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Sir Robert Dillon (died 27 July 1597) was a lawyer, judge and politician in the 16th century Kingdom of Ireland, and Speaker of the Irish House of Commons. ==Life== Dillon was of Newtown, County Meath. In 1545 he was appointed King Henry VIII's Attorney-General for Ireland, under Queen Mary he became second Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench (Ireland), and under Queen Elizabeth he was Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and Speaker of the Irish House of Commons.〔Sir Bernard Burke, ''A genealogical history of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited, and extinct peerages of the British empire'' (1866), (p. 171 )〕 He was appointed as Chief Justice on 3 September 1559, just before Elizabeth's accession.〔Constantine Joseph Smyth, ''Chronicle of the law officers of Ireland'' (1839), (p. 117 )〕 William Nugent made complaints that Dillon had abused his position to prosecute members of the Nugent family, and in the summer of 1591 Nugent formally accused Dillon of maladministration of justice. The case was strong: in particular the charge that Dillon had wrongfully condemned William's uncle Nicholas Nugent, his predecessor as Chief Justice, to death for treason. In the view of Roger Wilbraham, the Solicitor General for Ireland, there was little doubt that Dillon had been guilty of crimes dishonourable to a judge, but Wilbraham considered that Dillon was suspended as a judge and commissioners were appointed to try the charges, but obstacles were constantly arising, and in November 1593 Dillon was pronounced innocent on all charges and reinstated.〔F. Elrington Ball, ''The Judges in Ireland, 1221-1921'', p. 152〕 On 23 September 1594, the day of his successor's death, Fenton wrote to Burghley that Dillon was to be restored to the chief-justiceship, and this decision was confirmed by patent of 15 March 1594-5, which he retained until his death on 15 July 1597. Dillon died on 27 July 1597〔 and was buried at Tara, County Meath.〔〔Anthony Cogan, ''The diocese of Meath: ancient and modern'', vol. 1 (1862), (p. 119 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Dillon (judge)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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