{{short description|Barony in the Peerage of Great Britain}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox nobility title | name = Baron Digby | image = 250px| | image_size = | alt = | caption = Arms of Digby: ''Azure, a fleur-de-lis argent''. Crest: ''An ostrich, holding in the beak a horse-shoe all proper''. Supporters: ''On either side a monkey proper environed about the middle and lined or''. | creation_date = 29 July 1620 (Ire)<br />19 August 1765 (GB) | creation = | monarch = James VI & I (Ire)<br />George III (GB) | peerage = Ireland<br />Great Britain | baronetage = | first_holder = Robert Digby, 1st Baron Digby (Ire)<br />Henry Digby, 7th and 1st Baron Digby (GB) | last_holder = | present_holder = Henry Digby, 13th and 7th Baron Digby | heir_apparent = Hon. Edward Digby | heir_presumptive = | remainder_to = The 1st Baron's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten (Ire).<br />The 7th Baron's father's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten (GB). | subsidiary_titles = | status = Extant | extinction_date = | family_seat = Minterne House | former_seat = | motto = '''DEO NON FORTUNA''' <br /> ''(From God not chance)'' | footnotes = }}
'''Baron Digby''' is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of Ireland and once in the Peerage of Great Britain, for members of the same family.
Robert Digby, Governor of King's County, was created '''Baron Digby''', of Geashill in the King's County, in the Peerage of Ireland in 1620. He was the nephew of John Digby, 1st Earl of Bristol. Lord Digby's grandson, the third Baron, and the latter's younger brothers, the fourth and fifth Barons, all represented Warwick in Parliament.
The 5th Baron's grandson, the 6th Baron, sat as a Member of Parliament for Malmesbury and for Wells. His younger brother, the 7th Baron, represented Ludgershall and Wells in the House of Commons. In 1765, he was created '''Baron Digby''', of Sherborne in the County of Dorset, in the Peerage of Great Britain, with remainder to the male issue of his father. In 1790, Lord Digby was further honoured when he was made '''Viscount Coleshill''' and '''Earl Digby''' also in the Peerage of Great Britain, with remainder to the issue male of his body.
His son, the 2nd Earl, was Lord Lieutenant of Dorset from 1808 to 1856. He never married, and on his death in 1856, the viscountcy and earldom became extinct. However, he was succeeded in the two baronies by his first cousin once removed, the 9th Baron. He was the son of Admiral Sir Henry Digby, son of the Very Reverend the Honourable William Digby, younger brother of the 6th Baron and the first Earl Digby. His son, the 10th Baron, sat as a Conservative Member of Parliament for Dorset. He was succeeded by his son, the 11th Baron. He was Chairman of the Dorset County Council from 1955 to 1964 and Lord Lieutenant of Dorset from 1952 to 1964. The son, the 12th Baron, also served as Lord Lieutenant of Dorset from 1984 to 1999. {{As of|2018}} the titles are held by his son, the 13th Baron, who succeeded in 2018. The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. Edward St Vincent Kenelm Digby, who was educated at Eton College and St Hugh's College, Oxford.
Two female members of the family have also gained fame. Jane Digby was the sister of the 9th Baron while Hon. Pamela Harriman (née Digby), American Ambassador to France, was the eldest daughter of the 11th Baron and the sister of the 12th Baron.
The family seat is Minterne House, near Dorchester, Dorset.
==Baron Digby (1620, Ire)== *Robert Digby, 1st Baron Digby ({{circa|1599}} – 1642) *Kildare Digby, 2nd Baron Digby (c. 1627 – 1661) *Robert Digby, 3rd Baron Digby (1654–1677) *Simon Digby, 4th Baron Digby (1657–1685) *William Digby, 5th Baron Digby (1661–1752) *Edward Digby, 6th Baron Digby (1730–1757) *Henry Digby, 7th Baron Digby (1731–1793) (created '''Baron Digby''' [GB] in 1765)
===Baron Digby (1765, GB)=== *Henry Digby, 7th and 1st Baron Digby (1731–1793) (created '''Earl Digby''' in 1790)
===Earl Digby (1790)=== *Henry Digby, 1st Earl Digby, 7th and 1st Baron Digby (1731–1793) *Edward Digby, 2nd Earl Digby, 8th and 2nd Baron Digby (1773–1856)
===Baron Digby (1620, 1765; reverted)=== *Edward St Vincent Digby, 9th and 3rd Baron Digby (1809–1889) *Edward Henry Trafalgar Digby, 10th and 4th Baron Digby (1846–1920) *Edward Kenelm Digby, 11th and 5th Baron Digby (1894–1964) *Edward Henry Kenelm Digby, 12th and 6th Baron Digby (1924–2018) *Henry Noel Kenelm Digby, 13th and 7th Baron Digby (born 1954)
The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. Edward St Vincent Kenelm Digby (born 1985). The heir apparent's heir, and next in line, is his elder twin son Henry George Kenelm Digby (born 2018).<ref>{{cite book |year=2019 |chapter=Digby, Baron |editor1-last=Morris |editor1-first=Susan |editor2-last=Bosberry-Scott |editor2-first=Wendy |editor3-last=Belfield |editor3-first=Gervase |title=Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage |volume=1 |edition=150th |location=London |publisher=Debrett's Ltd. |pages=1170–1173 |isbn=978-1-999767-0-5-1}}</ref>
===Title succession chart=== {{chart top|width=100%|Title succession chart, Barons Digby and Earls Digby.}} {{tree chart/start|align=center}} {{tree chart|RD1B|RD1B='''Robert Digby<br />1st Baron Digby'''<br />{{circa|1599}} – 1642}} {{tree chart| |!| | }} {{tree chart|KD2B|KD2B='''Kildare Digby<br />{{nowrap|2nd Baron Digby}}'''<br />c. 1627 – 1661}} {{tree chart| |)|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|.| | }} {{tree chart|HRD| |RD3B| |SD4B| |WD5B|HRD=Hon.<br />Robert Digby<br />1653–1653|RD3B='''Robert Digby<br />{{nowrap|3rd Baron Digby}}'''<br />1654–1677|SD4B='''Simon Digby<br />{{nowrap|4th Baron Digby}}'''<br />1657–1685|WD5B='''William Digby<br />{{nowrap|5th Baron Digby}}'''<br />1661–1752}} {{tree chart| | | | | | | | | | | | | |)|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|.| | }} {{tree chart| | | | | | | | | | | | |HJD| |HRD| |HED|HJD=Hon.<br />John Digby<br />c. 1687 – 1746|HRD=Hon.<br />Robert Digby<br />{{nowrap|c. 1692 – 1726}}|HED=Hon.<br />Edward Digby<br />c. 1693 – 1746}} {{tree chart| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |)|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|.| | }} {{tree chart|border=0| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | |BDVCED| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | | |!|BDVCED=''Baron Digby<br />(1765, GB)<br />Viscount Coleshill<br />Earl Digby<br />(both 1790)''}} {{tree chart| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |ED6B| |HD1E| | | | | | | | | | | | | |ARD| |VRHWD|ED6B='''Edward Digby<br />{{nowrap|6th Baron Digby}}'''<br />1730–1757|HD1E='''Henry Digby<br />1st Earl Digby<br />7th/1st Baron Digby'''<br />1731–1793|ARD=Adm.<br />{{nowrap|Robert Digby}}<br />1732–1815|VRHWD=Very Rev. Hon.<br />William Digby<br />1733–1788}} {{tree chart| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |)|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|.| | | | | | | |!| | }} {{tree chart| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |ED2E| |HHD| |RHRD| |HSD| | | | | |ASHD|ED2E='''Edward Digby<br />2nd Earl Digby<br />{{nowrap|8th/2nd Baron Digby}}'''<br />1773–1856|HHD=Hon.<br />{{nowrap|Henry Digby}}<br />1774–1776|RHRD=Rev. Hon.<br />{{nowrap|Robert Digby}}<br />1775–1830|HSD=Hon.<br />{{nowrap|Stephen Digby}}<br />1776–1795|ASHD=Adm.<br />Sir Henry Digby<br />1770–1842}} {{tree chart|border=0| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |EXT| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!|EXT=''Viscountcy and<br />earldom extinct''}} {{tree chart| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | }} {{tree chart| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |ED9B||ED9B='''Edward Digby<br />9th/3rd Baron Digby'''<br />1809–1889}} {{tree chart| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | }} {{tree chart| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |ED10B||ED10B='''Edward Digby<br />10th/4th Baron Digby'''<br />1846–1920}} {{tree chart| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | }} {{tree chart| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |ED11B||ED11B='''Edward Digby<br />11th/5th Baron Digby'''<br />1894–1964}} {{tree chart| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | }} {{tree chart| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |ED12B||ED12B='''Edward Digby<br />12th/6th Baron Digby'''<br />1924–2018}} {{tree chart| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | }} {{tree chart| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |HD13B||HD13B='''Henry Digby<br />{{nowrap|13th/7th Baron Digby}}'''<br />born 1954}} {{tree chart| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | }} {{tree chart| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |HED||HED=Hon.<br />Edward Digby<br />born 1985}} {{tree chart| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | }} {{tree chart| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |HD|HD=Henry Digby<br />born 2018}} {{tree chart/end}} {{chart bottom}}
==See also== *Earls of Bristol, first creation *Sir Henry Digby *Jane Digby *Pamela Digby *Geashill
==References== {{Reflist}} *{{cite book |last=Hesilrige |first=Arthur G. M. |date=1921 |title=Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy |url=https://archive.org/details/debrettspeeraget00unse/page/296 |location=London |publisher=Dean & Son |page=296}} *Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.{{page needed|date=November 2021}} *{{Rayment|date=February 2012}}
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