Robert Digby (c. 1692 – 19 April 1726) was the second son of

William Digby, 5th Baron Digby William Digby, 5th Baron Digby (20 February 1661 – 27 November 1752) was an English peer and politician. Life Digby was a younger son of Kildare Digby, 2nd Baron Digby, and Mary Gardiner. He matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford on 16 May ...

, and represented

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in the

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for part of the 1720s. He matriculated at

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, on 12 July 1708 and received his MA on 12 October 1711. He was returned unopposed as a Tory as Member of Parliament for

in the 1722 election. Not known to have spoken in Parliament, he regularly recorded debates for the benefit of his father. He suffered from poor health, and died unmarried on 19 April 1726. He was buried at the family estate of

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, a friend, wrote his

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Digby, Robert 1690s births 1726 deaths Younger sons of barons Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1722–1727 Year of birth uncertain

Robert The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of ''Hrōþ, Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, prais ...