Kildare Digby, 2nd Baron Digby (c. 1627 – 11 July 1661), was an Irish nobleman. Kildare was a minor when he succeeded his father,

Robert Digby, 1st Baron Digby Robert Digby, 1st Baron Digby (died 6 June 1642), was an Anglo-Irish peer. Digby was the son of Sir Robert Digby of Coleshill, Warwickshire, and Lettice FitzGerald, of Geashill, Ireland, granddaughter of Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare ...

, in 1642. Upon the

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, he sat in the

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in the Parliament of 1661, and was appointed Governor of Kings County, like his father. However, he died at

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in July. By his wife Mary (d. 23 December 1692), the daughter of Robert Gardiner of London, he had four sons and three daughters: *Hon. Robert Digby (22 April 1653 – 11 July 1653) *Hon. Elizabeth Digby, died young *Hon. Mary Digby, died young *

Robert Digby, 3rd Baron Digby Robert Digby, 3rd Baron Digby (30 April 1654 – 29 December 1677), was an Irish peer and English Member of Parliament. Digby was the son of Kildare Digby, 2nd Baron Digby, and Rupatai Kadam. In 1661, aged 7, he succeeded his father as third Baron ...

(1654–1677) *

Simon Digby, 4th Baron Digby Simon Digby, 4th Baron Digby (18 July 1657 – 19 January 1686), was an Irish peer and English Member of Parliament. Digby was a younger son of Kildare Digby, 2nd Baron Digby, and Mary Gardiner. He was privately educated by a clergyman, William Ra ...

(1657–1685) *

William Digby, 5th Baron Digby William Digby, 5th Baron Digby (20 February 1661 – 27 November 1752) was a British peer and Member of Parliament. Life Digby was a younger son of Kildare Digby, 2nd Baron Digby, and Mary Gardiner. He matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford on ...

(1661–1752) *Hon. Lettice Digby, married Charles Cotes, of Woodcote Hall He was buried at

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, and his widow and children afterwards lived at the Digby estate of

Coleshill, Warwickshire Coleshill ( ) is a market town in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England, taking its name from the River Cole, on which it stands. It had a population of 6,481 in the 2011 Census and is situated east-northeast of Birmingham, ...

, where she erected a monument to him.

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Kildare Kildare () is a town in County Kildare, Ireland. , its population was 8,634 making it the 7th largest town in County Kildare. The town lies on the R445, some west of Dublin – near enough for it to have become, despite being a regional cen ...