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JOHN DILLON (1851– )

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 273 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JOHN See also:DILLON (1851– )  , Irish nationalist politician, was the son of See also:John See also:Blake See also:Dillon (1816–1866), who sat in See also:parliament for See also:Tipperary, and was one of the leaders of " See also:Young See also:Ireland." John Dillon was educated at the See also:Roman See also:Catholic university of See also:Dublin, and afterwards studied See also:medicine . He entered parliament in 188o as member for Tipperary, and was at first an ardent supporter of C . S . See also:Parnell . In See also:August he delivered a speech on the See also:Land See also:League at See also:Kildare which was characterized as " wicked and cowardly " by W . E . See also:Forster; he advocated boycotting, and was arrested in May 1881 under the See also:Coercion See also:Act, and again after two months of freedom in See also:October . In 1883 he resigned his seat for reasons of See also:health, but was returned unopposed in 1885 for See also:East See also:Mayo, which he continued to represent . He was one of the See also:prime See also:movers in the famous " See also:plan of See also:campaign," which provided that the See also:tenant should pay his See also:rent to the See also:National League instead of the landlord, and in See also:case of eviction be supported by the See also:general fund . Mr Dillon was compelled by the See also:court of See also:queen's See also:bench onthe 14th of See also:December 1886 to find securities for See also:good behaviour, but two days later he was arrested while receiving rents on See also:Lord See also:Clanricarde's estates . In this instance the See also:jury disagreed, but in See also:June 1888 under the provisions of the new Criminal See also:Law See also:Procedure See also:Bill he was condemned to six months' imprisonment . He was, however, released in See also:September, and in the See also:spring of 1889 sailed for See also:Australia and New See also:Zealand, where he collected funds for the Nationalist party .

On his return to Ireland he was again arrested, but, being allowed See also:

bail, sailed to See also:America, and failed to appear at the trial . He returned to Ireland by way of See also:Boulogne, where he and Mr W . O'Brien held See also:long and indecisive conferences with Parnell . They surrendered to the See also:police in See also:February, and on their See also:release from See also:Galway See also:gaol in See also:July declared their opposition to Parnell . After the See also:expulsion of Mr T . M . See also:Healy and others from the Irish National Federation, Mr Dillon became the See also:chair-See also:man (February 1896) . His See also:early friendship with Mr O'Brien gave See also:place to considerable hostility, but the various sections of the party were ostensibly reconciled in 1900 under the leadership of Mr See also:Redmond . In the autumn of 1896 he arranged a See also:convention of the Irish See also:race, which included 2000 delegates from various parts of the See also:world . In 1897 Mr Dillon opposed in the See also:House the Address to Queen See also:Victoria on the occasion of the See also:Diamond See also:Jubilee, on the ground that her reign had not been a blessing to Ireland, and he showed the same uncompromising attitude in 19o1 when a See also:grant to Lord See also:Roberts was under discussion, accusing him of " systematized inhumanity." He was suspended on the loth of See also:March for violent See also:language addressed to Mr See also:Chamberlain . He married in 1895 See also:Elizabeth (d . 1907), daughter of Lord See also:Justice J .

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