The fourth earl, who inherited in 1781, employed James Wyatt extensively, for interiors that included the Picture Gallery and the Dining Room, and for stables and a Gothic dairy.
Darnley was the second but eldest surviving son of John Bligh, 4th Earl of Darnley, and Elizabeth Brownlow, daughter of William Brownlow.
John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley (1719–1781), his son, Irish MP for Athboy 1739–1747, British MP for Maidstone
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John Duncan Bligh (1798–1872), his son, British envoy to Sweden and Hanover
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Bligh was born in London, the second son of John Bligh, 6th Earl of Darnley, by Lady Harriet Mary, daughter of Henry Pelham, 3rd Earl of Chichester.