{{Short description|French general of Irish origin (1670–1733)}} {{Use British English|date=April 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Use shortened footnotes|date=April 2023}} {{Infobox military person | name = Arthur Dillon | birth_date = 1670 | birth_place = [[County Roscommon]], Ireland | death_date = 5 February {{death year and age|1733|1670}} | death_place = [[Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye|Château-vieux de Saint-Germain-en-Laye]] | allegiance = {{Unbulleted list|[[Jacobitism|Jacobite]]s |France}} | branch = {{Unbulleted list|[[Irish Army (Kingdom of Ireland)|Jacobite Army]] |French Army}} | rank = Lieutenant général (French Army) | battles = [[Williamite War in Ireland]]; [[Nine Years' War]] (1688–1697); [[War of the Spanish Succession]] (1701–1714) | relations = [[Theobald Dillon, 7th Viscount Dillon|Theobald, 7th Viscount Dillon]] (father) }}
'''Arthur Dillon, Count Dillon''' (1670–1733) was a [[Jacobitism|Jacobite]] soldier from [[Ireland]] who served as colonel of [[Dillon's Regiment]] in the [[Irish Brigade (France)|Irish Brigade]] in French service. He fought in the [[Nine Years' War]] and in the [[War of the Spanish Succession]] where he excelled at the [[Battle of Cremona]] against [[Prince Eugene of Savoy]].
== Birth and origins == {{Chart top|width=auto|collapsed=no|align=right|clear=right|Family tree}} {{Tree chart/start|style=clear: both; font-size: 90%; width: 33em;}} {{Tree chart|Txt|Txt=Arthur Dillon with wife, parents, and other selected relatives.{{Efn|This family tree is partly derived from the Dillon family tree pictured in La Tour du Pin.{{Sfn|La Tour du Pin|1913|pp=[https://archive.org/details/journaldunefemme01lato/page/14/ 14–15]|ps=. "Note généalogique sur la Maison des Lords Dillon"}} Also see the list of children in the text.}}|boxstyle_Txt=border: 0 solid white; padding-bottom: 1em; text-align: left;}} {{Tree chart/end}} {{Tree chart/start}} {{Tree chart| | |RbtDl|y|RosDl|boxstyle=border-width: 1px; border-radius: 0.5em; |RbtDl='''Robert<br />Dillon'''<br />of Loughglynn |RosDl='''Rose D.'''<br />of<br />Streamstown<br />d. 1681}} {{Tree chart| | | | |,|'| | | }} {{Tree chart| | | |ThbD7|y|MryTb|boxstyle=border-width: 1px; border-radius: 0.5em; |ThbD3=Theobald<br />'''3rd<br />Viscount'''<br />1629–1630|boxstyle_ThbD3=border-width: 1px; border-radius: 0.5em; background: lavender; |ThsD5=Thomas<br />'''5th<br />Viscount'''<br />d. 1674|boxstyle_ThsD5=border-width: 1px; border-radius: 0.5em; background: lavender; |LcsD6=[[Lucas Dillon, 6th Viscount Dillon|Lucas<br />'''6th<br />Viscount''']]<br />d. 1682|boxstyle_LcsD6=border-width: 1px; border-radius: 0.5em; background: lavender; |ThbD7=[[Theobald Dillon, 7th Viscount Dillon|Theobald<br />'''7th<br />Viscount''']]<br />d. 1691<br />Jacobite|boxstyle_ThbD7=border-width: 1px; border-radius: 0.5em; background: lavender; |MryTb='''Mary<br />Talbot'''<br />d. 1691}} {{Tree chart| | |,|-|-|-|(}} {{Tree chart| |HryD8| |Sbjct|y|CathS|boxstyle=border-width: 1px; border-radius: 0.5em; |HryD8=[[Henry Dillon, 8th Viscount Dillon|Henry<br />'''8th<br />Viscount''']]<br />d. 1714|boxstyle_HryD8=border-width: 1px; border-radius: 0.5em; background: lavender; |Sbjct='''Arthur'''<br />1670–1733|boxstyle_Sbjct=border: 2px solid red; border-radius: 0.5em; |CathS='''Christina<br />Sheldon'''<br />1684–1757}} {{Tree chart| |,|'| | |,|-|-|^|.| | | | | }} {{Tree chart|RchD9| |ChD10| |HrD11|y|Chltt|boxstyle=border-width: 1px; border-radius: 0.5em; |RchD9=Richard<br />'''9th<br />Viscount'''<br />1688–1737|boxstyle_RchD9=border-width: 1px; border-radius: 0.5em; background: lavender; |ChD10=[[Charles Dillon, 10th Viscount Dillon|Charles<br />'''10th<br />Viscount''']]<br />1701–1741|boxstyle_ChD10=border-width: 1px; border-radius: 0.5em; background: lavender; |HrD11=[[Henry Dillon, 11th Viscount Dillon|Henry<br />'''11th<br />Viscount''']]<br />1705–1787|boxstyle_HrD11=border-width: 1px; border-radius: 0.5em; background: lavender; |Chltt='''Charlotte<br />Lee'''<br />d. 1794<br />Heiress}} {{Tree chart| | | | |,|-|-|-|-|-|-|^|.}} {{Tree chart| | | |ChD12|y|HrttP| |Arthr|boxstyle=border-width: 1px; border-radius: 0.5em; |HrttP='''Henrietta-<br />Maria<br />Phipps'''<br />1757–1782 |ChD12=[[Charles Dillon, 12th Viscount Dillon|Charles<br />'''12th<br />Viscount''']]<br />1745–1813|boxstyle_ChD12=border-width: 1px; border-radius: 0.5em; background: lavender; |Arthr=[[Arthur Dillon (1750–1794)|Arthur]]<br />1750–1794<br />French<br />general}} {{Tree chart/end}} {{Tree chart/start|style=clear: both;}} {{Tree chart|Leg|Leg='''Legend'''|boxstyle_Leg=border: 0 solid white;}} {{Tree chart/end}} {{Tree chart/start|style=clear: both;}} {{Tree chart|SbjBx|SbjTx| |Bk1Bx|Bk1Tx |SbjBx=XXX|boxstyle_SbjBx=border: 2px solid red; border-radius: 0.5em; color: white; |SbjTx=Subject of<br />the article|boxstyle_SbjTx=border: 0 solid white; text-align: left; |Bk1Bx=XXX|boxstyle_Bk1Bx=background: lavender; border-radius: 0.5em; border-width: 1px; color: lavender; |Bk1Tx=[[Viscount Dillon|Viscounts<br />Dillon]]|boxstyle_Bk1Tx=border: 0 solid white; text-align: left;}} {{Tree chart/end}} {{Chart_bottom}}
Arthur was born in 1670{{Sfn|Burke|Burke|1915|p=[https://archive.org/details/b3136410x/page/646/ 646, right column, line 12]|ps=. "Arthur, b. [born] 1670, went into French Military service ..."}} in [[County Roscommon]],{{Sfn|Murtagh|2004|p=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_0198613660/page/199/ 199, right column, line 4]|ps=. "... [Henry] was born in co. Roscommon."}} Ireland, probably at Kilmore, his parents' habitual residence.{{Sfn|Lodge|1789|p=[https://archive.org/details/peerageofireland04lodg/page/193/ 193, line 41]|ps=. "... he [Theobald] resided chiefly at Kilmore ..."}} He was the third son of [[Theobald Dillon, 7th Viscount Dillon|Theobald Dillon]] and his wife Mary Talbot.{{Sfn|Murtagh|2004|p=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_0198613660/page/199/ 199, right column, line 5]|ps=. "... [Henry was] the third but second surviving of six sons of Theobald ..."}} His father was the 7th [[Viscount Dillon]] of Costello-Gallen{{Sfn|Burke|Burke|1915|p=[https://archive.org/details/b3136410x/page/646/ 646, right column, line 5]|ps=. "Theobald, 7th Viscount Dillon (refer to Sir Luke Dillon, 2nd son of 1st Viscount), Lt.-Col. in the Guards of James II, reformed the Dillon regiment in 2 Bns. [battalions] in 1688. His Lordship was outlawed in 1690."}} and supported [[James II of England|James II]] in the [[Williamite war in Ireland]]. His father's family was descended from [[Anglo-Normans|Anglo-Norman]] settlers in Ireland and descended from Sir Henry De lion (a name that became Dillon in later generations), who came to Ireland with [[John, King of England|Prince John]] in 1185.{{Sfn|Webb|1878b|p=[https://archive.org/details/acompendiumiris00webbgoog/page/n157/ 149, line 7]|ps=. "... [Sir Henry Dillon] came to Ireland in 1185 as secretary to Prince John ..."}}
Henry's mother was a daughter of [[Sir Henry Talbot of Templeogue]] and his wife Margaret Talbot, who was a sister of [[Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell]].{{Sfn|Burke|Fox-Davies|1912|p=[https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhera00burkuoft/page/679/ 683, left column, line 49]|ps=: "Sir Henry Talbot, Knt. of Templeogue, co. Dublin, and Mount Talbot, co. Roscommon, m. [married] Margaret, dau. [daughter] of Sir William Talbot, Bart of Cartown, co. Kildare and sister of Richard, Duke of Tyrconnell, and by her (who d. [died] 14 Dec. 1662) ..."}} The Talbots also were [[Normans in Ireland|Old English]].
Both his parents were Catholic. He was one of eight siblings,{{Sfn|Burke|Burke|1915|p=[https://archive.org/details/b3136410x/page/646/ 646, right column]|ps=. Lists of sons and daughters}} [[Theobald Dillon, 7th Viscount Dillon#chldrn|who are listed in his father's article]]. His elder brother Henry would succeed as the 8th Viscount Dillon.
== Early life == In 1688 his father raised two regiments for James II, one commanded by his son Henry, the other by his son Arthur, the subject of this article.{{Sfn|D'Alton|1855|p=[https://archive.org/details/illustrationshi00dalgoog/page/n604/ 584]|ps=. "He [Theobald] raised two Regiments for King James's service; the one ... commanded by the above Colonel Henry Dillon, his eldest son ... The second Regiment was put under the command of his second son, the Honorable Arthur Dillon ..."}} In 1690 James II and [[Louis XIV]] agreed that an [[Irish Brigade (France)|Irish Brigade]] of 5,400 men would be sent to France in exchange for six French regiments sent to Ireland with [[Antoine Nompar de Caumont|Lauzun]]. Arthur Dillon's Regiment was part of this Irish Brigade, which was led by [[Justin McCarthy, Viscount Mountcashel|Lord Mountcashel]]. Arthur, aged 20, landed with it at [[Brest, France|Brest]] on 1 May 1690.{{Sfn|O'Callaghan|1854|p=[https://archive.org/details/historyofirishbr01ocal/page/8/ 8, line 28]|ps=. "... the Irish reached Brest, and were landed there, early in May."}}{{Sfn|Lynn|1999|p=[https://archive.org/details/warsoflouisxiv1600lynn/page/214/ 214, line 28]|ps=. "On 17 March, a squadron ferried 6,000 French troops over to Ireland and brought back 6000 Irish recruits for French service; they arrived back in Brest on 1 May [1690]."}}
Both his parents were killed in the Williamite war. His father fell at the [[Battle of Aughrim]] on 12 July 1691,{{Sfn|Boulger|1911|p=[https://archive.org/details/battleofboynetog00boul/page/243/ 243]|ps=. "Lord Galway and Lord Dillon (Theobald) were killed."}} whereas his mother was killed during the second [[Siege of Limerick (1691)|Siege of Limerick]] by a shell fired into the town on 7 September 1691.{{Sfn|Cokayne|1916|p=[https://archive.org/details/completepeerageo04coka/page/359/ 359, line 24]|ps=. "His widow was accidentally killed a few weeks later, 7 Sep. 1691, in Limerick, during the siege, by the explosion of a bomb."}}
At that time France was in the middle of the [[Nine Years' War]] (1688–97) of which the [[Williamite War in Ireland]] had been a theatre. Dillon and his regiment were sent to [[Roussillon]] and [[Catalonia]], another theatre of this same war, where they fought the Spanish, among others at the siege of [[Roses, Girona|Roses]] under the [[Anne Jules de Noailles|Duc de Noailles]], in 1693.{{Sfn|Murtagh|2004|p=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_0198613660/page/199/ 199, right column, line 32]|ps=. "... the taking of Roses (1693);"}} In 1695 the [[Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme|duc de Vendôme]] succeeded to Noailles. Vendôme [[Siege of Barcelona (1697)|besieged Barcelona]], which was defended by its governor, the Conde de la Corzana, and by [[Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt]]. The town surrendered on terms after a siege of 52 days on 10 August 1697.{{Sfn|Quincy|1726a|p=[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=ucm.5327374877&view=1up&seq=390 350]|ps=. "Voilà de quelle manière s'éxecuta & se termina le fameux siege de Barcelonne, qui dura cinquante deux jours de tranchée ouverte. Il fit d'autant plus d'honneur à M. le Duc de Vendôme que tout le monde voyait des difficultés presque insurmontables dans cette grande entreprise."}}
== Marriage and children == The Nine Years' War ended in 1697 with the [[Treaty of Ryswick]] and four years of peace followed. Dillon found the time to marry. His chosen wife was Christina Sheldon, a maid-of-honour to [[Mary of Modena]], queen consort of [[James II of England]]. Christina's parents were Ralph Sheldon of Ditchford, Worcestershire (1633–1723) and Elisabeth, heiress of Daniel Dunn of Garnish Hall in Essex. [[Dominic Sheldon]], the Jacobite general, was her uncle. Her family was English and Catholic. She continued to serve Mary of Modena as lady-in-waiting at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye.{{Sfn|Murtagh|2004|p=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_0198613660/page/200/ 200, left column, line 13]|ps=. "Some time before 1701 he had married Christiana (Catherine) Sheldon (1684–1757), a lady-in-waiting to Queen Mary of Modena."}}
{{Anchor|chldrn}} <!-- Referenced by link from his children --> Arthur and Christina had five sons: # [[Charles Dillon, 10th Viscount Dillon|Charles]] (1701–1741), became the 10th Viscount Dillon{{Sfn|Debrett|1828|p=[https://archive.org/details/debrettspeerage01debrgoog/page/n327/ 748, line 26]|ps=. "... father of Charles, 10th Viscount, who m. [married] Frances, only child and h. [heir] of the 9th viscount, and d. [died] without surviving issue, 1741;"}} # [[Henry Dillon, 11th Viscount Dillon|Henry]] (1705–1787), became the 11th Viscount Dillon{{Sfn|Debrett|1828|p=[https://archive.org/details/debrettspeerage01debrgoog/page/n327/ 748, line 29]|ps=. "Henry, 11th Viscount, who served in the French army as col. of Dillon's regiment, which command he resigned before the act of preventing British subjects from entering into foreign service ..."}} # James (died 1745), became Colonel of Dillon's Regiment and fell in the [[Battle of Fontenoy]]{{Sfn|Burke|Burke|1915|p=[https://archive.org/details/b3136410x/page/646/ 64g, right column, line 23]|ps=. "James, Kt. of Malta, Col. of the Dillon Regt. fell at its head at Fontenoy, 30 April 1745."}} # Edward (1720–1747), succeeded his brother as Colonel of the Dillon Regiment and then fell in the [[Battle of Lauffeld]]{{Sfn|Burke|Burke|1915|p=[https://archive.org/details/b3136410x/page/646/ 646, right column, line 25]|ps=. "Edward, b. [born] 1720, s. [succeeded] his brother in the command of Dillon's Regt. and was mortally wounded at Lauffeld, 1747."}} # [[Arthur Richard Dillon|Arthur Richard]] (1721–1806), became a French archbishop{{Sfn|Burke|Burke|1915|p=[https://archive.org/details/b3136410x/page/646/ 646], right column, line 27 |ps=. "Arthur, in Holy Orders, b. [born] at St Germains in 1721, successively Bishop of Evreux, 1753, Archbishop of Toulouse, 1758, and Archbishop of Narbonne, in 1762, Cmdr. of the Order of the Holy Ghost 1776, Primate of the Gauls, and Pres. of the States of Languedoc; d. [died] in London 5 July 1806 ..."}}
—and five daughters: # Frances, became a Carmelite nun{{Sfn|Lodge|1789|p=[https://archive.org/details/peerageofireland04lodg/page/196/ 196, line 1]|ps=. "Daughter Frances, a Carmelite nun, died at Pontoise."}} # Catharine (died 1753), became a Carmelite nun and died at [[Seine-Saint-Denis|St. Denis]]{{Sfn|Lodge|1789|p=[https://archive.org/details/peerageofireland04lodg/page/196/ 196, line 2]|ps=. "Catharine, also a Carmelite nun, died at St. Denis in 1753."}} # Mary (died 1786), died at St Germain{{Sfn|La Tour du Pin|1913|p=[https://archive.org/details/journaldunefemme01lato/page/15/ 15]|ps=. "Mary Dillon, mourut à Saint-Germain-en-Laye en 1786."}} # Bridget (died 1785), married Baron Blaisel, a Lieutenant-General in the French Army{{Sfn|Lodge|1789|p=[https://archive.org/details/peerageofireland04lodg/page/196/ 196, line 4]|ps=. "Bridget, was married to the Baron Blaisel, a Lieut.-General in the service of France."}}{{Sfn|La Chesnaye des Bois|1863|p=[https://archive.org/details/dictionnairedela03aube/page/n163/ 311, left column, line 29]|ps=. "Blaisel (du) Seigneur de Belle-Isle, de la Neuville en Picardie ..."}} # Laura (died 1741), married [[Lucius Cary, 6th Viscount Falkland]], a Jacobite{{Sfn|La Tour du Pin|1913|p=[https://archive.org/details/journaldunefemme01lato/page/15/ 15, extreme right]|ps=. "Laura Dillon, épousa Lucius Cary, Lord Viscount Falkland, pair d'Ecosse. Elle mourut en 1741, laissant une fille unique Lucy."}}
== War of the Spanish Succession == {{Main|War of the Spanish Succession}} The [[War of the Spanish Succession]] (1701–1714) broke out after [[Charles II of Spain]], the last [[Habsburg]] king of Spain, died without heir. Dillon and his regiment were first sent to the Rhine in 1701 where he served under [[François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy]], but Villeroy and Dillon were soon transferred to northern Italy where France and its ally Savoy were trying to seize the [[Duchy of Milan]], which belonged to Spain. French troops under the command of Marshal [[Nicolas Catinat]] fought the Austrians under [[Prince Eugene of Savoy]]. However, after Catinat lost the [[Battle of Carpi|skirmish of Carpi]] on 9 July 1701, the command of the French troops in Italy was given to Villeroy under whom Catinat then served as second in command. On 1 September 1701 Prince Eugene defeated Villeroy at [[Battle of Chiari|Chiari]].
On 16 September 1701 James II died at Saint-Germain-en-Laye{{Sfn|Burke|Burke|1915|p=[https://archive.org/details/b3136410x/page/38/ 38]|ps=. "James II (who d. [died] 16 Sept. 1701, at St. Germains, where he was buried.) ..."}} and was succeeded by [[James Francis Edward Stuart]], James III for the Jacobites, the Old Pretender for the supporters of [[William III of England|William III]] in England, who was succeeded by [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain|Queen Anne]] on 8 March 1702.{{Sfn|Fryde|Greenway|Porter|Roy|1986|p=[https://archive.org/details/handbookofbritis0000unse/page/45/ 45, line 31]|ps=. "Anne ... acc. 8 Mar. 1702 ..."}}
Eugene's next move in northern Italy was to surprise Villeroy in his winter quarters in [[Cremona]] on the night of 31 January to 1 February 1702, an action also called the [[Battle of Cremona]]. Villeroy was taken prisoner, but the French were saved from defeat by Dillon's and Bourke's Irish regiments, who held the Po-gate and the bridge over the [[River Po]] against the Austrians, thus preventing Eugene from effecting his junction with the troops he had on the other side of the river.{{Sfn|O'Callaghan|1854|p=[https://archive.org/details/historyofirishbr01ocal/page/215/ 215, line 11]|ps=. "... acknowledged (as well as the enemy) that it was the obstinate courage of the Irish in defence of the Po gate that the preservation of Cremona was principally owing ..."}} Eventually, Eugene could not hold the town against its garrison and had to retreat.{{Sfn|Quincy|1726a|p=[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=ucm.5327374877&view=1up&seq=696 628]|ps=. "Ce fit de cette manière que le Prince Eugène manqua une entreprise si bien concertée, & qui avait eû de si favorables commencements. On en doit toute la gloire aux ... mais particulièrement au Régiment des Vaisseaux, aux deux Régimens Irlandois ..."}}
Villeroy was replaced with the duc de Vendôme, under whom Dillon had already served at Barcelona. Under Vendôme Dillon and his regiment fought in the battles of [[Battle of Santa Vittoria|Santa-Vittoria]] on 26 July 1702, and [[Battle of Luzzara|Luzzara]] on 15 August 1702.{{Sfn|Jullien de Courcelles|1822|p=[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433067275341&view=1up&seq=306 288]|ps=. "... et en 1702 à l'armée d'Italie, où il combattit à San-Vittoria et à Luzzara."}} On 1 October 1702 Dillon was promoted to brigadier.{{Sfn|Jullien de Courcelles|1822|p=[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433067275341&view=1up&seq=306 288, last line]|ps=. "On le créa brigadier, par brevet du 1er octobre [1702] ..."}} In 1703 Vendôme tried to effect a junction with the Bavarians, allied with the French against Austria, through the [[Tyrol]] and penetrated as far as [[Trento|Trent]]. Dillon took the town of [[Riva del Garda|Riva]] at the northern tip of [[Lake Garda]].{{Sfn|O'Callaghan|1854|p=[https://archive.org/details/historyofirishbr01ocal/page/220/ 220]|ps= "... by which he was able to reach and take the town of Riva ..."}} However, on 13 August 1704 Marlborough and Eugene beat the French and Bavarians at [[Battle of Blenheim|Blenheim]]. Savoy switched side and Vendôme had to retreat. In 1704 Dillon, aged 34, was promoted to [[maréchal de camp]].{{Sfn|Webb|1878a|p=[https://archive.org/details/acompendiumiris00webbgoog/page/n158/ 170, left column, line 32]|ps=. "In 1704 he was made maréchal-de-camp ..."}} On 16 August 1705 Vendôme repulsed Eugene at [[Battle of Cassano (1705)|Cassano]]. Three Irish regiments, including Dillon's, played a key-role in halting Eugene's attack.{{Sfn|Saint-Hilaire|1911|p=[https://archive.org/details/mmoiresdesaint04sainuoft/page/185/ 185]|ps=. "... les regiments de Dillon ... chargèrent si vivement les ennemis "}} Dillon was made a commander of the [[Order of Saint Louis]].{{Sfn|Burke|Burke|1915|p=[https://archive.org/details/b3136410x/page/646/ 646, right column, line 17]|ps=. "was commander of the Order of St. Louis ..."}}
On 23 May 1706 [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough|Marlborough]] beat Villeroy at [[Battle of Ramillies|Ramillies]] in the Spanish Netherlands. Thereupon, Louis XIV ordered Vendôme with a big part of the Armée d'Italie to Flanders to redress the situation there. Dillon and his regiment stayed behind in Northern Italy. [[Philippe II, Duke of Orléans|Philippe II, Duke of Orléans]], who would rule France as Regent from 1715 to 1723, replaced Vendôme in Italy, taking up his new position in July.
Together with [[Jacques Eléonor Rouxel de Grancey]], comte de Médavy, Dillon defeated at the [[Battle of Castiglione]] on 9 September 1706 a Hessian unit under [[Frederick I of Sweden|Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel]]{{Sfn|Quincy|1726b|p=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_byIWMxGsA9kC/page/n197/ 182]|ps=. "M. de Dillon combattoit à la droite avec le même succez, de manière que les ennemis également poussés partout ..."}} that had arrived too late from Germany to join the main body of Eugene's army. Their victory had no effect, because the day before the French lost the decisive [[Battle of Turin]] (7 September 1706) and had to evacuate northern Italy.
On 24 September 1706 Dillon was promoted to [[Lieutenant general|lieutenant général]] for his action at Castiglione.{{Sfn|Jullien de Courcelles|1822|p=[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433067275341&view=1up&seq=307 289, line 14]|ps=. "Promu au grade de lieutenant-général des armées du roi, par pouvoir du 24 du même mois [Sep], il fut employé à l'armée de la frontière du Piémont, sous le maréchal de Tessé ..."}} Under [[René de Froulay de Tessé|Marshal Tessé]]{{Efn|René must not be confused with his younger brother [[Philibert-Emmanuel de Froulay, chevalier de Tessé]], who fought in Ireland during the Williamite war.}} Dillon and his regiment participated in the successful defence of Toulon in the [[Siege of Toulon (1707)]]. In 1707 Austria signed the Convention of Milan ending the war in northern Italy.
in 1708 Dillon's regiment was transferred to the [[Moselle]] where Dillon served under [[Claude Louis Hector de Villars]] and [[James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick]].
In 1709 Berwick, and Dillon with him, were transferred to the [[Dauphiné]] to guard this French province against attacks from neighbouring Savoy. Dillon defended [[Briançon]] and on 28 August 1709 defeated {{ill|Bernhard Otto von Rehbinder|it}}, a [[Baltic German]] in Savoyard service, at the Pont de la Vachette.{{Sfn|Saint-Hilaire|1914|p=[https://archive.org/details/mmoiresdesaint05sainuoft/page/199/ 199, line 17]|ps=. "Il arriva même que le Général Rebinder, qui s'étoit avancé au pont de la Vachette, près Briançon ... y fut bien battu par Dillon ..."}} It was rumoured that while in [[Grenoble]] Dillon had an affair with [[Claudine Guérin de Tencin]] who was at that time a nun at the convent of Montfleury at Corenc near Grenoble. She managed to leave her nunnery in 1712.
In 1711 Dillon was created comte Dillon in France by [[Louis XIV|Louis XIV]].{{Sfn|Burke|Burke|1915|p=[https://archive.org/details/b3136410x/page/646/ 646, right column, line 16]|ps=. "He was created Count Dillon by Louis XIV, 1711 ..."}}{{Sfn|La Chesnaye des Bois|1865|p=[https://archive.org/details/dictionnairedela06aube/page/437/ 892, line 12]|ps=. "Dillon. Arthur Dillon, né en 1670, Lieutenant-Général & Colonel d'un Régiment Irlandais, mourut le 5 Février 1733. Il avait épousé Christiana Sheldon, mort le 5 Août 1757 ..."}} commander
In 1712, when the French opened peace talks with the English, James Francis Edward was told to leave France. He decided to take refuge in Lorraine (not yet part of France at that time). He left Saint-Germain-en-Laye on 6 September 1712 and arrived in Lorraine in February 1713 after a short stay in [[Châlons-sur-Marne]].{{Sfn|Gregg|2004|p=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_0198613792/page/675/ 675]|ps=. "... arrange for James to take up residence in the neighbouring duchy of Lorraine, which he did in February 1713."}}
The [[Peace of Utrecht]] on 11 April 1713 ended the war between France on one hand and Britain, the Netherlands, and Savoy on the other hand. In the treaty, France recognised the [[Hanoverian Succession]] and formally ended its support for the Jacobites.{{Sfn|Miller|1971|p=[https://archive.org/details/james00mill/page/147/ 147, line 8]|ps=. "On 11 April 1713 the peace was signed at Utrecht: in return for the acknowledgement of his grandson as Philip V of Spain, Louis had had to recognize the Hanoverian and Protestant succession in England."}}
However, the war between France and Austria continued. Comte Dillon, as he was now, was transferred from the Dauphiné to the Rhine for the [[Rhine campaign (1713)|campaign of 1713]], where he served under Villars capturing [[Kaiserslautern]] on 24 June 1713{{Sfn|Hollensteiner|1860|p=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_ctZAAAAAcAAJ/page/n55/ 42]|ps=. "... am 24. Juni [1713] ... unter Anführung des Generallieutenants Grafen von Dillon ... Schloss beschossen und nach kurzer Belagerung die ganze Besatzung nebst dem churpfälzischen Obersten Wolf gefangen nahmen ..."}}{{Sfn|Saint-Hilaire|1916|p=[https://archive.org/details/mmoiresdesaint06sainuoft/page/79/ 79]|ps=. "Dillon s'empara de la ville et du château de Kaiserslautern ..."}} and the [[New Wolfstein Castle|Castle Wolfstein]].{{Sfn|Jullien de Courcelles|1822|p=[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433067275341&view=1up&seq=307 289, line 33]|ps=. "Il fit ensuite enlever le château de Walfsteim ..."}} He then participated in the siege of Landau, 24 June to 26 August 1713, under Marshall [[Jacques Bazin de Bezons]] and in the siege of Freiburg, 20 September to 17 November 1713.{{Sfn|Jullien de Courcelles|1822|p=[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433067275341&view=1up&seq=307 289, line 34]|ps=. "Il monta plusieurs tranchées aux sièges de Landau et de Fribourg."}} The [[Treaty of Rastatt]] on 17 March 1714 ended the war with Austria.
However, the war still raged on in Spain where Catalonia tried to preserve Catalan autonomy by supporting [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles III]] against [[Philip V of Spain|Philip V]] as Spanish King. Dillon was transferred to Spain under the command of Berwick where he returned to sit before Barcelona as he had done already in 1697. This [[Siege of Barcelona (1713-1714)]] was his last campaign.{{Sfn|Jullien de Courcelles|1822|p=[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433067275341&view=1up&seq=307 289, line 35]|ps=. "Il servit, en 1714, au siège de Barcelonne, que le maréchal de Berwick emporta d'assault: ce fut sa dernière campagne."}} The town was stormed on 11 September 1714 and capitulated on the 12.{{Sfn|Lynn|1999|p=[https://archive.org/details/warsoflouisxiv1600lynn/page/358/ 358]|ps=. "Because the Catalans had no help of hope, the only future for Barcelona was suffering, so it capitulated on 12 September [1714]."}}
== Later life == Count Dillon was later appointed commander in the [[Dauphiné]] and governor of [[Toulon]].{{Sfn|La Tour du Pin|1913|p=[https://archive.org/details/journaldunefemme01lato/page/16/ 16]|ps=. "Il fut longtemps commandant en Dauphiné, gouverneur de Toulon ..."}}
As a French General, Dillon was not allowed to participate in the [[Jacobite rising of 1715]]. Returning from Scotland following the failure of the rising, James Francis Edward found himself not welcome in Lorraine anymore and established himself at Avignon on 2 April 1716.{{Sfn|Gregg|2004|p=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_0198613792/page/676/ 676]|ps=. "... James was forced to take up residence in the papal enclave of Avignon where he arrived on 2 April [1716]."}} On 1 February 1717 he appointed Dillon his plenipotentiary to the French court in Paris.{{Sfn|Ruvigny|1904|p=[https://archive.org/details/jacobitepeerageb00ruvi/page/232/ 232]|ps=. "[1717], Feb. 1. Lieutenant-General Arthur Dillon to be Plenipotentiary to the Court of Paris."}} In this role Dillon, together with [[Georg Heinrich von Görtz]], and [[Carl Gyllenborg]] tried to convince [[Charles XII of Sweden]] to help the Jacobites to invade England. Dillon organised funds to support the project.{{Sfn|Miller|1971|p=[https://archive.org/details/james00mill/page/223/ 223]|ps=. "The matter was concerted between Baron Görtz, Swedish minister to the Hage, Baron Spaar, another minister, Count Gyllenborg, the Swedish ambassador in London, and General Dillon ..."}}
In 1718 Dillon was ordered to command a French contingent sent to Italy during the [[War of the Quadruple Alliance]] (1718–1720). He was replaced as agent in Paris initially by [[James Murray (Jacobite Earl of Dunbar)|James Murray]] and later by [[Daniel O'Brien (Jacobite)|Daniel O'Brien]].{{Sfn|Miller|1971|p=[https://archive.org/details/james00mill/page/235/ 235]|ps=. "... James had managed very diplomatically to rid himself of General Dillon's services as his agent in Paris."}}
James Francis Edward, whom Dillon recognised as King James III, awarded him the Irish titles of Baron and Viscount on 1 February 1717 in Avignon.{{Sfn|Ruvigny|1904|p=[https://archive.org/details/jacobitepeerageb00ruvi/page/40/ 40, line 5]|ps=. "Hon. Arthur Dillon, Lieutenant-General of his Majesty's armies, was on 1st February 1717 created by King James II and VIII Baron of [___] and Viscount of [?Dillon] [I. [[Ireland]], with remainder to the heirs male of his body."}} James III neglected to specify territorial designations for these titles. In 1721 James III gave him Scottish titles by creating him Earl Dillon, also Viscount and Lord.{{Sfn|Ruvigny|1904|p=[https://archive.org/details/jacobitepeerageb00ruvi/page/40/ 40, line 8]|ps=. "On 24th June 1721 he was further created, by the same King, an Earl and Peer of Parliament, as Earl of [Dillon], Viscount of [___] and Lord of [___]."}} In 1722 he was made a (Jacobite) [[Knight of the Thistle]].{{Sfn|Ruvigny|1904|p=[https://archive.org/details/jacobitepeerageb00ruvi/page/194/ 194]|ps=. "K.T.'s ... 1722. May 26. Arthur Dillon, first Earl [S] and viscount [I [Ireland] ] (?Dillon)."}}
He was also a grandfather of the French generals [[Arthur Dillon (1750–1794)|Arthur Dillon]] and [[Théobald Dillon]]. He was a cousin of [[Gerard Lally]]. He was a great-grandfather of the famous memoirist [[Henriette-Lucy, Marquise de La Tour du Pin Gouvernet]], née Henriette-Lucy Dillon.
In 1730 he retired from active service, handing over the command of the regiment to Charles, his eldest son.{{Sfn|O'Callaghan|1854|p=[https://archive.org/details/historyofirishbr01ocal/page/48/ 48, line 36b]|ps=. "In 1730, quitting the service, as he was then in his 60th year, resigned his regiment to his eldest son;"}}
== Death, succession, and timeline == On 5 February 1733 [[Old Style and New Style dates|N.S.]], Arthur Dillon, comte de Dillon, died at the [[Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye]].{{Sfn|O'Callaghan|1854|p=[https://archive.org/details/historyofirishbr01ocal/page/48/ 48, line 38]|ps=. "... died February 5th, 1733, at the Palace of St. Germain-en-Laye, aged 63 years."}}{{Sfn|Cokayne|1916|p=[https://archive.org/details/completepeerageo04coka/page/360/ 360, line 12]|ps=. "... Hon. Arthur Dillon, Lieut. Gen. in the French service (d. [died] 5 Feb 1732/3) ..."}} His eldest son Charles, already colonel, now also succeeded to his father's titles: comte de Dillon in France and Earl of Dillon in the [[Jacobite peerage]].
{|{{Table|hide}} !colspan=3|Timeline |- |colspan=3|''As only the year but not the day of his birth is known, all ages could be a year younger.'' |- !align="left"|Age!!align="left"|Date!!align="left"|Event |- |0||1670||Born in Ireland.{{Sfn|Burke|Burke|1915|p=[https://archive.org/details/b3136410x/page/646/ 646, right column, line 12]|ps=. "Arthur, b. [born] 1670, went into French Military service ..."}} |- |{{Age|1670|1689}}||''1689, 13 Feb''||''Accession of [[William III of England|William]] and [[Mary II of England|Mary]], succeeding [[James II of England|King James II]]''{{Sfn|Fryde|Greenway|Porter|Roy|1986|p=[https://archive.org/details/handbookofbritis0000unse/page/45/ 45, line 11]|ps=. "William III. ... acc. 13 Feb. 1689 ..."}} |- |{{Age|1670|1690}}||1690, 1 May||Debarked at Brest with the regiment.<ref name="FOOTNOTEO'Callaghan1854[httpsarchiveorgdetailshistoryofirishbr01ocalpage8 8, line 28]"/> |- |{{Age|1670|1691}}||1691, 12 Jul||Father fell at the [[Battle of Aughrim]].<ref name="FOOTNOTEBoulger1911[httpsarchiveorgdetailsbattleofboynetog00boulpage243 243]"/> |- |{{Age|1670|1691}}||1691, 7 Sep||Mother killed during the [[Siege of Limerick (1691)|Siege of Limerick]].<ref name="FOOTNOTECokayne1916[httpsarchiveorgdetailscompletepeerageo04cokapage359 359, line 24]"/> |- |{{Age|1670|1697}}||1697, 10 Aug||Fought at the [[Siege of Barcelona (1697)|Siege of Barcelona]].<ref name="FOOTNOTEQuincy1726a[httpsbabelhathitrustorgcgiptiducm5327374877view1upseq390 350]"/> |- |{{Age|1670|30 Oct 1697}}||''1697, Oct''||''The [[Peace of Ryswick]] ended the [[Nine Years' War]].''{{Sfn|Lynn|1999|p=[https://archive.org/details/warsoflouisxiv1600lynn/page/262/ 262]|ps=. "Representatives of France, the Dutch Republic, England and Spain agreed to the Treaty of Ryswick on 20 September. The emperor at first resisted the treaty, but finally signed it as well on 30 October ..."}} |- |{{Age|1670|1701}}||1701, 16 Sep||[[James II of England|James II]] died at Saint-Germain-en-Laye and was succeeded by James Francis Edward. |- |{{Age|1670|1702}}||1702, 1 Feb||Fought at [[Battle of Cremona|Cremona]]<ref name="FOOTNOTEO'Callaghan1854[httpsarchiveorgdetailshistoryofirishbr01ocalpage215 215, line 11]"/> |- |{{Age|1670|1702}}||''1702, 8 Mar''||''Accession of [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain|Queen Anne]], succeeding [[William III of England|King William III]]''{{Sfn|Fryde|Greenway|Porter|Roy|1986|p=[https://archive.org/details/handbookofbritis0000unse/page/45/ 45, line 31]|ps=. "Anne ... acc. 8 Mar. 1702 ..."}} |- |{{Age|1670|1704}}||1704||Made [[maréchal de camp]]<ref name="FOOTNOTEWebb1878a[httpsarchiveorgdetailsacompendiumiris00webbgoogpagen158 170, left column, line 32]"/> |- |{{Age|1670|13 Aug 1704}}||''1704, 13 Aug''||''[[Battle of Blenheim]]''{{Sfn|Goubert|1984|p=[https://archive.org/details/initiationalhist0000goub/page/404/ 404, line 41]|ps=. "[1704,] 13 aôut: Défaite à Hochstedt des généraux français Marsin et Tallard battus par Marlborough et le prince Eugène de Savoie."}} |- |{{Age|1670|1706}}||1706, 8| Sep||Victorious in the [[Battle of Castiglione (1706)|Battle of Castiglione]] |- |{{Age|1670|1706}}||1706, 26 Sep||Made lieutenant-général.<ref name="FOOTNOTEJullien de Courcelles1822[httpsbabelhathitrustorgcgiptidnyp33433067275341view1upseq307 289, line 14]"/> |- |{{Age|1670|1709}}||1709, 28 Aug||Defeated Rehbinder at Vachette near [[Briançon]].<ref name="FOOTNOTESaint-Hilaire1914[httpsarchiveorgdetailsmmoiresdesaint05sainuoftpage199 199, line 17]"/> |- |{{Age|1670|1711}}||1711||Created "comte de Dillon" in France by [[Louis XIV]]{{Sfn|Burke|Burke|1915|p=[https://archive.org/details/b3136410x/page/646/ 646, right column, line 16]|ps=. "He was created Count Dillon by Louis XIV, 1711 ..."}} |- |{{Age|1670|1711}}||1711||Made a commander of the [[Order of Saint Louis]]{{Sfn|Burke|Burke|1915|p=[https://archive.org/details/b3136410x/page/646/ 646, right column, line 17]|ps=. "was commander of the Order of St. Louis ..."}} |- |{{Age|1670|1713}}||1713, Feb||James Francis Edward moves to Avignon.<ref name="FOOTNOTEGregg2004[httpsarchiveorgdetailsisbn_0198613792page676 676]"/> |- |{{Age|1670|1713}}||''1713, 11 Apr''||''The [[Peace of Utrecht]] ended the [[War of the Spanish Succession]] and France drops the Jacobites.''<ref name="FOOTNOTEMiller1971[httpsarchiveorgdetailsjames00millpage147 147, line 8]"/> |- |{{Age|1670|1713}}||1713, 24 Jun||Besieged and took [[Kaiserslautern]]<ref name="FOOTNOTEHollensteiner1860[httpsarchiveorgdetailsbub_gb_ctZAAAAAcAAJpagen55 42]"/> |- |{{Age|1670|1 Aug 1714}}||''1714, 1 Aug''||''Accession of [[George I of Great Britain|King George I]], succeeding [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain|Queen Anne]]''{{Sfn|Fryde|Greenway|Porter|Roy|1986|p=[https://archive.org/details/handbookofbritis0000unse/page/45/ 45, line 38]|ps=. "George I … acc. 1 Aug. 1714;"}} |- |{{Age|1670|1 Sep 1714}}||''1715, 1 Sep''||''Death of Louis XIV; Regency until the majority of Louis XV''{{Sfn|Goubert|1984|p=[https://archive.org/details/initiationalhist0000goub/page/406/ 406, line 5]|ps=. "1715, 1er septembre: Mort de Louis XIV."}} |- |{{Age|1670|16 Feb 1723}}||''1723, 16 Feb''||''Majority of Louis XV''{{Sfn|Goubert|1984|p=[https://archive.org/details/initiationalhist0000goub/page/406/ 406, line 43]|ps=. "1723, 16 février: Majorité de Louis XV."}} |- |{{Age|1670|1730}}||1730||Retired from active service and handed the regiment over to Charles, his eldest son<ref name="FOOTNOTEO'Callaghan1854[httpsarchiveorgdetailshistoryofirishbr01ocalpage48 48, line 36b]"/> |- |{{Age|1670|1733}}||1733, 5 Feb [[Old Style and New Style dates|N.S.]]||Died at the [[Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye|Château-vieux de Saint-Germain-en-Laye]]<ref name="FOOTNOTEO'Callaghan1854[httpsarchiveorgdetailshistoryofirishbr01ocalpage48 48, line 38]"/> |}
== Notes and references == === Notes === {{Notelist}}
=== Citations === {{Reflist}}
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Lynn |date=1999 |title=The Wars of Louis XIV 1667–1714 |publisher=[[Longman]] |location=Harlow, England |isbn=978-0-582-05629-9 |url=https://archive.org/details/warsoflouisxiv1600lynn/ |url-access=registration}} * {{Cite book|last=Miller |first=Peggy |date=1971 |title=James: Old Pretender |publisher=[[St. Martin's Press]] |location=Lanham MD |isbn=9780049230569 |url=https://archive.org/details/james00mill/ |url-access=registration}} * {{Cite encyclopedia|last=Murtagh |first=Harman |editor1-last=Matthew |editor1-first=Colin |editor1-link=Colin Matthew |editor2-last=Harrison |editor2-first=Brian |editor2-link=Brian Harrison (historian) |date=2004 |title=Dillon, Arthur, Jacobite, Earl Dillon (1670–1733) |encyclopedia=[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]] |volume=16 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location=New York |pages=199–200 |isbn=0-19-861366-0 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_0198613660/page/199/ |url-access=registration}} * {{Cite book|last=O'Callaghan |first=John Cornelius |date=1854 |title=History of the Irish Brigades in the Service of France |publisher=P. 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H. Gill & Son]] |location=Dublin |page=150 |oclc=122693688 |url=https://archive.org/details/acompendiumiris00webbgoog/n158/}} * {{Cite encyclopedia|last=Webb |first=Alfred |author-link=Alfred Webb |date=1878b |title=Dillon, Theobald, Viscount |encyclopedia=Compendium of Irish Biography |publisher=[[M. H. Gill & Son]] |location=Dublin |page=149 |oclc=122693688 |url=https://archive.org/details/acompendiumiris00webbgoog/page/n157/}} {{Refend}} <!-- ==External links== * [http://www.thepeerage.com/p3727.htm#i37264 Genealogy of Lt.-Gen. Arthur Dillon, Comte Dillon on The Peerage website] -->
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