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John Digby, 3rd Earl of Bristol (1634 – 18 September 1698) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1675 to 1677 when he inherited the peerage as Earl of Bristol. He was styled Lord Digby from 1653 to 1677.
5 mar 2019 · This article explores these themes through litigation pertaining to Sir John Digby, afterwards Earl of Bristol, an ambitious younger son who rose to become one of James I’s chief advisers.
- Diane Strange
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bap. 26 Apr. 1634, 1st s. of George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, by Lady Anne Russell, da. of Francis, 4th Earl of Bedford. educ. privately. m. (1) 26 Mar. 1656, Alice (d.1658), da. and h. of Robert Bourne of Blake Hall, Essex, s.p.; (2) lic. 13 July 1663, Rachel, da. and coh. of Sir Hugh Wyndham, j.c.p. 1673-84, of Silton, Dorset, s.p. suc. fa. as ...
J.p. Dorset July 1660-June 1688, 1689-d., Som. July 1660-79; commr. for oyer and terminer, Western circuit July 1660, sewers Som. Dec. 1660, assessment Dorset 1661-74, Som. 1664-74; dep. lt. Dorset 1672-4, ld. lt. 1679-June 1688, Oct. 1688-d.; custos rot. Dorset 1680-June 1688, 1689-d.; freeman, Lyme Regis 1683.2
Digby’s grandfather, the 1st Earl of Bristol, came from a cadet branch of the Midland family. He was granted the Sherborne Castle estate as a reward for diplomatic services in 1616. His father sat for the county in both Parliaments of 1640 before being called up to the Lords, having made the Lower House too hot to hold him by his unexpected and wel...
DIGBY, Sir John (1581-1653), of Bromham, Beds. and Great Queen Street, Westminster; later of Sherborne, Dorset. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010. Available from Cambridge University Press.
When Lord John Digby, Third Earl of Bristol and Third Baron Digby of Sherborne was christened on 26 April 1634, in St Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom, his father, George Digby, Second Earl of Bristol, was 22 and his mother, Lady Anne Russell, was 14.
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John Digby, primo conte di Bristol (1580 – 16 gennaio 1653), è stato un diplomatico inglese, realista durante la guerra civile inglese. John Digby era figlio di Sir George Digby, della città di Coleshill , nel Warwickshire e di sua moglie Abigail.
John Digby, 3rd Earl of Bristol (c. 1635 – 18 September 1698). He married twice, firstly Alice Bourne and secondly Rachel Wyndham, but died without issue, and the peerage became extinct. Francis Digby (d. 1672), died unmarried.
