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Paternal Family Tree: Digby
On 10th July 1729 [his father] Edward Digby (age 36) and [his step-mother] Charlotte Fox (age 23) were married.
On 21st July 1731 Henry Digby 1st Earl Digby was born to Edward Digby (age 38).
On 2nd October 1746 [his father] Edward Digby (age 53) died.
In 1755 Henry Digby 1st Earl Digby (age 23) was elected MP Ludgershall.
On 30th November 1757 [his half-brother] Edward Digby 6th Baron Digby (age 27) died. His brother Henry (age 26) succeeded 7th Baron Digby of Geashill in County Offaly.
In 1761 Henry Digby 1st Earl Digby (age 29) was elected MP Wells.
In 1765 Henry Digby 1st Earl Digby (age 33) was created 1st Baron Digby of Sherbourne in Dorset.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 18th January 1772 [his daughter] Charlotte Maria Digby was born to Henry Digby 1st Earl Digby (age 40).
On 6th January 1773 [his son] Edward Digby 2nd Earl Digby was born to Henry Digby 1st Earl Digby (age 41).
On 12th May 1774 [his son] Henry Digby was born to Henry Digby 1st Earl Digby (age 42).
On 10th April 1775 [his son] Robert Digby was born to Henry Digby 1st Earl Digby (age 43).
On 6th April 1776 [his son] Henry Digby (age 1) died.
On 24th June 1776 [his son] Stephen Digby was born to Henry Digby 1st Earl Digby (age 44).
In 1790 Henry Digby 1st Earl Digby (age 58) was created 1st Earl Digby.
On 25th September 1793 Henry Digby 1st Earl Digby (age 62) died. His son [his son] Edward (age 20) succeeded 2nd Earl Digby, 8th Baron Digby of Geashill in County Offaly, 2nd Baron Digby of Sherbourne in Dorset.
Kings Wessex: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 22 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 18 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 25 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Digby 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Digby 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Abigail Heveningham 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Digby 1st Baron Digby 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gerald Fitzgerald Baron Offaly 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Lettice Fitzgerald 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Knollys Baroness Offaly 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Kildare Digby 2nd Baron Digby 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork
Great x 2 Grandmother: Sarah Boyle Baroness Digby
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Fenton
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Fenton Countess Cork
GrandFather: William Digby 5th Baron Digby 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Father: Edward Digby 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Andrew Noel
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mabel Harrington
Great x 2 Grandfather: Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden
Great x 4 Grandfather: Baptist Hicks 1st Viscount Campden
Great x 3 Grandmother: Juliana Hicks Viscountess Campden
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth May Viscountess Campden
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Wotton 1st Baron Wotton
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Wotton 2nd Baron Wotton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Hester Wotton Viscountess Campden
GrandMother: Jane Noel Baroness Digby 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Wriothesley 2nd Earl of Southampton
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Wriothesley 3rd Earl of Southampton 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Browne Countess Southampton 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Wriothesley 4th Earl of Southampton 2nd Earl Chichester 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Vernon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Vernon Countess Southampton 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wriothesley Countess Gainsborough 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Leigh
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Leigh 1st Earl Chichester
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Egerton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Leigh Countess Southampton 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Boteler 1st Baron Boteler 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Audrey Boteler Countess Chichester 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Villiers Baroness Boteler Brantfield
Henry Digby 1st Earl Digby 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England