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Type of entity
Personne
Forme autorisée du nom
Digby, Edward, 8th Baron
forme(s) parallèle(s) du nom
- Digby, Edward, 2nd Earl Digby
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Autre(s) forme(s) du nom
- Viscount Coleshill (1790-1793)
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Description area
Dates d’existence
1773-1856
Historique
He succeeded his father in the earldom in 1793. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Dorset for nearly fifty years, from 1808 to 1856. On 20 May 1824, he appointed himself Colonel of the Dorset Militia. He resigned the colonelcy at the beginning of 1846. He never married and on his death in May 1856, aged 83, the viscountcy and earldom became extinct. However, he was succeeded in the two baronies of Digby by his first cousin once removed Edward Digby, who became the 9th and 3rd Baron
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Functions, occupations and activities
Lord Lieutenant of Dorset (1808-1856)
Colonel of the Dorset Militia (1824-1856)
2nd Earl Digby (British Peerage) (1793-1856)
8th Baron Digby (Irish Peerage) (1793-1856)
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Related entity
Digby, Edward St.Vincent, 9th Baron (1809-1889)
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famille