He is married to acupuncturist Lady Meriel Darby, daughter of the former Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home, and has one son, Matthew, and one daughter, Catherine.
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Darby has served as a regional committee member of the National Trust; a fellow (governor) of Eton College (1979–1994); a county committee member of the Country Landowners Association.
In 1966 he won an Abbott Scholarship to Keble College, Oxford in 1969 where he studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE) under Adrian Darby, James Griffin, Paul Hayes and Basil Mitchell.
He is the son of Adrian Darby and Lady Meriel Darby, daughter of former British Prime Minister, Sir Alec Douglas-Home (also known as 14th Earl of Home, and Lord Home of the Hirsel).
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