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DIEMAR, GEORGE; b.; adm. Jul 1738 (Morel's); left 1744; a clerk in Secretary of State’s Office Nov 1753 -c. 1755. [perhaps George Augustus Charles, Baron Diemar, Chamberlain of the Elector of Cologne (will proved PCC 28 Apr 1756), who m. 19 Dec 1754 Mary Green (IGI)]

DIETRICHSEN, ---; b.; at school 1791 or 1792. [perhaps John Augustus Dietrichson, bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 24 Jan 1780, son of Christian Dietrichson, and Elizabeth --- (IGI)]

DIGBY, HON. CHARLES, brother of Edward Digby, 6th Baron Digby (I) (qv); b. 22 Apr 1743; in school list 1754; KS 1758; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 23 Oct 1761, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1761 - void 6 Jun 1768 (expiry year of grace as R. Kilmington); BA 1765; MA 1770; ordained deacon (Oxford) 22 Jun 1766; Rector of Kilmington, Somerset, from 1766; Prebendary of Wells from 13 Dec 1774, also Canon Residentiary from 1 Jul 1794; Perpetual Curate of Moddington [check], Wilts., in 1783; Vicar of Oborne, Dorset, from 1789; a Brother of St. Katherine’s Hospital by the Tower, London, 1801; Canon of Windsor from 23 Jan 1808; m. 5 Jan 1775 Priscilla, dau. of William Mellier [or Mellior ?], Castle Cary, Somerset; d. 10 Sep 1811.

DIGBY, EDWARD, 6TH BARON DIGBY (I), eldest son of Hon. Edward Digby MP, and Charlotte, only surviving dau. of Right Hon. Sir Stephen Fox, Kt., PC MP; b. 5 Jul 1730; adm. Feb 1738/9 (Watts'); Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 20 May 1747; Grand Tour (Italy, Germany) 1748-50; MP Malmesbury 13 Jun 1751-4, Wells from 1754; succ. grandfather as 6th Baron Digby (I) 29 Nov 1752; Groom of the Bedchamber to George III when Prince of Wales 1751-3; d. unm. 30 Nov 1757.

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.