Robert
"1st Baron Digby"
Digby
Born in Offaly, Ireland
Ancestors 
Son of Robert Digby MP
and Lettice (FitzGerald) Digby
Brother of
George Digby, Mabel (Digby) FitzGerald, Lettice Digby, Gerald Digby, John Digby, Essex Digby DD, Abigail Digby, Phillip Digby and Simon Digby
Husband of
Sarah (Boyle) Digby
— married
25 Dec 1626 (to 14 Jul 1633) [location unknown]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Altham) Bernard
— married
after 1635 (to 6 Jun 1642) [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Lettice (Digby) Dilke and Kildare Digby
Died
at about age 43
[location unknown]
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Robert Digby was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.
Biography
In 1599 approx Robert Digby was born the son of Sir Robert Digby and his wife Lettice Fitzgerald, Baroness Offaly.
In 1620 he was Raised to Peerage as 1st Baron Digby of Geashill.
1626 Christmas Day m.1 to Lady Sara Boyle, widow of Thomas Moore and daughter of Richard Boyle, Earl of Cork. [1]
1633 death of Sarah.
m2. Elizabeth Altham
1642 d. 16th June and buried St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
- Kildare Digby m. Mary Gardiner [4]
- Lettice Digby m. William Dilke
- Katherine Digby
- Mary (Mabel?)
Sources
- ↑ Mary Rich, countess of Warwick (1625-1678): her family and friends, pg 24
- ↑ Funeral Entries, Vol. 17, containing armorial and genealogical notes made by officers of arms concerning deceased persons, with, in some cases, illustrations of their arms and funeral processions, ca. 1450-1861 pg 182 - 183
- ↑ "The Peerage of Ireland, or, A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom" by John Lodge and Mervyn Archdall, publ 1789 vol 6 p 283, 284
- ↑ Cracroft's Peerage
- See also:
- Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and historical. Greatly augmented and continued to the present time, by Sir Egerton Brydges. Published 1812 by Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington, Otridge and son [etc., etc.] in London repeats the information from "The Peerage of Ireland" by Lodge & Archdall, including the typeset error]
- Digby, Baron (I, 1620) Cracroft's Peerage]
Note
- Note: the source book has a typesetting error, where his father's 7 sons and 3 daughters are listed as though they are the children of Robert.
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