Lord Clonbrock at Clonbrock Castle in 1900

Luke Gerald Dillon, 4th Baron Clonbrock KP PC (Ire) (10 March 1834 – 12 May 1917) was an Irish peer.[1]

In 1865, he was appointed High Sheriff of County Galway.[2] He became Baron Clonbrock in 1893 on the death of his father Robert Dillon, 3rd Baron Clonbrock and was appointed a Knight of the Order of St Patrick on 29 August 1900.[3]

He married Augusta Caroline Crofton, daughter of Edward Crofton, 2nd Baron Crofton of Mote and Lady Georgina Paget, on 18 July 1866 at Roscommon, County Roscommon, Ireland.[4] As a result of her marriage, Hon. Augusta Caroline Crofton was styled as Baroness Clonbrock on 4 December 1893.

The finding aid[5] of the collection related to the personal and political papers of the family of Dillon, Barons Clonbrock, Ahascragh (county Galway, c.1600-1960) was compiled by Stephen Ball, at the National Library of Ireland.

References

  1. ^ "Death of Lord Clonbrock". galwaydecadeofcommemoratioin.org.
  2. ^ Cokayne, George Edward (1913). Vicary Gibbs (ed.). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom. Vol. III. London: The St Catherine Press Ltd. p. 328.
  3. ^ Rayment, Leigh. "Knights of the Order of St Patrick". Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2008.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com.
  5. ^ "Clonbrock Estate papers" (PDF). nlt.ie.
Honorary titles Preceded byThe Lord Clonbrock Lord Lieutenant of Galway 1892–1917 Succeeded byThe Lord Killanin Political offices Preceded byThe Lord Carbery Representative peer for Ireland 1895–1917 Succeeded byThe Earl of Kingston Peerage of Ireland Preceded byRobert Dillon Baron Clonbrock 1893–1917 Succeeded byRobert Dillon
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