Baron Digby
Baron Digby , of Geashill in the King′s County , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Ireland .
Award and history of the title
The title was created on July 29, 1620 for the governor of King's County Robert Digby .
His descendant, the 7th Baron, was raised in the Peerage of Great Britain on August 19, 1765 to Baron Digby , of Sherborne in the County of Dorset , and on November 1, 1790 to Earl Digby and Viscount Coleshill . The title of baron from 1765 was bestowed on him with the special addition that in the absence of male descendants he could also be inherited by his father's male descendants. The Earldom and the Viscountcy went out in 1856 with the death of his son, the 2nd Earl, the two baronies of Digby still exist today.
List of Barons Digby (1620)
- Robert Digby, 1st Baron Digby (around 1599–1642)
- Kildare Digby, 2nd Baron Digby (around 1627–1661)
- Robert Digby, 3rd Baron Digby (1654–1677)
- Simon Digby, 4th Baron Digby (1657–1685)
- William Digby, 5th Baron Digby (1661–1752)
- Edward Digby, 6th Baron Digby (1730–1757)
- Henry Digby, 1st Earl Digby , 7th Baron Digby († 1793)
- Edward Digby, 2nd Earl Digby , 8th Baron Digby (1773-1856)
- Edward Digby, 9th Baron Digby (1809-1889)
- Edward Digby, 10th Baron Digby (1846–1920)
- Edward Digby, 11th Baron Digby (1894–1964)
- Edward Digby, 12th Baron Digby (1924-2018)
- Henry Digby, 13th Baron Digby (born 1954)
The heir ( Heir Apparent ) is the son of the current title holder, Hon. Edward Digby (* 1985).
Literature and web links
- Charles Kidd: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Debrett's Ltd, London 2014, ISBN 0-9929348-2-6 .
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page