Date of birth: 15 June 1788
Date of death: 9 February 1847.
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Irish adventurer, linguist and ethnographer.
1814-1840 married with Mary, daughter of Patrick Moore.

Cf. J. W. Davidson, 'Dillon, Peter (1788 - 1847)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1, Melbourne University Press, 1966, pp 306-308.

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