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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)].

DIGNAM, WILLIAM; b. 12 Apr 1829; adm. (G) 9 Apr 1839.

DILKE, SIR CHARLES WENTWORTH, BART., only son of Charles Wentworth Dilke, proprietor and editor of The Athenaeum, and Maria Dover, dau. of Edward Walker EICS [check Presidency]; b. 18 Feb 1810; adm. 14 Jun 1819; left Bartholomewtide 1826; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1828; LLB 1834; LLM 1860; took a prominent part in the organisation of the exhibitions of 1851 and 1862; unpaid Commissioner of New York exhibition 1853 and Paris exhibition 1855; created baronet 22 Jan 1862; MP (Liberal) Wallingford 1865-8; Chairman of Council, Society of Arts; he and John Lindley founded The Gardener’s Chronicle 1841; m. 30 Mar 1840 Mary, dau. of Capt. William Chatfield EICS Madras, Chichester, Sussex; d. at St. Petersburg 10 May 1869. DNB.

DILKE, THOMAS, brother of William Dilke (qv); b. 21 Jul 1797; adm. 15 Jun 1808; left 1811; entered Royal Navy as 1st class boy on HMS Revenge 23 May 1811; Lieut., 22 Jan 1819; Commander, 20 Oct 1827; Capt., half-pay 10 Jan 1837; retd. 1851; served at Cadiz, in the West Indies and off Algeria; Flag Lieut. to Vice-Adm. Sir Edward Codrington at battle of Navarino 20 Oct 1827; d. unm. 24 Mar 1853.

DILKE, WILLIAM, elder son of William Dilke, Maxstoke Castle, Warwicks., and Louisa Anne, second dau. of Richard Geast Dugdale, Blyth Hall, Warwicks.; bap 15 Aug 1796; adm. 10 Apr 1807; left 1813; Ch. Ch. Oxford, matr. 9 May 1815, aged 18; DL JP Warwickshire, High Sheriff 1827; d. unm. 8 Oct 1837.

DILKES, HENRY; b.; adm. (aged 9) Apr 1750 (Bourne's); in school list 1754; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 21 Jun 1756; Lieut. and Capt., 19 May 1761; d. Oct. 1772 [but perhaps Dilkes, Christian name not stated, who died at Naples 11 Sep 1772 : check].