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Family and Education
bap. 5 Nov. 1612,Oxford DNB; cf. Keeler, Long Parliament, 157n. 1st s. of Sir John Digby, 1st earl of Bristol, and Beatrice, da. of Charles Walcot of Walcot, Salop, and wid. of Sir John Dyve of Bromham, Beds.; bro. of John*. educ. Magdalen Oxf. 15 Aug. 1626, MA 31 Aug. 1636;Al. Ox. travelled abroad, bef. 1632.A. Sumner, ‘The Political Career of Lord George Digby’ (Cambridge Univ. PhD thesis, 1985), 22. m. c. 23 June 1632, to Anne, da. of Francis Russell†, 4th earl of Bedford, 3s. 2da.Dorset RO, D/SHC/KG/1279. cr. Baron Digby of Sherborne, 9 June 1641; nom. KG at Paris, Jan. 1653, installed 15 Apr. 1661. suc. fa. as 2nd earl of Bristol, 21 Jan. 1653. d. 20 Mar. 1677.CP.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Dorset 19 July 1633-aft. 1638;BRL, 603503/281; C193/3/2, f. 16. Oxon. 30 Dec. 1643–?Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 118. Commr. sewers, Dorset 29 June 1638;C181/5, ff. 113, 222. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641. 14 Oct. 1643SR. Commr. oyer and terminer (roy.),; Som. 18 Oct. 1643.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 90. High steward, Oxf. Univ. 31 Oct. 1643–6, 1660–3.CP; Oxford DNB. Commr. tendering oath of loyalty (roy.), Oxf. 12 Apr. 1645.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 267.

Central: amb. to France by 11 Aug. 1641–?HMC De L’Isle and Dudley, vi. 410. Member, council of war (roy.) by Mar. 1643.Harl. 6851, f. 132. PC and sec. of state (roy.), 28 Sept. 1643–6, 1 Jan. 1657-Jan. 1659.CP; Oxford DNB. Commr. admlty. (roy.), Dec. 1643.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 109.

Military: col. of horse (roy.), c.1642. Gov. Nottingham and lt.-gen. north of Trent, 13 Oct. 1645. Lt.-gen. of French army, 1651–?CP.

Parlimentarian
DIGBY, George, Lord (1612-77), of Sherborne Castle, Dorset.
: Lord (1612-77), of Sherborne Castle, Dorset. 1612 – 77.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, double portrait with Lord Russell (William Russell*), A. Van Dyck, 1637-9;Althorp, Northants. oil on canvas, A. Van Dyck, c.1638;Dulwich Picture Gallery. oil on canvas, attrib. A. Van Dyck;Sherborne Old Castle, Dorset. oil on canvas, unknown, c.1650;Royal Armouries. ?oil on canvas, unknown, c.1655-60;NT, Benthall Hall. line engraving, P. Stent.NPG.

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Commons 1640-1660
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DIGBY, George, Lord (1612-77), of Sherborne Castle, Dorset.

Will
5 Oct. 1675, pr. 10 Apr. 1677.PROB11/353/418.
Estates
lands in Dorset and Som., including Sherborne and 7 other manors, put into trust for sons, John, George and Francis, 23 Feb. 1642, three days before his impeachment (trustees: Sir John Strangways*, Sir George Strode, Richard King* and Vincent Goddard).Sherborne Castle, Digby Pprs. I, f. 324.
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