Henry DIGBY, 1st Earl Digby

1731 - 1793  (62 years)

• Name	Henry DIGBY  [1]
  Suffix	1st Earl Digby
  Was	From 1726 to 1746  [2]
  	a Member of Parliament for Warwickshire
  Birth	21 Jul 1731  [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Was elected	1755  [2]
  	to the House of Commons for Ludgershall, which he held until 1761.
  Success1	1757  [2]
  	as the 7th Baron Digby. This gave him ownership of the family seat of Sherborne Castle in Dorset, England.
  		Sherborne_Castle_03 Sherborne Castle, Dorset. Courtesy of Wikipedia.
  Was elected	Between 1761 and 1765  [2]
  	to represent Wells
  Was	From 1763 to 1765  [2]
  	Lord of the Admiralty
  Occupation	a British peer and Member of Parliament  [2]
  Death	25 Sep 1793  [1, 2]
  Person ID	I121346	Ancestral Trails
  Last Modified	3 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Hon. Edward DIGBY,   b. Abt 1693   d. 2 Oct 1746 (Age ~ 53 years)
  Mother	Charlotte FOX   d. Nov 1778
  Marriage	10 Jul 1729  [1]
  	They had six sons and one daughter.
  Family ID	F38825	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth FEILDING   d. 1765
  Marriage	5 Sep 1763  [2]
  	They had one son.
  Children	1. Hon. Edward DIGBY
  Family ID	F38830	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 May 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Mary KNOWLER   d. 1794
  Marriage	10 Nov 1770  [2]
  	They had five children.
  Children	1. Lady Charlotte DIGBY,   b. 1772   d. 1807 (Age 35 years)   2. Edward DIGBY, 2nd Earl Digby,   b. 6 Jan 1773   d. 12 May 1856 (Age 83 years)   3. Hon. Henry DIGBY,   b. 1774   d. 1776 (Age 2 years)   4. Hon. Rev. Robert DIGBY,   b. 1775   d. 1830 (Age 55 years)   5. Hon. Stephen DIGBY,   b. 1776   d. 1795 (Age 19 years)
  Family ID	F38834	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 May 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S20003] Wikipedia - Edward Digby (died 1746). [S20007] Wikipedia - Henry Digby, 1st Earl Digby.