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Digby, Stephen, 1742-1800
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1742-1800
History
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.
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GB 2014
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.