Digby, Charles, 1743-1811

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Digby, Charles, 1743-1811

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        1743-1811

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        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.

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        GB-2014-WSA-06171

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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.

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