Background
He was the son of Christopher Danby and Anne Culpepper, niece of Lord Colepeper.
He was the son of Christopher Danby and Anne Culpepper, niece of Lord Colepeper.
He was knighted at Kensington in 1691, and was also a justice of the peace and deputy lieutenant for Yorkshire. In 1695, upon the death of his father, he built himself a new house at Swinton Park and sold off the family"s old house of Scruton Hall.