John Digby, 3rd Earl of Bristol

John Digby, 3rd Earl of Bristol (1634 – 18 September 1698) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1675 to 1677 when he inherited the peerage as Earl of Bristol. He was styled Lord Digby from 1653 to 1677.

Life

Digby was the eldest son of

Earldom of Bristol on the death of his father on 24 March and became a member of the House of Lords. He was Lord Lieutenant of Dorset from 1679 and Custos Rotulorum of Dorset from 1680. In 1683 he became freeman of Lyme Regis. In June 1688 he was deprived of his positions as JP, Lord Lieutenant and Custos, but was re-instated a few months later.^[1]

Digby died at the age of about 64, and was buried at Sherborne Abbey.[1]

Family

Digby married firstly on 26 March 1656, Alice Bourne daughter of Robert Bourne of Blake Hall, Essex. She died in 1658 and he married secondly by licence dated 13 July 1663, Rachel Wyndham, daughter of Sir Hugh Wyndham of Silton, Dorset, a Judge of the Common Pleas and Baron of the Exchequer. He had no issue by either wife and the title became extinct on his death.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c History of Parliament Online - Digby, John

Parliament of England
Preceded by Giles Strangways John Strode	Member of Parliament for Dorset 1675–1677 With: John Strode	Succeeded by John Strode Thomas Browne
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Lord Poulett	Lord Lieutenant of Dorset 1679–1698	Succeeded by The Duke of Bolton
Preceded by The Lord Holles	Custos Rotulorum of Dorset 1680–1698	Succeeded by The Duke of Bolton
Peerage of England
Preceded by George Digby	Earl of Bristol 1677–1698	Extinct

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[HOP-1] History of Parliament Online - Digby, John

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