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Biography of Harold Arthur Lee Dillon 17th Viscount Dillon 1844-1932

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On 24 Jan 1844 Harold Arthur Lee Dillon 17th Viscount Dillon was born to Arthur Edmund Denis Dillon 16th Viscount Dillon (age 32) at Victoria Square.

The London Gazette 22678. War Office, Pall Mall, 7th November, 1862.

Harold Arthur Dillon (age 18), Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice. Lord Adelbert Percy Cecil. Dated 8th November, 1862.

After 18 Nov 1865 [his uncle] Theobald Dominick Dillon 15th Viscount Dillon (age 54) died. After 18 Nov 1865 His brother [his father] Arthur Edmund Denis Dillon 16th Viscount Dillon (age 53) succeeded 16th Viscount Dillon of Costello Gallen in Mayo.

The London Gazette 23185. Ensign Harold Arthur Dillon (age 22) to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Williams. Dated 16th November, 1866.

On 03 Nov 1870 Harold Arthur Lee Dillon 17th Viscount Dillon (age 26) and Julia Stanton Viscountess Dillon were married. He a great x 5 grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.

The London Gazette 24099. Oxford. Harold Arthur Dillon (age 30), Lieutenant, half-pay, late Rifle Brigade, to be Captain. Dated 18th May, 1874.

The London Gazette 24132. 50th Foot, Lieutenant Harold Arthur Dillon (age 30) retires from the Service, receiving the value of his Commission. Dated 19th September, 1874.

The London Gazette 25524. 4th Battalion, the Oxfordshire Light Infantry.Captain the Honourable Harold Arthur Dillon (age 41) is granted the honorary rank of Major. Dated 31st October, 1885.

In 1892 [his father] Arthur Edmund Denis Dillon 16th Viscount Dillon (age 80) died at Ditchley Park, Oxfordshire [Map]. His son Harold Arthur Lee Dillon 17th Viscount Dillon (age 47) succeeded 17th Viscount Dillon of Costello Gallen in Mayo. [his wife] Julia Stanton Viscountess Dillon by marriage Viscountess Dillon of Costello Gallen in Mayo.

In 1892 Harold Arthur Lee Dillon 17th Viscount Dillon (age 47) was appointed President of the Royal Archaeological Society which office he held until 1898.

In 1892 Harold Arthur Lee Dillon 17th Viscount Dillon (age 47) was appointed Curator of the Royal Armouries which office he held until 1913.

In 1894 Harold Arthur Lee Dillon 17th Viscount Dillon (age 49) was appointed a trustee of the National Portrait Gallery which office he held until 1928.

In 1897 Harold Arthur Lee Dillon 17th Viscount Dillon (age 52) was appointed President of the Society of Antiquaries of London which office he held until 1904.

In 1899 Harold Arthur Lee Dillon 17th Viscount Dillon (age 54) sold all his remaining Irish estates of over 83,700 acres, including those in Westmeath, which are said to have been in continuous possession of the Dillon family since 1185, to the Congested Districts Board.

The London Gazette 32346. CENTRAL CHANlCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD.

St. James's Palace, S.W. 1, 4th June, 1921.

The KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday, to make the folloiwing appointments to the Order, of the Companions of Honour:—

To be Members of the Order:—

Harold Arthur (age 77), Viscount Dillon, Chairman of Trustees, National Portrait Gallery, since 1894.

The Reverend Arthur Cayley Headlam, M.A., D.D., Regius Professor of Divinity, Oxford University, and Canon of Christchurch, Oxford, since 1918.

Sir William Robertson Nicoll, M.A., LL.D., Editor of the "British Weekly" since 1886.

On 06 Jun 1925 [his wife] Julia Stanton Viscountess Dillon died.

On 15 Jun 1926 Harold Arthur Lee Dillon 17th Viscount Dillon (age 82) and Margaret Louisa Everard ffolkes Viscountess Dillon were married. She by marriage Viscountess Dillon of Costello Gallen in Mayo. He a great x 5 grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 18 Dec 1932 Harold Arthur Lee Dillon 17th Viscount Dillon (age 88) died. His nephew Arthur Henry Dillon 18th Viscount Dillon (age 57) succeeded 18th Viscount Dillon of Costello Gallen in Mayo. Hilda Brunner Viscountess Dillon (age 58) by marriage Viscountess Dillon of Costello Gallen in Mayo.

Archaeologia Volume 84 1935 Section VI. When the middle of the mixed silting was reached, the tracing of the hard chalk walls of the fosse on both sides to the depth we had excavated was proceeded with. This done, the work from day to day became temporarily checked by the caving in of parts of the vertical (or nearly vertical) face of the silting, sometimes two or three tons falling in one night. This is well seen in the photographs (pl. xxxv, figs. 1, 2). In the mixed silting, at depths of 5, 6.3, 6.3, and 7 ft. respectively, four sarsen boulders were found, each about 2 ft. across. In this deposit an iron medieval arrowhead, No. 56, was found.1

Note 1. It was picked up by a reliable excavator at a depth of 7.8 ft. below the surface. It is quite probable that a small pointed object like this might work its way down from its original position in the silting by means of rabbit and other holes to a much lower level. On the other hand, as the excavator had just begun a fresh ‘spit’, earth containing the arrowhead may have fallen from a higher level beforehand without revealing the object. However, no. 56 is shown in the diagram (pl. xxxvi, fig. 1) at the depth at which it was picked up.

The arrowhead has a socket of circular section; shank nearly straight and bevelled abruptly near the point where the cross-section is rhombic, length in. The late Viscount Dillon, P.S.A., said, 'The Avebury specimen is a medieval arrowhead of the "pile" class, and for use with the long bow. It is an interesting and rare example, but the actual date is quite uncertain.’ Vide also on Medieval Arrowheads, Gentlemans Mag. cii, 1832, pt. i, p. 114.

On 12 Jul 1954 [his former wife] Margaret Louisa Everard ffolkes Viscountess Dillon died.

Royal Ancestors of Harold Arthur Lee Dillon 17th Viscount Dillon 1844-1932

Kings Wessex: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 21 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 26 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 21 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 20 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 7 Grand Son of Henry IV King France

Ancestors of Harold Arthur Lee Dillon 17th Viscount Dillon 1844-1932

Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald Dillon 7th Viscount Dillon

Great x 3 Grandfather: Arthur Dillon

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Dillon 11th Viscount Dillon

Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Dillon Lee 12th Viscount Dillon 2 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Henry Lee 2nd Earl Lichfield Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Charlotte Fitzroy Countess Lichfield Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandmother: Charlotte Lee Viscountess Dillon Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hales 4th Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Hales Countess Lichfield 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Catherine Bellings-Arundell Baroness Arundel Wardour 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: Henry Augustus Dillon Lee 13th Viscount Dillon 3 x Great Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Constantine Henry Phipps

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Phipps

Great x 2 Grandfather: Constantine Phipps 1st Baron Mulgrave Great Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Annesley 3rd Earl Anglesey 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Annesley Grand Daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Darnley Duchess Buckingham and Normandby Daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 1 Grandmother: Henrietta Maria Phipps 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hervey 1st Earl Bristol

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Felton Countess Bristol 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Lepell Hervey Baroness Mulgrave 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Wedig Lepell

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey

Father: Arthur Edmund Denis Dillon 16th Viscount Dillon 4 x Great Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland

Harold Arthur Lee Dillon 17th Viscount Dillon 5 x Great Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland