Family and Education
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 3rd Earl 24 Mar. 1677.St. Martin in the Fields (Harl. Soc. Reg. lxvi), 103; Mar. Lic. (Harl. Soc. xxiv), 72.
Offices Held
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 – 74, ld. lt. 1679 – June 1688, Oct. 1688 – d.; custos rot. Dorset 1680 – June 1688, 1689 – d.; freeman, Lyme Regis 1683.
Main residence: Sherborne Castle, Dorset.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
DIGBY, John (1634-98)
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Oxford 1644
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