Hon
Edward
Digby
MP
Born before in Coleshill, Warwickshire, England
Ancestors 
Son of William Digby DCL
and Jane (Noel) Digby
Brother of
John Digby, Mary Digby, Elizabeth (Digby) Dolben, Robert Digby MP, William Digby, Wriothesley Digby DCL, Rachel Digby, Jane Digby, Juliana (Digby) Mackworth, Katherine Digby, Frances (Digby) Cotes and Jane Digby
Husband of
Charlotte (Fox) Digby
— married
5 Jul 1729 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Edward Digby, Henry Digby, Robert Digby MP, William Digby LL.D., Stephen Digby and Charles Digby
Died about
after about age 53
in Coleshill, Warwickshire, England
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Mar 2014
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Biography
He was baptised at Coleshill, Warwick, on 1 Aug 1693, the third son of William Baron Digby of Geashill Digby and Jane Noel.[1]
From about 1725 until his death, he lived in the manor house at Wandsworth, Surrey. At the by-election after the death of his brother Robert in 1726, Edward was returned as Member of Parliament for Warwickshire, a constituency which he represented until his own death in 1746.
On 10 July 1729, he married Charlotte Fox, the daughter of Sir Stephen Fox, by whom he had six sons and one daughter.
He died during the lifetime of his father, on 2 Oct 1746. [2]
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Sources
- 1. Jane Noel in entry for Edward Digby. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975" -- FamilySearch.org
2. Edward Digby (died 1746) - Wikipedia
3. The Peerage.com Hon. Edward Digby
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Edward by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Edward:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Edward by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Edward:
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~0.78%
Michael Fraser-Allen
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A007097 [compare], Ancestry member michael12855
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~0.39%
Tim Davie :
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