Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-30-2024.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.

Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom available to be downloaded.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.

Individual Page

Person Info

Name: Henry DIGBY, Earl Digby
Sex: M
Birth: 21 Jul 1731 ^b
Death: 25 Sep 1793 in Sherborne, Dorset ^d
Burial: Sherborne, Dorset ^u

Parents:

Father:
Edward DIGBY Death: 2 Oct 1746

Mother:

Charlotte FOX

Family:
Marriage:

Elizabeth FEILDING on 5 Sep 1763 .^m1
Elizabeth FEILDING Death: 19 Jan 1765 in London

Marriage:

Mary KNOWLER on 10 Nov 1770 at St Geo, Han Sq .^m2
Mary KNOWLER Death: 26 Feb 1794 in Lower Brook Str, Midx

Children:

Edward DIGBY, Earl Digby Birth: 6 Jan 1773 in Dover Str, Midx Death: 12 May 1856 in Brook Str, Midx

Bibliography

Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 04 Dacre-Dysart. London: St Catherine Press, 1916. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 4 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo04byucoka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP IV [Ap][p0-9].*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: [Ref: CP IV p355],
parents:: [Ref: CP IV p355]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: CP IV p355],
place:: [Ref: CP IV p355]

Sources for burial Information

place:: [Ref: CP IV p355]

Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth FEILDING

date:: [Ref: CP IV p355]

Sources with Information about marriage to Mary KNOWLER

date:: [Ref: CP IV p355],
place:: [Ref: CP IV p355],
child:: [Ref: CP IV p356]

Research Notes:
1st Earl Digby, of Earldom cr 1790 [Ref: CP IV p355]
7th Lord Digby, of Barony cr 1620 [Ref: CP IV p355]

heir of his brother Edward [Ref: CP IV p355]

Pedigree of Henry DIGBY, Earl Digby
                                              /-----Sir George DIGBY
                                     /-----Sir Robert DIGBY
                                    |        |         /-----Sir Arthur HEVANINGHAM
                                    |         \-----Abigail HEVANINGHAM
                            /-----Robert DIGBY, Lord Digby
                           |        |                           /-----Gerald FITZGERALD, Earl Of Kildare
                           |        |                  /-----Gerald FITZGERALD, Earl Of Kildare
                           |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth GREY
                           |        |         /-----Gerald FITZGERALD, Lord Gerald
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Anthony BROWNE, K.G.
                           |        |        |         \-----Mable BROWNE
                           |        |        |                  \-----Alice GAGE
                           |         \-----Lettice FITZGERALD
                           |                 |                  /-----Robert KNOLLYS
                           |                 |         /-----Sir Francis KNOLLYS, K.G.
                           |                 |        |         \-----Lettice PEYNSTON
                           |                  \-----Catherine KNOLLYS
                           |                          |         /-----Henry VIII TUDOR, King Of England
                           |                           \-----Katherine CARY
                           |                                    \-----Mary BOLEYN
                   /-----Kildare DIGBY, Lord Digby
                  |        |                  /-----Roger BOYLE
                  |        |         /-----Richard BOYLE, Earl of Cork
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Robert NAYLOR
                  |        |        |         \-----Joan NAYLOR
                  |         \-----Sarah BOYLE
                  |                 |         /-----Sir Geoffrey FENTON
                  |                  \-----Catherine FENTON
                  |                          |         /-----Robert WESTON
                  |                           \-----Alice WESTON
          /-----William DIGBY, Lord Digby
         |        |         /-----Robert GARDINER
         |         \-----Mary GARDINER
/-----Edward DIGBY
|        |                                                      /-----James NOEL
|        |                                             /-----Andrew NOEL
|        |                                            |         \-----Cecily POLE
|        |                                    /-----Sir Andrew NOEL
|        |                                   |         \-----Elizabeth HOPTON
|        |                           /-----Edward NOEL, Viscount Campden
|        |                          |        |         /-----James HARINGTON
|        |                          |         \-----Mabel HARINGTON
|        |                  /-----Baptist NOEL, Viscount Campden
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Robert HICKS
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Baptist HICKS, Viscount Campden
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----William ARTHUR
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Julian ARTHUR
|        |                 |         \-----Juliana HICKS
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Richard MAY
|        |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth MAY
|        |                 |                           \-----Mary HILLERSDON
|        |         /-----Edward NOEL, Earl of Gainsborough
|        |        |        |                           /-----Thomas WOTTON
|        |        |        |                  /-----Edward WOTTON, Lord Wotton
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir John RUDSTON
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth RUDSTON
|        |        |        |         /-----Thomas WOTTON, Lord Wotton
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir William PICKERING
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Hester PICKERING
|        |        |         \-----Hester WOTTON
|        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Arthur THROCKMORTON
|        |        |                  \-----Mary THROCKMORTON
|        |        |                          |         /-----Sir Thomas LUCAS
|        |        |                           \-----Anne LUCAS
|         \-----Jane NOEL
|                 |                                             /-----William WRIOTHESLEY
|                 |                                    /-----Thomas WRIOTHESLEY, Earl of Southampton
|                 |                                   |         \-----Agnes DRAYTON
|                 |                           /-----Henry WRIOTHESLEY, Earl of Southampton
|                 |                          |        |         /-----William CHENEY
|                 |                          |         \-----Jane CHENEY
|                 |                          |                  \-----Emma WALWYN
|                 |                  /-----Henry WROTTESLEY, Earl of Southampton
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Anthony BROWNE, K.G.
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir Anthony BROWNE, K.G., Viscount Montague
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Alice GAGE
|                 |                 |         \-----Mary BROWNE
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----Robert RADCLIFF, K.G., Earl of Sussex
|                 |                 |                  \-----Jane RADCLIFFE
|                 |                 |                           \-----Margaret STANLEY
|                 |         /-----Thomas WRIOTHESLEY, Earl of Southampton
|                 |        |        |         /-----John VERNON
|                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth VERNON
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----Walter DEVEREUX, K.G., Lord Ferrers of Chartle
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir Richard DEVEREUX
|                 |        |                 |        |         \-----Mary GREY
|                 |        |                  \-----Elizabeth DEVEREUX
|                 |        |                          |         /-----George HASTINGS, Earl Of Huntingdon
|                 |        |                           \-----Dorothy HASTINGS
|                 |        |                                    \-----Anne STAFFORD
|                  \-----Elizabeth WRIOTHESLEY
|                          |         /-----Daniel De MASSUE, Seigneur de Ruvigny
|                           \-----Rachel De MASSUE
|                                    \-----Madeline PINOT
Henry DIGBY, Earl Digby
|         /-----Sir Stephen FOX
\-----Charlotte FOX
         |         /-----Francis HOPES
          \-----Christian HOPES

Descendants of Henry DIGBY, Earl Digby

1. Henry DIGBY, Earl Digby m1. Elizabeth FEILDING m2. Mary KNOWLER

m. Elizabeth FEILDING father: Charles FEILDING mother: Anne PALMER

m. Mary KNOWLER father: John KNOWLER

2 Edward DIGBY, Earl Digby