Valentine Blake Dillon

Valentine Blake Dillon
Valentine Blake Dillon
Lord Mayor of Dublin
	In office; 1894–1896
Preceded by	James Shanks
Succeeded by	Richard F. McCoy
Personal details
Born	1847; County Sligo, Ireland
Died	31 March 1904 (aged 56–57); Dublin, Ireland
Political party	Nationalist Party
Relatives	John Blake Dillon (nephew); John Dillon (cousin);

Valentine Blake Dillon (1847 – 31 March 1904) was an Irish lawyer and politician.^[1]

Valentine Blake Dillon was a nephew of John Blake Dillon and cousin of John Dillon. He qualified as a solicitor in 1870, and took part in many high-profile trials, including those related to the Land War.^[1]

In 1891 he was the Parnellite candidate in the closely fought North Sligo by-election, but failed to win the seat. He later acted as election agent for James McCann in his successful campaign to win Dublin St Stephen's Green, a seat hitherto held by the Conservatives, and for his successor, Laurence Ambrose Waldron.^[1]

From 1894 to 1896, he was Lord Mayor of Dublin.^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Obituary, The Times, 1 April 1904
^ "Lord Mayors of Dublin 1665–2020" (PDF). Dublin City Council. June 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2023.

Civic offices
Preceded by James Shanks	Lord Mayor of Dublin 1894–1896	Succeeded by Richard F. McCoy

[Times-1] Obituary, The Times, 1 April 1904

[2] "Lord Mayors of Dublin 1665–2020" (PDF). Dublin City Council. June 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2023.

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