Arthur Richard Dillon
The most reverend Arthur Richard Dillon | |
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Portrait of Arthur Richard Dillon wearing the Order of the Holy Spirit on its blue ribbon, the cordon bleu, around his neck | |
| Archbishop of Narbonne | |
| In office 1763–1790 | |
| Preceded by | Charles-Antoine de la Roche-Aimon |
| Succeeded by | Guillaume Besaucèle |
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| Born | 14 September 1721 Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France |
| Died | 5 July 1806 (aged 84) London |
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Arthur Richard Dillon (1721–1806) was archbishop of Narbonne in France. He was the youngest son of Arthur Dillon (1670–1733), who came to France with Mountcashel's Irish Brigade. At the French Revolution he refused the civil constitution of the clergy and fled first to Coblenz and then to London.