Eric Dillon, 19th Viscount Dillon
The Viscount Dillon | |
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 Dillon (centre-right, labeled "9" on photograph) during allied occupation of Germany, 1919 | |
| Born | Eric FitzGerald Dillon 4 April 1881 |
| Died | 6 April 1946 (aged 65) |
Brigadier Eric FitzGerald Dillon, 19th Viscount Dillon, CMG, DSO (4 April 1881 – 6 April 1946) was an Irish peer and British Army officer who served in World War I.
He was educated at Rugby School and won the DSO, Legion of Honour, CMG, Croix de Guerre, Belgian Croix de Guerre and Order of Leopold of Belgian. He was a member of the Travellers' Club and lived at 5 Embankment Gardens Chelsea, London SW3. He and his wife, Nora Juanita Muriel (née Beckett), had two children. Their son, Michael Eric Dillon, succeeded his father as the 20th Viscount Dillon. Their daughter, Pamela Dillon, married William Onslow, 6th Earl of Onslow.
References
- Dod, C.R.; Dod, R.P. (1924). Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland, Including All the Titled Classes. p. 230.
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- Royal Munster Fusiliers officers
- British Army personnel of World War I
- 1946 deaths
- 1881 births
- Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Earls in the Jacobite peerage
- Viscounts Dillon
- British Army brigadiers of World War II
- People educated at Rugby School
- Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms
- Dillon family (Ireland and France)