See also: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
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He entered parliament in 188o as member for Tipperary, and was at first an ardent supporter of C
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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He returned to Ireland by way of See also:Boulogne, where he and Mr W
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O'Brien held See also:long and indecisive conferences with Parnell
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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
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After the See also:expulsion of Mr T
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See also:Healy and others from the Irish National Federation, Mr Dillon became the See also:chair-See also:man (February 1896)
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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
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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
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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 (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
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 (0. Fr. chamberlain, chamberlenc, Mod. Fr. chambellan, from O. H. Ger. Chamarling, Chamarlinc, whence also the Med. Lat. cambellanus, camerlingus, camerlengus; Ital. camerlingo; Span. camerlengo, compounded of 0. H. Ger. Chamara, Kamara [Lat.
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSEPH (1836— )
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSHUA LAWRENCE (1828– )
- CHAMBERLAIN, SIR NEVILLE BOWLES (1820-1902)
Chamberlain
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He married in 1895 See also:Elizabeth (d
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See also:Mathew
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