DIGBY, William, 5th Baron Digby of Geashill [I] (1661-1752), of Coleshill, Warws.; Sherborne, Dorset, and Southampton Square, Mdx.

Family and Education

bap. 20 Feb. 1661, 4th but 3rd surv. s. of Kildare, 2nd Baron Digby [I], by Mary, da. of Robert Gardiner of London; bro. of Hon. Robert† and Hon. Simon Digby†. educ. privately; Winchester Coll. 1677; Magdalen Coll. Oxf. matric. 1679, BA 1681, DCL 1708; travelled abroad (France) 1683–4. m. lic. 22 May 1686 (with £8,000), Lady Jane (d. 1733), da. of Edward Noel†, 1st Earl of Gainsborough, 4s. (3 d.v.p.) 8da. (6 d.v.p.). suc. bro. Simon as 5th Baron Digby 19 Jan. 1686, cos. John Digby†, 3rd Earl of Bristol, in Dorset estate Sept. 1698. IGI, Warws.; Winchester Long Rolls 1653–1721 ed. Holgate, 27, 30.

Offices Held

Gov. King Edward’s sch. Birmingham 1687, pres. 1688–91; commr. rebuilding Warwick 1695; gov. St. Bartholomew’s hosp. 1729–d. Dugdale Soc. Publns. vii. 108, 114, 118; Great Fire of Warwick (Dugdale Soc. xxxvi), 121.

Member, SPG 1704, common council, Georgia 1733.

Parlimentarian

DIGBY, William, 5th Baron Digby of Geashill [I] (c.1662-1752), of Coleshill, Warws.

Main residences: Coleshill, Warws.; Sherborne, Dorset; Southampton Square, Mdx.

Notes

Unless otherwise stated. this biography is based on H. Erskine-Hill, Social Milieu of Pope, 132-65.

Author

A.A.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

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DIGBY, William, 5th Baron Digby of Geashill [I] (1661-1752)

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Oxford 1644

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