John Digby (other)
John Digby may refer to: * Sir John Digby (died 1533), Knight Marshal for Henry VIII * John Digby (died 1548) (1508–1548), MP for Leicestershire 1539, High Sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire 1539–40 * John Digby, 1st Earl of Bristol (1580–1653), English diplomat and Royalist * John Digby, 3rd Earl of Bristol (1635–1698), MP for Dorset 1675–1677 * John Digby (1618–1664), MP for Milborne Port in 1640 * John Digby (1668–1728), MP for Newark 1705–08 and MP for East Retford 1713–22 * John Digby (judge) (born 1951), Australian lawyer and judge * John Digby (Irish politician) John Digby (1691 – 27 July 1786) was an Irish politician. Digby sat in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Kildare Borough between 1732 and 1760.E. M. Johnston-Liik''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Pa ...

John Digby (died 1533)
Sir John Digby (died 1533) of Eye Kettleby, near Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, was Knight Marshal for King Henry VIII. Origins John was the third son of Everard Digby, Esq., MP (whose father had died at Towton, 1461) of Tilton on the Hill, Leicestershire and Jacquet, daughter of Sir John Ellys of Devonshire. Career Digby was knighted by King Henry VIII for his services at the Battle of Bosworth Field, and appointed Knight Marshal for the King's household. He was Steward of Lewes Priory, Sussex. He was High Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1515 and was also Sheriff of Rutland in 1491, 1517 and 1523, as was his father before him. In 1513 Digby accompanied Henry VIII to Calais and fought in the battle of Thérouanne. Family He married Katherine, daughter of Sir Nicholas Griffin of Braybrooke, Northamptonshire. They had at least two sons and two daughters. * William * Simon, his heir, who married Catherine Clapham of Beamesley * Elizabeth, married Sir Humphrey Hercy of Grove, Nott ...
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John Digby (died 1548)
John Digby may refer to: * Sir John Digby (died 1533), Knight Marshal for Henry VIII * John Digby (died 1548) (1508–1548), MP for Leicestershire 1539, High Sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire 1539–40 * John Digby, 1st Earl of Bristol (1580–1653), English diplomat and Royalist * John Digby, 3rd Earl of Bristol (1635–1698), MP for Dorset 1675–1677 * John Digby (1618–1664), MP for Milborne Port in 1640 * John Digby (1668–1728), MP for Newark 1705–08 and MP for East Retford 1713–22 * John Digby (judge) (born 1951), Australian lawyer and judge * John Digby (Irish politician) John Digby (1691 – 27 July 1786) was an Irish politician. Digby sat in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral distri ...

Leicestershire (UK Parliament Constituency)
Leicestershire was a county constituency in Leicestershire, represented in the House of Commons. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs), traditionally called Knights of the Shire, by the bloc vote system of election, to the Parliament of England until 1707, to the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 until 1800, and then to Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1832. History The constituency was abolished by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election, when it was replaced by the Northern and Southern divisions, each of which elected two MPs. Both divisions were abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, when they were replaced by four new single-seat constituencies: Bosworth, Harborough, Loughborough Loughborough ( ) is a market town in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England, the seat of Charnwood Borough Council and Loughborough University. At the 2011 census the town's built-up area had a population ...
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High Sheriff Of Warwickshire
This is a list of sheriffs and high sheriffs of the English county of Warwickshire. The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. Under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974 the office previously known as Sheriff was retitled High Sheriff. The High Sheriff changes every March. For a period prior to the middle of the 16th century the Sheriff of Warwickshire was also the Sheriff of Leicestershire. Sheriffs 11th and 12th centuries ;From 1158 to 1566 the Sheriff of Warwickshire was also Sheriff of Leicestershire 13th century 14th century 15th century 16th century 17th century 18th century 19th century 20th century High Sheriffs 20th century 21st century {{columns-lis ...
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High Sheriff Of Leicestershire
This is a list of Sheriffs and High Sheriffs of Leicestershire, United Kingdom. The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. Under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974 the office previously known as Sheriff was retitled High Sheriff. The High Sheriff changes every March. For a period prior to 1566 the Sheriff of Warwickshire was also the Sheriff of Leicestershire. After some years as part of Leicestershire, Rutland was split away in 1996 as a Unitary Authority with its own shrievalty. Thus there is a separate High Sheriff of Rutland (an office that existed prior to 1974 as the Sheriff of Rutland). Sheriffs of Leicestershire 11th century – 16th century *c.1066: Hugh de Grandmesn ...
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John Digby, 1st Earl Of Bristol
John Digby, 1st Earl of Bristol (February 1580 – 21 January 1653),David L. Smith, 'Digby, John, first earl of Bristol (1580–1653)’, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008. was an English diplomat and a moderate royalist during the English Civil War. Early career He was the son of Sir George Digby of Coleshill, Warwickshire, and Abigail, daughter of Sir Anthony (not Arthur) Heveningham and educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge and the Inner Temple. He was knighted in 1606. He was briefly the Member of Parliament for Hedon in 1610.On his arrival at Court, his charm, good looks and diplomatic abili