Edward St Vincent Digby, 9th Baron Digby (21 June 1809 – 16 October 1889), also 3rd Baron Digby in the

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, was a British peer.

Biography

Digby was the son of Admiral Sir Henry Digby, who fought at the

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, and Lady Jane Elizabeth Coke, daughter of Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester.

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was his sister. He was commissioned a captain in the

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on 12 November 1848. On 12 May 1856 he succeeded as ninth Baron Digby (in the

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) and third Baron Digby (in the Peerage of Great Britain) on the death of his first cousin once removed,

Edward Digby, 2nd Earl Digby Edward Digby, 2nd Earl Digby (6 January 1773 – 12 May 1856), known as Viscount Coleshill from 1790 to 1793, was a British peer. Digby was the eldest son of Henry Digby, 1st Earl Digby, and Mary Knowler. He succeeded his father in the earldom in ...

(on whose death the earldom became extinct), and was able to take a seat in the

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. On 26 July 1856, he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in the Yeomanry, and on 19 July 1866, succeeded Lord Rivers as lieutenant-colonel commandant of the regiment. He resigned the command in 1870. Lord Digby died suddenly on 16 October 1889 at his home, Minterne House in Dorset of a stroke, he was later buried in St. Andrew's Church, Minterne.

Personal life

Lord Digby married his third cousin Lady Theresa Anna Maria Fox-Strangways, daughter of

Henry Fox-Strangways, 3rd Earl of Ilchester Henry Stephen Fox-Strangways, 3rd Earl of Ilchester, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, PC (21 February 1787 – 8 January 1858), styled Lord Stavordale from birth until 1802, was a British peer and Whig (British political faction), Whig polit ...

, in 1837. He died in October 1889, aged 80, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son, Edward Henry Trafalgar Digby. Lord Digby's great-granddaughter was the Hon. Pamela Digby, American Ambassador to France. Lord and Lady Digby had three daughters and four sons:Burke's Peerage, Edward Digby, 9th Baron Digby (p. 407)
/ref> *Hon. Victoria Alexandrina Digby (1840 – 21 May 1917), married Richard Marker, eldest son of Reverend Thomas John Marker and Frances Drewe *Hon. Leonora Caroline Digby (8 November 1844 – 19 August 1930), married

Alexander Baring, 4th Baron Ashburton Alexander Hugh Baring, 4th Baron Ashburton, (4 May 1835 – 18 July 1889), was a British landowner and Conservative Party politician. Early life Baring was the son of Francis Baring, 3rd Baron Ashburton (1800–1868), and his wife Hortense E ...

* Edward Henry Trafalgar Digby, 10th Baron Digby (21 October 1846 – 11 May 1920), married Emily Hood (daughter of Hon. Albert Hood, second son of Samuel Hood-Tibbits, 3rd

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) *Hon. Mary Theresa Digby (3 January 1848 – 12 October 1896), married Major William Charles James (younger son of Colonel Sir Philip James of Dorset and Susan Georgiana Ryder, daughter of Hon. Granville Ryder) *Hon. Almarus Kenelm Digby (5 September 1850 – 13 December 1886), died unmarried of

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*Colonel Hon. Everard Charles Digby (6 September 1852 – 16 January 1915), married Lady Emily FitzMaurice, daughter of

Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne Henry Thomas Petty-Fitzmaurice, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne (7 January 1816 – 5 July 1866), styled Lord Henry Petty-FitzMaurice until 1836 and Earl of Shelburne between 1836 and 1863, was a British politician. Background and education Born L ...

*Captain Hon. Gerald FitzMaurice Digby (20 December 1858 – 8 December 1942), married Lady Lillian Liddell, daughter of Henry Liddell, 2nd Earl of Ravensworth

Ancestry

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Notes

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Digby, Edward Digby, 9th Baron 1809 births 1889 deaths Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry officers

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