Clonbrock branch of the Dillon family

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The Clonbrock branch of the Dillon family is an Irish noble lineage centered on the Clonbrock estate in County Galway, associated with the peerage title Baron Clonbrock.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish noble family branch
landed gentry family
archivalCollection Clonbrock Estate Papers NERFINISHED
archivalLocation National Library of Ireland NERFINISHED
associatedWithEvent Irish Land Acts NERFINISHED
associatedWithParliament House of Lords (Ireland) NERFINISHED
Irish House of Commons NERFINISHED
associatedWithPeerage Peerage of Ireland NERFINISHED
associatedWithTitle Baron Clonbrock NERFINISHED
branchOf Dillon family NERFINISHED
coatOfArms arms of Dillon of Clonbrock
country Ireland NERFINISHED
economicBase rents from tenant farmers
estateCounty County Galway NERFINISHED
estateFunction country house seat
estateType demesne
ethnicOrigin Anglo-Norman
familyName Dillon NERFINISHED
governingSystemContext Kingdom of Ireland NERFINISHED
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED
hasEstate Clonbrock estate NERFINISHED
hereditaryTitle Baron Clonbrock NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod 18th century
19th century
early 20th century
landOwnership large estates in County Galway
languageHistorically English
laterReligion Church of Ireland NERFINISHED
localInfluenceArea Ahascragh area, County Galway NERFINISHED
locatedIn County Galway NERFINISHED
nobilityStatus Anglo-Irish nobility
notableMember Luke Dillon, 1st Baron Clonbrock NERFINISHED
Luke Dillon, 3rd Baron Clonbrock NERFINISHED
Luke Dillon, 4th Baron Clonbrock NERFINISHED
Robert Dillon, 2nd Baron Clonbrock NERFINISHED
peerageRank baron
politicalAlignment Protestant Ascendancy NERFINISHED
region Connacht NERFINISHED
religionHistorically Roman Catholicism
seat Clonbrock House NERFINISHED
socialClass landed aristocracy
titleCreatedFor Luke Dillon, 1st Baron Clonbrock NERFINISHED
titleCreationYear 1790
titleStatus extinct barony

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Robert Dillon, 1st Baron Clonbrock founded Clonbrock branch of the Dillon family