Background
Dillon was the son of Luke Dillon and Bridget Kelly, daughter of John Kelly.
Dillon was the son of Luke Dillon and Bridget Kelly, daughter of John Kelly.
Dillon was himself returned to the Irish Parliament for Lanesborough in 1776, a seat he held until 1790, when he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Clonbrock, of Clonbrock in the County of Galway. He was invested an Irish Privy Counsellor in 1795, but died before he could be sworn in. Lord Clonbrock married Letitia Greene, daughter of John Greene, of Old Abbey, County Limerick, in 1776.