Sir Tristram Dillington, 5th Baronet

Sir Tristram Dillington, 5th Baronet (c. 1678–1721) of Knighton, Isle of Wight was a British Army officer, landowner and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1707 and 1721.

He succeeded his brother Sir John Dillington, 4th Baronet in the baronetcy on 5 March 1706.

[3] Dillington was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Newport (Isle of Wight) at a by-election on 3 March 1707.

He was listed as a Whig before and after the 1708 general election when he was returned unopposed again as MP for Newport.

He was also returned unopposed by the Administration as MP for Newport at a by-election on 22 July 1717.

"Knighton the seat of George M Bisset Esq." Engraving by Richard Godfrey, 1781.