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DIGBY, EDWARD, 2ND EARL DIGBY, eldest son of Henry Digby, 1st Earl Digby (qv), and his second wife; b. 6 Jan 1773; adm. 19 Apr 1786; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 17 Apr 1790; succ. father as 2nd Earl Digby 25 Sep 1793; Grand Tour (Italy) 1793-4; Lord Lieut. Dorset from 7 Apr 1808; d. unm. 12 May 1856.

Digby, Francis; son of Toby Digby, Northleach, Gloucs. ; Queen’s Coll.Oxford, matr. 29 Mar 1672, aged 16 ; BA 1677 ; Usher c.1677 ; translated the first four books of Xenophon’s Cyropaedia for an edition published in 1685.

DIGBY, FRANCIS; b.; at school 1658-60 (Busby’s Account Book). [Was this Hon. Francis Digby, second son of George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol KG, and Lady Anne Russell, second dau. of Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford; entered Royal Navy at age of about 15 (HMC Lindsey, 1942, 181-2), under the tutelage of Adm. Sir John Lawson; Lieut., 1666; Capt., 7 Jun 1666; “killed in the great sea-fight against the Dutch” 28 May 1672, unm. ?] [will proved PCC 11 Feb 1676 ?]

DIGBY, HENRY, 1ST EARL DIGBY, brother of Edward Digby, 6th Baron Digby (qv); b.; adm. (aged 7) Feb 1738/9 (Watts'); readm. Sep 1743 (Watts'); left 1748; a clerk in Secretary of State’s Office May 1749 - c. 1750; Secretary to Sir Charles Hanbury Williams on diplomatic missions in Germany and Poland 1750-; Under-Secretary of State Nov 1755-Nov 1756; MP Ludgershall 21 Nov 1755-61, Wells 1761-19 Aug 1765; succ. brother as 7th Baron Digby (I) 30 Nov 1757; a Lord of the Admiralty Apr 1763 - Jul 1765; created Baron Digby of Sherborne (GB) 19 Aug 1765; Lord Lieut. Dorset from 21 Jun 1771; created Earl Digby (GB) 1 Nov 1790; m. 1st, 5 Sep 1763 Elizabeth, dau. of Hon. Charles Feilding; m. 2nd, 10 Nov 1770 Mary, dau. of John Knowler, Recorder of Canterbury; d. 25 Sep 1793.

DIGBY, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 11) May 1717; in under school list 1719. [Perhaps John Digby, bapt. Mansfield Woodhouse, Notts., 22 Jun 1705, son of John Digby MP, and Jane, dau. of Sir Thomas Wharton KB, Edlington, Yorks.; perhaps Magdalen Hall, Oxford, matr. 24 Sep 1722, parentage not stated] [note will John Digby, Mansfield Woodhouse, Notts., proved PCC 22 Aug 1753]

DIGBY, HON. STEPHEN, brother of Edward Digby, 6th Baron Digby (qv); b. 10 May 1742; adm. Jan 1752 (Watts'); in school list 1754; Cornet, 6th Dragoons 7 Feb 1759; Capt., Vaughan’s Foot Regt. 11 Jan 1760; 24th Foot, 7 Aug 1760; Maj., 45th Foot 25 Jul 1771; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 1st Foot Guards 2 Jun 1774; retd. 31 Dec 1778; Groom of Bedchamber to Prince of Wales 1780-2; Vice-Chamberlain to Queen Charlotte 1782 - Nov 1792; Master of St. Katherine’s Hospital by the Tower, London, from 1788; Deputy Ranger, Richmond Park, from 1792; m. 1st, 1 Oct 1771 Lady Lucy Strangways Fox, youngest dau. of Stephen Fox, 1st Earl of Ilchester; m. 2nd, 6 Jan 1790 Hon. Charlotte Margaret Gunning, Maid of Honour to Queen Charlotte, eldest dau. of Sir Robert Gunning, Bart., KB, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, St. Petersburg; d. 30 May 1800.

DIGBY, THOMAS, of Warwickshire; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxford 1592, matr. 15 Dec 1592, aged 19, Westminster Student to 1601, Faculty Student 1601-4; BA 1596; MA 1599.

DIGBY, HON. WILLIAM, brother of Edward Digby, 6th Baron Digby (qv); b. 21 Jan 1733/4; adm. Mar 1744/5 (Watts'); KS (Capt. ) 1748; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1752, matr. 4 Jun 1752, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1752 - void 2 Apr 1761, expiry year of grace as R. Kilmington; BA 1756; MA 1759; DCL 1765; ordained deacon 28 Sep 1759, priest 2 Mar 1760 (both Oxford); Rector of Kilmington, Somerset, 26 Apr 1760; Vicar of Coleshill, Warwicks., from 1763; Rector of Sheldon, Warwicks., from 1766; Chaplain in Ordinary to King George III 1761 -c. 1770; Prebendary of Exeter 17 Apr 1762-79; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford 23 Jul 1765-9; Dean of Worcester 29 Aug 1769 - res by Jan 1778; Master of St. Oswald’s Hospital, Worcester 1770-8; Dean of Durham from 18 Sep 1777; m. 14 Apr 1766 Charlotte Lepel, dau. of Joseph Cox, Stanford, Berks.; d. 18 Sep 1788.

DIGGES, DUDLEY; b.; adm. (aged 14) Jun 1720.