Eric Dillon, 19th Viscount Dillon
- Eric Dillon, 19th Viscount Dillon
Brigadier Eric FitzGerald Dillon, 19th Viscount Dillon, CMG, DSO (1881 - 1946) was an Irish peer and British Army officer who served in World War I.
He was succeeded by his only son Michael Eric Dillon.
Lady Onslow
His only daughter, Pamela Louisa Eleanor Dillon (b1915) married William Onslow, 6th Earl of Onslow [thepeerage.com] but divorced in 1962. Lady Onslow was involved in the "Littlejohn Affair", a spy scandal involving an alleged MI6/Official IRA double agent Kenneth Littlejohn. As a result Lady Onslow received a letter bomb which exploded in her hands; she declined hospital treatment for the injuries. ["Woman hurt in..."; The Times, 16 Sep 1975; pg1; col C ]
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