Baron Clonbrock

[2] It was created on 3 June 1790 for Robert Dillon, who had earlier represented Lanesborough in the Irish House of Commons.

His grandson, the third Baron, sat in the House of Lords as an Irish representative peer and served as Lord-Lieutenant of Galway.

The title became extinct on the death of his son, the fifth Baron, on 1 November 1926.

Gerald's grandson Thomas Dillon, who died in 1606, was Chief Justice of Connacht.

Robert Dillon, grandfather of the first Baron, represented Dungarvan in the Irish Parliament.