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Sir Robert Dillington, 2nd Baronet

1634 – 1687

English member of parliament

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Lived 1634 – 1687 (aged 52–53). Sir Robert Dillington, 2nd Baronet was an English politician.

Sir Robert Dillington, 2nd Baronet (c. 1634 – 25 April 1687) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1685.

Dillington was the son of Robert Dillington of Mottistone and grandson of Sir Robert Dillington, 1st Baronet. He matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford on 9 December 1653 and was of Gray's Inn in 1654.

In 1659, Dillington was elected Member of Parliament for Newport in the Third Protectorate Parliament. He was elected MP for Newport in the Convention Parliament in 1660. He was elected MP for Newport again in 1670 in the Cavalier Parliament and sat until 1685.

Dillington died at the age of 52. He had married twice, firstly Jane, the daughter of John Freke of Cerne Abbey, Dorset with whom he had several children, of whom only 2 sons and 1 daughter survived and secondly Anne, the daughter and coheiress of William Webb, a London grocer and Alderman, with whom he had a further son and 2 daughters. Dillington's three sons, Robert, John, and Tristram, succeeded him in turn to the baronetcy.

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Born
1634
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Positions held
Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the Third Protectorate Parliament, Member of the April 1660 Parliament, Member of the 1661-79 Parliament
Also known as
Robert Dillington, Sir Robert Dillington

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Who was Sir Robert Dillington, 2nd Baronet?

English member of parliament

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Sir Robert Dillington, 2nd Baronet was born in 1634.

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Sir Robert Dillington, 2nd Baronet died on 25 April 1687.

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Sir Robert Dillington, 2nd Baronet was a politician.

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Sir Robert Dillington, 2nd Baronet was English.

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· Wikipedia: Sir Robert Dillington, 2nd Baronet

· Wikidata: Q7528757

· DBpedia: Sir Robert Dillington, 2nd Baronet

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