First Marriage and Issue
In Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, on 10 March 1931, Dillon married his first wife, the former Phyllis Chess Ellsworth (South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana, 3 August 1910 – New York City, New York, 20 June 1982), daughter of John Chess Ellsworth (South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana, 20 December 1874 – living 1957) and wife (m. Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 14 October 1903) Alice Frances Chalifoux (Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 9 August 1881 – New York City, New York, 27 January 1957), who bore him two daughters:
- Phyllis Ellsworth Dillon
- Joan Douglas Dillon (born New York City, New York, 31 January 1935). She married firstly in Paris on 1 August 1953, divorced in Washoe County, Nevada, on 12 December 1955 and annulled in Rome on 22 June 1963 James Brady Moseley (New York City, New York, 22 May 1931 – Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 9 April 1998), son of Frederick S. Moseley, Jr. and wife Jane H. Brady, they had one daughter: Joan Dillon Moseley born: February 6, 1954. She married secondly at St. Edward's, in Sutton Park, Guildford, Surrey, on 1 March 1967, H.R.H. Prince Charles of Luxembourg (1927–1977), and had one daughter and one son, H.R.H. Princess Charlotte born September 15, 1967 and H.R.H. Prince Robert born August 14, 1968. Widowed, she married thirdly in Isleboro, Maine, on 3 August 1978, Philippe-François-Armand-Marie, 7th duc de Mouchy, without issue.
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