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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.

DIGGES, WEST, son of Col. Thomas Digges, Chilham Castle, Kent, and Hon. Elizabeth West, dau. of John West, 6th Baron De La Warr; b.; adm. (aged 11) Jun 1737; left 1740; Ensign, Col. Long’s Regt. Foot 26 Jan 1741; Col. O’Farrell’s Regt. Foot 25 Jun 1744; made his first appearance on the stage as Jaffier in Venice Preserved at the Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin, 27 Nov 1749 (The Orrery Papers, 1903, ii, 63); although he had a wife still living, Digges went through a ceremony of marriage with the well-known actress George Anne Bellamy; acted in Scotland under the name of Bellamy 1763; at Florence, Italy Dec 1767; played Cato at the Haymarket Theatre 1777 and Sir John Brute in The Provoked Wife at Covent Garden 1778; Wolsey in Shakespeare’s Henry VIII appears to have been his best character, but in London he made no great reputation; went to live in Ireland 1781; m. [apparently c. 3 Mar 1746 Mary Wakeling (IGI)]; d. at Cork, Ireland 10 Nov 1786. DNB.

DIGNAM, JOHN JAMES; b. 4 Apr 1827; adm. (G) 9 Apr 1839. [Perhaps he and William Dignam (qv) were sons of James Dignam, Gerrard Street, Soho, solicitor : mother Anne Scott ? (IGI)].