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 356 EARLDOM. II. DIGBY BARONY. V. BARONY [I.] VIII. i. Edward (Digby), Earl Digby, CoLESHiLL and Baron Digby of 2 and i Viscount Sherborne, also Baron Digby of Geashill [1.], 1st surv. s. and h. by 2nd wife, b. 6 Jan. 1773, ■ 1793. in Dover Str., Midx., bap. at St. Geo., Han. Sq.; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.), 17 Apr. 1790; styled Viscount Coleshill, 1790-93; Lord Lieut, of Dorset, 1808-56. A Tory. He d. unm., 12 May 1856, aged 83, at 35 Brook Str., Midx., and was bur. at Sherborne. M.I. On his death the Earldom of Digby and Viscountcy of Coleshill became extinct. Will pr. June 1856. Personalty said to be nearly ;^900,000. BARONY. VI. BARONY [I. IX. Henry was s, (1777-88), yr. [856. 3 and 9. Edward St. Vincent (Digby), Baron Digby of Sherborne, also Baron Digby of Geashill [I.], cousin and h. male, being s. and h. of Adm. Sir Henry Digby, G.C.B. (who d. 19 Aug. 1842, aged 72), by Jane Elizabeth, da. of Thomas William (Coke), 1st Earl of Leicester of Holkham, which Sir and h. of the Hon. William Digby, Dean of Durham br. of Henry, 7th Baron Digby of Geashill [I.], who was cr. Baron Digby of Sherborne, with a spec. rem. as above mentioned, being afterwards cr. Earl Digby without such spec. rem. He was b. 21 June 1809, at Forston House, Dorset; ed. at Harrow school; Lieut. 9th Lancers 1827. A Conservative.(*) He w., 27 June 1837, at Melbury, Lampford, Dorset, Theresa Anna Maria, ist da. of Henry Stephen (Fox- Strangways), 3rd Earl of Ilchester, by Caroline Lenora, da. of Lord George Murray, Bishop of St. David's. She, who was b. 11 Jan. 18 14, was Woman of the Bedchamber 1837-56, and d. 2 May 1874, at Minterne House, Dorset. He d. there, suddenly, 16 Oct. 1889, in his 8ist year, and was bur. at Minterne. Will pr. 27 Dec. 1889, at .^395,753. BARONY VII. BARONY [I. X. 4 and 10. Edward Henry Trafalgar (Digby), Baron Digby of Sherborne [1765], „ also Baron Digby of Geashill [I. 1620], s. 9" and h., b. 2 1 Oct. 1 846, at 3 1 Old Burlington Str., Midx.; Capt. Coldstream Guards, 1868; Lieut. Col. 1877; Col. 1887; M.P. (Conservative) for Dorset, 1876-85. He w., 19 Sep. 1893, at Christ Ch., Down Str., Midx., Emily Beryl Sissy, ist da. of the Hon. Albert Hood, by Julia Jane, da. of Thomas Wynn Hornby. She was b. 20 Mar. 1 87 1, at 12 Queen's Gardens, South Kensington. (*) He was one of the 8 peers who protested against Gladstone's Irish Land Act in 1 87 1. The others were the Earls of Leitrim, Clancarty, and Courtown, Viscount Hawarden, and Barons Denman, Talbot de Malahide, and Clonbrock. V.G.