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Digby was the son of Edward Henry Trafalgar Digby, 10th Baron Digby, and Emily Beryl Sissy Hood, daughter of Honorary
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Edward Digby
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Arthur Hood. Admiral Sir Henry Digby was his great-grandfather while on his mother"s side he was a descendant of another naval commander, Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood. He succeeded his father as eleventh Baron Digby in 1920 and was able to take a seat in the House of Lords. He also served as Chairman of the Dorset County Council from 1955 to 1964 and as Lord Lieutenant of Dorset between 1952 and 1964.
In 1960 he was made a Knight of the Garter.
Lord Digby married Honorary Constance Pamela Alice Bruce, granddaughter of Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare, in 1919.
Their eldest daughter Honorary Lady Digby died on 15 March 1978.
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January 29, 1964 (aged 69)