The Barony of Digby of Geashill was created in 1620 in the Peerage of Ireland. The seventh Baron was created an Earl and granted the Barony of Digby of Sherborne in 1765. The earldom became extinct upon the death of his son, but the two baronies passed together to a cousin.

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Barons Digby (1620)

  • Robert Digby, 1st Baron Digby (c. 1599-1642)
  • Kildare Digby, 2nd Baron Digby (c. 1627-1694)
  • Robert Digby, 3rd Baron Digby (1654-1677)
  • Simon Digby, 4th Baron Digby (1657-1685)
  • William Digby, 5th Baron Digby (1661-1752)
  • Edward Digby, 6th Baron Digby (1730-1757)
  • Henry Digby, 1st Earl Digby (d. 1793)
  • Edward Digby, 2nd Earl Digby (1773-1856)
  • Edward St Vincent Digby, 9th Baron Digby (1809-1889)
  • Edward Henry Trafalgar Digby, 10th Baron Digby (1846-1920)
  • Edward Kenelm Digby, 11th Baron Digby (1894-1964)
  • Edward Henry Kenelm Digby, 12th Baron Digby (b. 1924)
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