Background
Digby was the son of Admiral Sir Henry Digby, who fought at the Battle of Trafalgar, and Lady Jane Elizabeth Coke, daughter of Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester.
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Edward Street Vincent Digby
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Career
He was commissioned a captain in the Dorsetshire Yeomanry on 12 November 1848. On 26 July 1856, he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in the Yeomanry, and on 19 July 1866, succeeded Lord Rivers as lieutenant-colonel commandant of the regiment. He resigned the command in 1870.
Lord Digby"s great-granddaughter was the Honorary
Pamela Digby, American Ambassador to France.
