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DILKES, THOMAS, son of Michael Dilkes, Dublin, Ireland, and Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jun 1749 (Bourne's); in school list 1754; adm. Inner Temple 29 May 1755; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 May 1756. [Perhaps son of Gen. Michael O’Brien Dilkes; and perhaps Capt. in Army 14 Jun 1765; 49th Foot 30 Sep 1768; Maj., 20 Feb 1773; father of next ? (and brother of last ?)][father Michael O’Brien Dilkes MP (I), hon. LLD Trinity Coll. Dublin ?]

DILKES, WILLIAM THOMAS, son of Maj. Thomas Dilkes, 49th Foot, and Margaret, third dau. of Robert Denny, Eye, Suffolk; b.; adm. 20 Jan 1777; RMA Woolwich 1779-82; Ensign, 49th Foot 4 Dec 1779; Lieut., 103rd Foot 3 Nov 1781; Ensign, 3rd Foot Guards 20 Mar 1783; Adjutant, 27 Oct 1790; Lieut. and Capt., 25 Apr 1792; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 4 Feb 1797; Col. in the Army 30 Oct 1805; Brig. -Gen. in Feb 1810; Maj. -Gen., 4 Jun 1811; Lieut. -Gen., 12 Aug 1819; General, 10 Jan 1837; ADC to Maj. - Gen. Charles O’Hara (qv, ?) when Governor of Gibraltar in 1788-9; served in Flanders 1793-5, on expedition to the Helder 1799 and in Peninsular War 1810-11; second in command at battle of Barrosa 5 Mar 1811, receiving thanks of both Houses of Parliament and freedom of City of London for his services there; Lieut. -Governor, Quebec, 2 Oct 1829; d. 27 Dec 1841. [perhaps m. at Holy Trinity, Exeter, Devon 23 Nov 1820 Eleanor Hirtzel (IGI)]

DILKS, ---; b.; in under school lists 1715, 1716.

Dilley, Eric, son of Sir Arthur George Dilley, sometime president of the Auctioneers and Estate Agents Institution, by Elizabeth Jane, daughter of James Ashton, of Huntingdon; b. Sept. 20, 1890; adm. Sept. 22, 1904 (R); left July 1907; farmed in Australia; enlisted in the with Australian Light Horse 1914; served at the landing in Gallipoli and in Palestine; d. of consumption brought on by privations during the desert campaign, April 5, 1921.

Dillon, Harold George Sydney, son of Emil Joseph Dillon, journalist and author, by his first wife; b. Sept. 24, 1889; adm. April 30 1903 (G); left July 1907; Christ's Coll. Camb., scholar, matric. Michaelmas 1907; B.A. 1910; took part in a gold-prospecting expedition in the Lena River District, Siberia, 1912-3; served in R.A.F. in 1917, and in R. N. V. R. as Lieut. in 1918; Vice-Consul at Libau, Courland, 1919-21; employed in the Enemy Debts Clearing House in London 1921-2; m.; d. 1922.

DILLON, LUKE, son of Henry Dillon MP (I), Clonbrock, co. Galway, and Margaret, widow of Sir Arthur Shaen, Bart., and dau. of Morgan Mahan, Togherstown, co. Westmeath; b.; adm. (aged 16) Jul 1742 (Stephens'); m. Bridget, dau. of John Kelly, Castle Kelly, co. Galway; d. c. 1773.

DILLY, JAMES; b.; adm. 24 Sep 1772; left Christmas 1773.