Edward Bligh, 2nd Earl of Darnley

Edward Bligh, 2nd Earl of Darnley (9 November 1715 – 22 July 1747),

The eldest son of John Bligh, 1st Earl of Darnley and Lady Theodosia Hyde, Baroness Clifton, he was educated at Westminster and at Geneva. He succeeded his mother as Baron Clifton in 1722 and, in 1728, his father as Earl of Darnley.

Lord Darnley was a Grand Master of

According to Westminster Abbey's Funeral Book and Burke's Peerage he died at Cobham Hall, the family seat, and was buried in Westminster Abbey on 1 August 1747, aged 31.^[2]

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