William Digby, 5th Baron Digby
William Digby, 5th Baron Digby (20 February 1661 – 27 November 1752) was a British peer and Member of Parliament.
Digby was a younger son of Kildare Digby, 2nd Baron Digby, and Mary Gardiner. In 1686 he succeeded his elder brother as fifth Baron Digby. This was an Irish peerage and did not entitle him to a seat in the English House of Lords. He was instead elected to the House of Commons for Warwick in 1690, a constituency he continued to represent until 1698.
Lord Digby married Jane Noel, daughter of Edward Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough, in 1686. He died in November 1752, aged 91, and was succeeded in the barony by his grandson Edward Digby, his son the Hon. Edward Digby having predeceased him. Another grandson was the naval commander Admiral Sir Henry Digby.
Bibliography
- Erskine-Hill, Howard (1975) 'Christian Nobleman': William, fifth Baron Digby of Geashill (1662–1752) in: The Social Milieu of Alexander Pope
References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
- www.thepeerage.com
| Parliament of England | ||
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| Preceded by Thomas Coventry William Colemore |
Member of Parliament for Warwick 1690–1698 With: William Colemore 1690–95 Francis Greville 1695–98 |
Succeeded by Robert Greville Sir Thomas Wagstaffe |
| Peerage of Ireland | ||
| Preceded by Simon Digby |
Baron Digby 1685–1752 |
Succeeded by Edward Digby |
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