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, 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.
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.
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].
DILKES, THOMAS, son of Michael Dilkes, Dublin, Ireland, and Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jun 1749 (Bourne's); in school list 1754; adm. Inner Temple 29 May 1755; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 May 1756. [Perhaps son of Gen. Michael O’Brien Dilkes; and perhaps Capt. in Army 14 Jun 1765; 49th Foot 30 Sep 1768; Maj., 20 Feb 1773; father of next ? (and brother of last ?)][father Michael O’Brien Dilkes MP (I), hon. LLD Trinity Coll. Dublin ?]
Dilley, Eric, son of Sir Arthur George Dilley, sometime president of the Auctioneers and Estate Agents Institution, by Elizabeth Jane, daughter of James Ashton, of Huntingdon; b. Sept. 20, 1890; adm. Sept. 22, 1904 (R); left July 1907; farmed in Australia; enlisted in the with Australian Light Horse 1914; served at the landing in Gallipoli and in Palestine; d. of consumption brought on by privations during the desert campaign, April 5, 1921.
Dillon, Harold George Sydney, son of Emil Joseph Dillon, journalist and author, by his first wife; b. Sept. 24, 1889; adm. April 30 1903 (G); left July 1907; Christ's Coll. Camb., scholar, matric. Michaelmas 1907; B.A. 1910; took part in a gold-prospecting expedition in the Lena River District, Siberia, 1912-3; served in R.A.F. in 1917, and in R. N. V. R. as Lieut. in 1918; Vice-Consul at Libau, Courland, 1919-21; employed in the Enemy Debts Clearing House in London 1921-2; m.; d. 1922.