Constituency Dates
Newport I.o.W. 3 Mar. 1707 – 1710, 22 July 1717 – 7 July 1721
Family and Education
b. c. 1678, 3rd s. of Sir Robert Dillington, 2nd Bt.†, of Knighton by his 2nd w. Hannah, da. of William Webb of Throgmorton Street, London; half-bro. of Sir Robert Dillington, 3rd Bt.†; educ. I. Temple 1694. unm. suc. bro. Sir John Dillington as 5th Bt. 5 Mar. 1706.
Offices Held

Ensign 1 Ft. Gds. 1701; cornet, 1 Drag. Gds. 1703, brevet capt. 1707; lt.-col. 17 Ft. 1708; capt. and lt.-col. Coldstream Gds. 1709, 2nd maj. 1717; gov. Hurst Castle 1716–d.

Address
Main residence: Knighton, I.o.W.
biography text

As a younger son, Dillington made his career in the army and was present at Blenheim. Shortly afterwards, on the death of his half-brother, he inherited the family baronetcy and estates. Returned for a borough on the Isle of Wight at a by-election in 1707 he was listed as a Whig in early 1708 and again after being re-elected for the same borough that year. He voted for the impeachment of Dr Sacheverell, although having been granted a fortnight’s leave of absence on 9 Feb. 1710 he had been absent for some of the proceedings. He did not stand in 1710 or 1713. In August 1714 his name appeared on a list of army officers to be turned out as part of a planned Tory purge. He returned to Parliament in the reign of George I, continuing to support the Whigs until his death on 7 July 1721, aged 43.1 Boyer, Pol. State, viii. 170.

Author
P.W.
Volume
Commons 1690-1715
Notes
  • 1. Boyer, Pol. State, viii. 170.