Family Background
He married in 1895 to Elizabeth (1865–1907), daughter of Lord Justice J. C. Mathew, who bore him six children. Tall and slim he cut an imposing figure, his personal reputation hampered at times by a pessimistic and gloomy nature as well as conservative views on labour and women. He died in a London nursing home at the age of 76, on the 4 August 1927, and was buried four days later in Glasnevin cemetery, Dublin. There is a street named after him in Dublin's Liberties, beside the old Iveagh Market. John Dillion Street on Google Maps
One of his six children was James Mathew Dillon (1902–1986), a prominent Irish politician and leader of the Irish Centre Party and of Fine Gael (1957–1966) also Minister for Agriculture (he raised hackles and even death threats in Ireland when he suggested that Ireland actively support the Allies in World War II).
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