British peer, soldier and politician
Edward Kenelm Digby, 11th Baron Digby , KG , DSO , MC & Bar , TD , JP (1 August 1894 – 29 January 1964), also 5th Baron Digby in the Peerage of Great Britain , was a British peer, soldier and politician.
Early life
Digby was the son of Edward Henry Trafalgar Digby, 10th Baron Digby , and Emily Beryl Sissy Hood, daughter of the Hon. Arthur Hood. Admiral Sir Henry Digby was his great-grandfather, while on his mother's side he was a descendant of another naval commander, Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood .
Career
He succeeded his father as eleventh Baron Digby in 1920 and took his seat in the House of Lords . Like his father, Digby was a Colonel in the Coldstream Guards (adjutant of 1st Battalion 1916–18 and acting second-in-command 1918) and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and the Military Cross and Bar . He was appointed Honorary Colonel of the Dorsetshire Heavy Brigade, Royal Artillery (a position his father had also held) on 8 December 1929 and continued with its successor unit the 421st (Dorset) Coast Regiment in 1947.[ 1] [ 2] He also served as Chairman of the Dorset County Council from 1955 to 1964 and as Lord Lieutenant of Dorset between 1952 and 1964. In 1960, he was made a Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter .
Lord Digby was Chairman of the Orchid Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society.[ 3]
Personal life
In 1919, Lord Digby married the Hon. Constance Pamela Alice Bruce, daughter of Henry Bruce, 2nd Baron Aberdare , and granddaughter of Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare . Their children include:
Lord Digby died in January 1964, aged 69, and was succeeded in his titles by his son Edward . Lady Digby died on 15 March 1978.
Arms
Coat of arms of Edward Kenelm Digby, 11th Baron Digby, KG, DSO, MC & Bar, TD, JP
Coronet
A Baron's Coronet
Crest
An ostrich Proper, holding in the beak a horseshoe Or.
Escutcheon
Azure, a fleur-de-lis Argent.
Supporters
On either side a monkey proper environed about the middle and lined or.
Motto
DEO NON FORTUNA (From God not chance)[ 5]
References
Notes
^ Burke's .
^ Army List .
^ Rolfe, R. Allen (1914). The Orchid Review. Orchid Review ltd. Vol. XXII . Kingstington, England: Frank Leslie & Co. Retrieved 15 December 2016 .
^ 'DIGBY', Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2013; online edn, Dec 2013 accessed 8 April 2014
^ Debrett's Peerage . 1973.
Sources
Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 100th Edn, London, 1953.
Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed ]
Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source ] [better source needed ]
Lundy, Darryl. "FAQ" . The Peerage. [unreliable source ]