Charles Digby
# Charles Digby

Charles Digby M.A. (31 May 1775 - 26 May 1841) was a Canon of Windsor from 1808 to 1841

## Family

He was born on 31 May 1775, the son of Colonel Hon. Stephen Digby and Lady Lucy Fox-Strangways.

On 8 June 1801 he married Mary Somerville, daughter of Lt.-Col. Hon. Hugh Somerville and Mary Digby. They had the following children:

* Charles Wriothesly Digby (2 May 1802 - 29 December 1873)
* Captain George Somerville Digby (27 September 1805 - 16 November 1864)

## Career

He was educated at St Mary Hall, Oxford where he graduated BA in 1798 and MA in 1801.

He was appointed:

* Rector of Middle Chinnock, Somerset 1807
* Rector of Chisleborough with West Chinnock 1807
* Rector of Bishops Caundle, Dorset 1810

He was appointed to the second stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1808, and held the stall until 1841.

