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: Edward DIGBY, Earl Digby
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 6 Jan 1773 in Dover Str, Midx b
  • Baptism: St Geo, Han Sq c
  • Death: 12 May 1856 in Brook Str, Midx d
  • Burial: Sherborne, Dorset u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Henry DIGBY, Earl Digby Birth: 21 Jul 1731 Death: 25 Sep 1793 in Sherborne, Dorset
    • Mother:
  • Mary KNOWLER Death: 26 Feb 1794 in Lower Brook Str, Midx

Family:
Bibliography
  1. 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 p356],
place:
[Ref: CP IV p356],
parents:
[Ref: CP IV p356]
Sources for baptism Information
place:
[Ref: CP IV p356]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP IV p356],
place:
[Ref: CP IV p356]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: CP IV p356]
Research Notes:
2nd Earl Digby, of Earldom cr 1790 [Ref: CP IV p356]
8th Lord Digby, of Barony cr 1620 [Ref: CP IV p356]

heir of his father [Ref: CP IV p356]

died unmarried; the Earldom of Digby became extinct; Barony of Digby was inherited by his cousin Edward St Vincent DIGBY [Ref: CP IV p356]



Pedigree of Edward 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, Lord Gerald
                                    |        |        |         \-----Mable BROWNE
                                    |         \-----Lettice FITZGERALD
                                    |                 |         /-----Sir Francis KNOLLYS, K.G.
                                    |                  \-----Catherine KNOLLYS
                                    |                           \-----Katherine CARY
                            /-----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
         |        |                                             /-----Andrew NOEL
         |        |                                    /-----Sir Andrew NOEL
         |        |                                   |         \-----Elizabeth HOPTON
         |        |                           /-----Edward NOEL, Viscount Campden
         |        |                          |        |         /-----James HARINGTON
         |        |                          |         \-----Mabel HARINGTON
         |        |                  /-----Baptist NOEL, Viscount Campden
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Robert HICKS
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Baptist HICKS, Viscount Campden
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Julian ARTHUR
         |        |                 |         \-----Juliana HICKS
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----Richard MAY
         |        |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth MAY
         |        |                 |                           \-----Mary HILLERSDON
         |        |         /-----Edward NOEL, Earl of Gainsborough
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Thomas WOTTON
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Edward WOTTON, Lord Wotton
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----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
         |                 |                                    /-----Thomas WRIOTHESLEY, Earl of Southampton
         |                 |                           /-----Henry WRIOTHESLEY, Earl of Southampton
         |                 |                          |         \-----Jane CHENEY
         |                 |                  /-----Henry WROTTESLEY, Earl of Southampton
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir Anthony BROWNE, K.G., Viscount Montague
         |                 |                 |         \-----Mary BROWNE
         |                 |                 |                  \-----Jane RADCLIFFE
         |                 |         /-----Thomas WRIOTHESLEY, Earl of Southampton
         |                 |        |        |         /-----John VERNON
         |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth VERNON
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir Richard DEVEREUX
         |                 |        |                  \-----Elizabeth DEVEREUX
         |                 |        |                           \-----Dorothy HASTINGS
         |                  \-----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
Edward DIGBY, Earl Digby
|         /-----John KNOWLER
 \-----Mary KNOWLER



Descendants of Edward DIGBY, Earl Digby
1. Edward DIGBY, Earl Digby