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John Digby, 3rd Earl of Bristol (1634 – 18 September 1698) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1675 to 1677 when he inherited the peerage as Earl of Bristol. He was styled Lord Digby from 1653 to 1677.
5 de mar. de 2019 · This article explores these themes through litigation pertaining to Sir John Digby, afterwards Earl of Bristol, an ambitious younger son who rose to become one of James I’s chief advisers.
- Diane Strange
- 2019
John Digby, grabado de Reginold Elstrack. John Digby (1580-París, 16 de enero de 1653), primer conde de Bristol, fue un político y diplomático inglés. Biografía. Hijo de George Digby y de Abigail Henningham, fue educado en el Magdalene College de la Universidad de Cambridge. [1]
He took his seat as earl of Bristol on 30 March 1677, having received a writ of summons dated 23 Mar., just three days after his father’s death.4 He was then present on only 19 sitting days during the session, just over 20 per cent of possible attendances.
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bap. 27 Feb. 1581, 4th but 3rd surv. s. of Sir George Digby† (d.1587) of Coleshill, Warws. and Abigail, da. of Sir Arthur Heveningham of Ketteringham, Norf; bro. of Philip*.1 educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 1595, MA 1605; I. Temple 1598;2 ?travelled abroad. m. 31 May 1609, Beatrice (d. 15 Sept. 1658), da. of Charles Walcot of Walcot, Salop, wid. of Sir John D...
Carver, king’s Household by 1606-c.1611,7 v.-chamberlain 1616-25; PC 1616-25, 1641-6.8 Amb. to Spain 1610-16, 1617-18 (extraordinary), 1622-4; Holy Roman Empire 1621 (extraordinary).9 J.p. Beds., Dors., Northants., Som. 1617-26, 1628-c.1645, custos rot. Dors. 1642-c.1645;10 commr. oyer and terminer, the Verge 1617-c.1645, Western circ. 1629-c.1645,...
Digby’s cousin, Sir Kenelm Digby, traced their family’s ancestry back to Saxon times in a bogus pedigree, a piece of antiquarian one-upmanship which discounted their verifiable thirteenth-century origins. Robert Digby was returned as knight for Leicestershire in 1373, but the family’s political interest thereafter shifted to Rutland. His younger gr...
John Digby, 3rd Earl of Bristol was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1675 to 1677 when he inherited the peerage as Earl of Bristol. He was styled Lord Digby from 1653 to 1677.
After his succession to the peerage as Earl of Bristol, Digby can be reckoned a follower of Danby, to whom he sold his father’s house at Wimbledon; but after some hesitation he voted for his attainder on 14 Apr. 1679.
