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 DIGBY 357 [Edward Kenelm Digby, ist s. and h. ap., b. i Aug. 1894, at 39 Belgrave Sq., Midx. He served in the great European War, 19 14 —, as Lieut. Coldstream Guards. (")] Family Estates. — These, in i 883, consisted of 1,886 acres in Dorset and 124 CO. Warwick, besides i<^,-i^l in King's Co., 938 in Queen's Co., and 6,835 (valued at but ^,162 a year) co. Mayo. Total, 39,505 acres, valued at ;^ 15,968 a year. Principal Residence. — Minterne House, near Cerne, Dorset. Note. — The Sherborne estate (about 26,000 acres in Dorset and Somer- set, valued at over ;^45,ooo a year) devolved in 1856, on the death of Earl Digby, on his nephew (his sister's son), George Digby Wingfield-Baker, afterwards Wingfield-Digby, whose yr. br., John, inherited, in like manner, the Coleshill estate in Warwickshire, about 9,000 acres, valued at over DILLON OF COSTELLO-GALLENC") VISCOUNTCY [I.] I. Theobald Dillon, 3rd s. of Thomas D., or Ballynakill, by Mary, da. of Christopher Dillon, ^- 1622. of Kilmore, was Commander of a troop, and was, 25 May 1582, made Chief Serjeant and General Collector and Receiver for the provinces of Connaught and Thomond, which was continued to him by James I; took an active part against the rebel Irish under Tyrone, 1598-1601; knighted by the Earl of Essex, 24 July 1599. On 16 Mar. 162 1/2, he, being of Costello-Gallen, co. Mayo, was cr. VISCOUNT DILLON OF COSTILLO GALLIN [i.e. COSTELLO-GALLEN],(^) co. Mayo [I.]. He m. Eleanor, da. of William TuiTE, of Tuitestown, co. Westmeath. He d. 1 5 Mar. 1 624, at a great age, having above 100 descendants. Inq.p. m. His widow d. 8 Apr. 1638, at Killinure, co. Westmeath, and was bur. at St. Francis' Abbey, Athlone. II. 1624. 2. Lucas (Dillon), Viscount Dillon of Costello- Gallen [I.], grandson and h., being s. and h. of Sir Christopher Dillon, of Ballylagham, co. Mayo, President of Connaught, by Jane, ist da. of James (Dillon), ist Earl of Roscommon [I.], which Christopher was s. and h. ap. of the last Viscount, but d. v. p., 28 Feb. 1623/4. He was aged 14J years in Sep. 1624. He m. (when 15), in 1625, Mary (dowry ;£2,70o), da. of Randal MacSorley (MacDonnell), (') For a list of peers and sons of peers who served in this war, see vol. viii, Appendix F. V.G. C") The arms of Dillon as recorded in Ulster's office are: Quarterly ist and 4th, Argent a lion passant between three crescents Gules, for Dillon; 2nd and 3rd, Argent a fesse between three crescents Sable, for Lee. V.G. (') The preamble to this patent is in Lodgr, vol. iv, p. 117.
 * £ I 5,000 a year.