Robert Dillon (judge)

Sir Robert Dillon (c. 1540 – 1597) was a lawyer, judge and politician in the 16th-century Kingdom of Ireland. He came from a family with a distinguished record of judicial service, but his own career was dogged by accusations of serious wrongdoing, of which the most serious was that he had falsely condemned another judge to death.

Robert Dillon (judge)

Sir Robert Dillon (c. 1540 – 1597) was a lawyer, judge and politician in the 16th-century Kingdom of Ireland. He came from a family with a distinguished record of judicial service, but his own career was dogged by accusations of serious wrongdoing, of which the most serious was that he had falsely condemned another judge to death.