Career
From about 1725 until his death, he lived in the manor house at Wandsworth, Surrey. A Tory, he frequently spoke in opposition to the Walpole Ministry. During the 1730s, he spoke on several occasions against the employment of a standing army and of foreign troops.
He denounced Sir Robert Sutton after the collapse of the Charitable Corporation, supported an unsuccessful place bill to bar government officeholders from parliament in 1734, and opposed the Charitable Uses Acting 1735, which imposed more stringent rules on making charitable bequests of land.
He also attempted to amend the Exemption from Impressment Acting 1739 to provide for the issue of a protection certificate to those rejected for impressment, but was not successful. Outside of Parliament, he, like his father, was active in the Georgia Society, and served as its first chairman.
Edward Digby, 6th Baron Digby (1730–1757)
Henry Digby, 1st Earl Digby (1731–1793)
Admiral. Robert Digby, Registered Nurse (1732–1815)
Review
William Digby (1733–1788)
Colonel
Stephen Digby (1742–1800)
Review Charles Digby (1743–1811), rector of Kilmington, Somerset, married Priscillia Melliar in 1775
Charlotte Digby (died 16 June 1753)
The secret committee to inquire into Walpole"s conduct had, he thought, been rendered nugatory through the failure of the bill to idemnify those giving evidence before it, and he was very much discontented by the machinations which brought the next ministry to power. He died during the lifetime of his father, on 2 October 1746.
