Digby

Digby

Digby may refer to:

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Geographic locations

Australia

Canada

England

People

Surname

  • Anne Digby, prolific British children's author
  • Baron Digby, title in the Peerage of Ireland
  • Edward Digby (disambiguation), for various people with the same given name
  • Everard Digby (1578–1606), one of those involved in the abortive 1605 Gunpowder Plot to assassinate King James I of England and VI of Scotland
  • Fraser Digby (born 1967), retired English goalkeeper
  • George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol (1612–1677), eldest son of John Digby, 1st Earl of Bristol and his wife Beatrice Walcott
  • Henry Digby (disambiguation), for various people with the same given name
  • Jane Digby (1807–1881), English aristocrat who lived a life of wild adventure
  • John Digby, 1st Earl of Bristol (1580–1653), English diplomat and a moderate royalist during the English Civil War
  • Kenelm Digby (disambiguation), for various people with the same given name
  • Kristian Digby (1977–2010), British TV presenter and director
  • Marié Digby (born 1983), American singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist
  • Robert Digby (disambiguation), for various people with the same given name
  • Robert James Thomas Digby-Jones (1876–1900), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Simon Digby (disambiguation), for various people with the same given name
  • Suzi Digby, British conductor, musician and teacher
  • William Digby (disambiguation), for various people with the same given name

Given name

Pen name

  • Digby (blogger), pen name of the writer of Hullabaloo, an influential liberal blog

Other

  • Digby (band), a Louisville, Kentucky power pop band
  • B-18 Bolo, a bomber used by the United States Army Air Corps and the Royal Canadian Air Force was referred to as a Digby
  • Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World, a 1973 film starring Jim Dale
  • Salu Digby, a fictional character in the Legion of Super-Heroes
  • Digby Stuart College, one of the four constituent colleges of Roehampton University
  • Albert Fitzwilliam Digby, Dan Dare's batman from the UK comic book science fiction series from the 1950s and 60s
  • Digby, a Golden Retriever owned by Ned on the television show Pushing Daisies
  • Archangel Digby, a fictional character in Robert Heinlein's Stranger In A Strange Land

See also


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  • Digby — ist der Familienname von folgenden Personen: Jane Elizabeth Digby (1807–1881), war u. a. Mätresse von König Ludwig I. von Bayern Kristian Digby (1977–2010), englischer TV Moderator und Regisseur Marié Christina Digby (* 1983), US… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Digby — m English: transferred use of the surname, originally a local name for someone from Digby in Lincolnshire, so called from the Old Norse elements díki ditch + býr settlement …   First names dictionary

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  • Digby [2] — Digby, 1) John D., Graf von Bristol, geb. 1580 zu Coleshill in Warwickshire, Kammerherr bei König Jakob I.; von diesem als Gesandter nach Spanien geschickt u. 1618 zum Lord erhoben, brachte er 1622 die Heirath zwischen dem Prinzen Karl u. einer… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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  • Digby — /dig bee/, n. Sir Kenelm, 1603 65, English writer, naval commander, and diplomat. * * * ▪ Nova Scotia, Canada       town, seat of Digby county, western Nova Scotia, Canada. It is situated at the southern end of Annapolis Basin, an inlet of the… …   Universalium

  • Digby — This interesting and unusual surname is of Anglo Saxon and Scandinavian origin, and is habitational from a minor place so called in Lincolnshire, derived from the Middle English (1200 1500) diche, dike , from the Olde English pre 7th Century dic …   Surnames reference

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  • Digby Smith — Digby Smith, aka Otto von Pivka Born Digby George Smith 1 January 1935 Aldershot, Hampshire Nationality British Education Farnborough Grammar School *German Armed Forces Command and Staff College Occupation …   Wikipedia

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