John Talbot Dillon

John Talbot Dillon (1734–1806) was an Anglo-Irish naval officer, traveller and historian. Life He was the son of Francis Dillon and Mary Wingfield, and was educated at Westminster School. He spent extensive time abroad, travelling in Italy and Spain. Dillon was an advocate of religious liberty, a believer in the moderation of the French Revolution, and an opponent of the emancipation of slaves. He is described as "baron of the Sacred Roman Empire" on the title-page of his Travels in Spain (1780), as well as in notes to John Bowle's edition of Don Quixote (1781).