story, was widely circulated that Dillon, after the execution, watching Nugent's corpse hanging from the gallows remarked "Ha, friend Nugent! I think I am even with you for coming between me and my place ...". Other charges included corruption in his role as a commissioner for the settlement of Connacht, and rather incongruously, cruelty to his mother.
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1610:. "Sir Robert Dillon, father to Sir Bartholomew, held for many years the office of Chief Justice. He died in 1597, and was buried in the church of Tara, where his monument is still to be seen. Sir Bartholomew, son to Sir Robert, by Catherine Sarsfield, his second wife, married Catherine Fitton about 1595, and died in 1633."
162:– 1597) was an Irish lawyer, judge, and politician. He came from a family with a distinguished record of judicial service. He pursued a successful career as a judge, which was, however, dogged by accusations of corruption and other serious wrongdoing, of which the worst was that he had falsely condemned
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November Dillon was
1721:. "On the death of Andrew Wyse this property passed into the hands of Sir Alexander Fitton, who had married his daughter and heiress Mary. The issue of this marriage was a daughter and heiress, Catherine, who was married to Sir Bartholomew Dillon, son to Sir Robert Dillon of Riverston."
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Burghley, previously hostile to Dillon, had decided that a purge of senior Irish officials would simply deprive them of valuable public servants, however questionable their conduct, a view first put forward by Roger Wilbraham.
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147. "The elder sons and their posterity having fallen to decay, the family inheritance devolved on the issue of Thomas, the third son of Sir Robert Dillon, of
Riverstown, which Thomas appears to be the father of Serjeant Major Arthur
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2082:. Vol. 41. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 312–314.
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1994:. Vol. II. London: Sherratt & Hughes.
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185:Family tree
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125:27 July 1597
116:County Meath
84:Succeeded by
61:
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2539:1540 births
2503:John Foster
2493:John Foster
2488:Isaac Corry
2478:John Foster
2458:Henry Boyle
2453:Arthur Hill
2448:Henry Boyle
2438:Henry Boyle
2298:Robert Dyke
2293:Hugh Banent
2074:Lee, Sidney
2049:Attribution
1962:Lee, Sidney
1949:– Viscounts
1927:Lodge, John
1811:John Murray
1639:Clavin 2009
1509:Clavin 2009
1497:Clavin 2009
1487:. as quoted
1325:Clavin 2009
1281:149, line 7
1215:, pp.
1159:Christopher
1130:Lucan Manor
976:Adam Loftus
964:Baron Slane
919:Elizabeth I
883:Adam Loftus
836:King's Inns
810:Prince John
806:Old English
768:the article
618:Bartholomew
449:Chief Baron
309:Bartholomew
160: 1540
127:Riverston,
111: 1540
72:Preceded by
2533:Categories
2363:John Bathe
2167:1594–1597
2140:1581–1593
2098:. Dublin:
2030:. Dublin:
2012:1018312937
1969:Supplement
1880:1157116727
1861:1043021954
1781:, p.
1765:, p.
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1749:, p.
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1213:Lodge 1789
1061:Reputation
819:, who was
766:Subject of
349:of Newtown
136:Alma mater
2343:John Alan
2068:(1895). "
2040:122693688
1945:264906028
1819:832154869
1623:Ball 1926
1608:119, note
1585:Ball 1926
1481:Ball 1926
1449:Shaw 1906
1417:Ball 1926
1401:Ball 1926
1385:Ball 1926
1369:Ball 1926
1337:Ball 1926
1277:Webb 1878
1200:Citations
1112:, son of
812:in 1185.
779:Roscommon
629:Catherine
540:Roscommon
526:Sarsfield
524:Catharine
446:1530–1592
329:Barnewall
327:Elizabeth
225:Elizabeth
66:1581–1597
62:In office
2022:(1878).
1956:(1901).
1929:(1789).
1901:(eds.).
1840:29 April
1803:(1926).
1085:Castle,
1006:pardoned
934:knighted
859:Connacht
777:Earls of
736:3rd Earl
650:2nd Earl
538:1st Earl
428:Luttrell
2076:(ed.).
2063::
1981:9146854
1964:(ed.).
1933:(ed.).
1793:Sources
1156:Michael
1150:William
1083:Kilteel
1011:treason
713:b. 1599
654:d. 1642
623:d. 1633
544:d. 1641
529:d. 1615
500:Eleanor
351:d. 1579
317:d. 1533
2106:
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917:, but
909:, the
893:, the
889:, and
885:, the
842:Career
751:Legend
725:Dillon
723:Arthur
710:Dillon
708:Andrew
647:Robert
640:Dillon
638:Thomas
631:Fitton
620:Dillon
511:Dillon
509:Robert
442:Dillon
417:Dillon
415:Thomas
345:Dillon
343:Robert
311:Dillon
216:Dillon
1960:. In
1893:. In
1180:Notes
732:James
535:James
440:Lucas
227:Bathe
214:James
2104:ISBN
2036:OCLC
2008:OCLC
1977:OCLC
1941:OCLC
1913:ISBN
1876:OCLC
1857:OCLC
1842:2022
1815:OCLC
1055:Tara
978:and
502:Alan
426:Anne
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