3^4 DILLON 1. Arthur Dillon, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Theobald, 7th Vis- count Dillon of Costello-Gallen [I.], by Mary, da. of Sir Henry Talbot, was b. 1670, in Roscommon; ent. the French service, becoming Col. I June 1690; Mar6chal de Camp 1705; Lieut. Gen. 1706; Gov. of Toulon; cr. Count Dillon by Louis XIV, 171 1; Com. of the Order of St. Louis; Ambassador of King James at the French Court, i Feb. 1716/7, being the same day cr. BARON ( — ) and VISCOUNT ( — ) [I.], with rem. to heirs male of his body. On 24 June 1721 he was cr. by the titular King James III, EARL (.? DILLON), VISCOUNT ( — ) and BARON ( — ) [S.], with rem. to heirs male. K.T. 26 May 1722. He m. Christiana, da. of Ralph Sheldon, Equerry to James II. She, who was b. about 1680, was Maid of Honour to Mary of Modena. He d. 5 Feb. 1732/3, in Paris. His widow d. 5 Aug. 1757, in the English Austin Nunnery at Paris, and was bur. there. 2. Charles Dillon, s. and h., sue. his ist cousin, Richard, in Feb. 1737, as loth Viscount Dillon of Costello-Gallen (whom see), with which peerage the Jacobite Earldom has ever since remained united. DINAN see DINHAM DINEVOR BARONY. I. William (Talbot), Baron Talbot of Hensol, CO. Glamorgan, sue. his father in that dignity, as 2nd I. 1780. Baron, 14 Feb. 1737, and was cr., 29 Mar. 1761, Earl Talbot, with the usual remainder. Having, however, no male issue, he was cr., 1 7 Oct. 1 780, BARON DINEVOR OF DINEVOR, CO. Carmarthen, for life, with a spec. rem. in favour of his only child, Cecil Rice, widow, and the heirs male of her body. He d. s.p.m., 27 Apr. 1782, when the Earldom became extinct. See fuller particulars under " Talbot OF Hensol," Barony, cr. 1733. II. 1782. 2. Cecil, suo jure Baroness Dinevor, only da. and h. of the above, by Mary, da. and h. of Adam de Cardonnel, Sec. at War, inherited the Barony under the spec. rem. in its creation. She, who was b. July 1735, in the parish of St. Giles's-in-the-Fields, m., 16 Aug. 1756, at Pendoyton, co. Glamorgan, George Rice, of Newton, co. Carmar- then, M.P. (1754-79) for, and Lord Lieut, of, that county (1755-79), who d. 3 Aug. 1779, and was bur. at Llandiloe, co. Carmarthen. She, under the will of her said mother, took, by royal lie, 21 May 1787, the surname of de Cardonnel only. She possibly m., 2ndly, Robert Wilson, of Trevallyn, CO. Denbigh. She d. 14 Mar. 1793, at Dynevor Castle, and was bur. at Llandiloe afsd., aged 57. Will pr. Mar. 1793.
