Charles Digby

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Charles Digby M.A. (31 May 1775 - 26 May 1841) was a Canon of Windsor from 1808 to 1841 [1]

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Family

He was born on 31 May 1775, the son of Colonel Hon. Stephen Digby and Lady Lucy Fox-Strangways.

On 8 June 1801 he married Mary Somerville, daughter of Lt.-Col. Hon. Hugh Somerville and Mary Digby. They had the following children:

Career

He was educated at St Mary Hall, Oxford where he graduated BA in 1798 and MA in 1801.

He was appointed:

He was appointed to the second stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1808, and held the stall until 1841.

Notes

  1. ↑ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle

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