Charles Dillon | |
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Viscount Dillon | |
Tenure | 1737–1741 |
Predecessor | Richard, 9th Viscount Dillon |
Successor | Henry, 11th Viscount Dillon |
Born | 1701 Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France |
Died | 24 October 1741 (aged 39–40) London, England |
Spouse(s) | Frances Dillon |
Issue Detail | Charles Dillon |
Father | Arthur Dillon, Count Dillon |
Mother | Christina Sheldon |
Occupation | colonel-proprietor of Dillon's Regiment |
Charles Dillon, 10th Viscount Dillon (1701–1741) fought in the War of the Polish Succession for France under Berwick as colonel-proprietor of Dillon's Regiment at the Siege of Kehl in 1733 and the Siege of Philippsburg in 1734. After the armistice, he married, moved to Ireland, and succeeded his cousin Richard as the 10th Viscount Dillon.