Arthur Dillon (1834-1922) was a French cavalry officer and journalist, and friend of général Boulanger. He was the grandson of General Arthur Dillon (1750-1794)

Arthur Dillon (1750-1794)

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, descended from a family of exile Irish

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 Jacobites

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He was secretary-general of the transatlantic cable company and a financier of Boulangisme. His election as a deputy in 1889 was invalidated. He and the Bonapartist

Bonapartist

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 Georges Thiébaud

Georges Thiébaud

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launched a vast journalistic campaign in Boulanger's favour.

Source

• Biographies Assemblée nationale (1889-1940) http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/histoire/biographies/1889-1940/Lettre_D/Pages%20de%20D_4.pdf