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Luke Dillon, 4th Baron Clonbrock

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The Lord Clonbrock
Lord Clonbrock at Clonbrock Castle in 1900
High Sheriff of County Galway
In office
1865–1866
Preceded byRichard D'Arcy of New Forest
Succeeded byJohn Archer Daly (né Blake) of Raford
Lord Lieutenant of Galway
In office
1892–1917
Preceded byThe Lord Clonbrock
Succeeded byThe Lord Killanin
Personal details
Born(1834-03-10)10 March 1834
Died12 May 1917(1917-05-12) (aged 83)
Spouse
(m. 1866)
Children4
Parent
RelativesFrancis 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

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  1. ^ "Death of Lord Clonbrock". galwaydecadeofcommemoratioin.org.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Rayment, Leigh. "Knights of the Order of St Patrick". Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
  4. ^ "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com.
  5. ^ "Clonbrock Estate papers" (PDF). nlt.ie.
Honorary titles
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Galway
1892–1917
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Representative peer for Ireland
1895–1917
Succeeded by
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Baron Clonbrock
1893–1917
Succeeded by