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4 unusual facts about Baron Digby


Baron Digby

Jane Digby was the sister of the 9th Baron Digby while Hon.

In 1765 he was created Baron Digby, of Sherborne in the County of Dorset, in the Peerage of Great Britain, with remainder to the male issue of his father.

Lettice Digby, 1st Baroness Offaly

She was the wife of Sir Robert Digby, a landed English aristocrat by whom she had ten children.

On the same day of her investure as Baroness Offaly, her eldest son, Robert was made Baron Digby.


Geashill

In 1598, Lettice Fitzgerald, daughter and heir of Gerald, the Lord Offaly of the time, married a Robert Digby of Coleshill, Warwickshire, who was brother of the 1st Earl of Bristol and whose son was created Ist Baron Digby of Geashill in 1620.


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