John Dillon

John Dillon
John Dillon
	Dillon, c. 1915
Member of Parliament for East Mayo
	In office; 27 November 1885 – 14 December 1918
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Éamon de Valera
Member of Parliament for Tipperary
	In office; 8 April 1880 – 23 March 1883 Serving with Patrick James Smyth
Preceded by	Stephen Moore ; Edmund Dwyer Gray
Succeeded by	Patrick James Smyth ; Thomas Mayne
Leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party
	In office; 6 March 1918 – 14 December 1918
Preceded by	John Redmond
Succeeded by	Joseph Devlin
Leader of the Irish National Federation
	In office; 1892–1900
Preceded by	Justin McCarthy
Succeeded by	Merged into IPP
Personal details
Born	4 September 1851; Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland
Died	4 August 1927 (aged 75); London, England
Political party	Irish Parliamentary Party; Irish National Federation; Home Rule League;
Spouse	Elizabeth Mathew (m. 1895; died 1907)
Relations	Anne Deane (aunt)
Children	6, including Myles Dillon and James Dillon
Parent	John Blake Dillon (father)
Education	Catholic University School; Trinity College Dublin; Catholic University of Louvain; Royal College of Surgeons;

John Dillon (4 September 1851 – 4 August 1927) was an Irish politician from Dublin, who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for over 35 years and was the last leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party. By political disposition, Dillon was an advocate of Irish nationalism, originally a follower of Charles Stewart Parnell, supporting land reform and Irish Home Rule.

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