Very Rev
William
Digby
LL.D.
Born in Durham, England
Ancestors 
Son of Edward Digby MP
and Charlotte (Fox) Digby
Husband of
Charlotte (Cox) Digby
— married
14 Apr 1766 in England
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth Juliana (Digby) Newbolt, Henry Digby GCB, Frances Caroline (Digby) Neave, Juliana Maria Elizabeth (Digby) Fox-Strangways and Charles George Digby
Died
at age 55
in Sherborne, Dorset, England
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Biography
William Digby attended Oxford, Christchurch (age 18 in 1854) and was ordained deacon on 23 September1759 and priest on 02 March 1760. He was appointed domestic chaplain to Stephen Fox-Strangways, 1st Earl Of Ilchester in 1760.
He held the office of Dean of Worcester between 1769 and 1777.3 He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Law (LL.D.). He held the office of Dean of Durham between 1777 and 1788.
The Honourable and Very Rev William Digby, LLD (21 January 1733 – 18 September 1788) was an eminent eighteenth century Anglican priest.[1] A cousin of Charles James Fox, he was Vicar of Coleshill and then successively Dean of Worcester, then Durham. He was also an Honorary Chaplain to the King
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- CCEd Person ID: 10620 William Digby
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William 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 William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William 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 William:
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Michael Fraser-Allen 
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~0.78%
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