sentences:  In 1644 Lord Dillon was appointed joint President of Connaught together with Henry Wilmot, 2nd Viscount Wilmot, who had inherited the his half of the presidency from his father, Charles Wilmot, 1st Viscount Wilmot in April 1644.Dillon replaced Roger Jones, 1st Viscount Ranelagh, who had died in 1643.On 15 September 1643 the Cessation, a ceasefire between the royalists and the Confederation was signed.