Kenelm Digby Sir, English courtier and diplomat
(Kenelm Digby)
(KenelmDigby)
- Born July 11, 1603 - Gayhurst, Buckinghamshire, England
- Deceased June 11, 1665 - Covent Garden, London, England,aged 61 years old
- Buried - London, City of London, Greater London, England
Parents
- Everard Sir Digby 1578-1606
- Mary Mulsho 1589-1653
Spouses and children
- Married in January, 1625, London, England, to Venetia Anastasia Lady Stanley 1600-1633 with
Margery Digby 1624-
Kenelm Digby 1625-1648
John Digby 1627-1673
Everard Digby 1629-
Edward Digby 1630-
George Digby 1632-
Siblings
Kenelm Sir, English courtier and diplomat Digby 1603-1665
John Digby 1605-1643
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Events
July 11, 1603 : | July 11, 1603 :Birth - Gayhurst, Buckinghamshire, England Sources: - UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current - Ancestry.com - 2012 - Provo, UT, USA - 1,60526::0 - <i>Find A Grave</i>. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi. - 1,60526::3442541 - Chalmers' General Biographical Dictionary - Ancestry.com - 2010 - Provo, UT, USA - 1,7077::0 - 1,7077::20530 - Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22 - Ancestry.com - Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.Original data - Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed. Dictionary of National Biography, 1921–1922. London, England: Oxf - 1,1981::0 - Ancestry.co.uk - Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed.; London, England: Oxford University Press; Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22; Volume: Vol 05; Page: 965 - 1,1981::18891 - Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 - Ancestry.com - Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - Venn, J. A., comp.. Alumni Cantabrigienses. London, England: Cambridge University Press, 1922-1954.Original data: Venn, J. A., comp.. Alumni Cantabrigienses. London, Eng - 1,3997::0 - Ancestry.co.uk - 1,3997::21349 |
1623 : | 1623 :Attacked by a party of fifteen armed men - Madrid, Spain On the evening of the day he arrived in that city, he dined at the home of his uncle, the Earl of Bristol, then England’s ambassador to Spain. By the time Digby was ready to return to his lodgings the hour was late and the streets were deserted........ |
1624 : | 1624 :Education - Peterhouse College, Cambridge University, Cambridge.. M.A. 1624; on the King's visit; at that time Fell.-Com. at PETERHOUSE. |
January, 1625 : | January, 1625 :Marriage (with Venetia Anastasia Lady Stanley) - London, England |
1641 : | 1641 :Digby was involved in severalaffairs of honor he attended a banquet at which a French nobleman named Mont le Ros insulted England’s King Charles; Digby challenged him to a duel.. in the fourth bout, “he run his rapier into the French Lord’s breast till it came out of his throat again,” and fell dead. |
1661 : | 1661 :A Discourse Concerning the Vegetation of Plants (1661). A founding fellow of the Royal Society, Digby was a Royalist who served as Chancellor to Queen Henrietta Maria. Due to his social position he was invited to write the Society's first authorised publication, A Discourse Concerning the Vegetation of Plants. |
June 11, 1665 : | June 11, 1665 :Death - Covent Garden, London, England Sources: - UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current - Ancestry.com - 2012 - Provo, UT, USA - 1,60526::0 - <i>Find A Grave</i>. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi. - 1,60526::3442541 - Chalmers' General Biographical Dictionary - Ancestry.com - 2010 - Provo, UT, USA - 1,7077::0 - 1,7077::20530 - Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22 - Ancestry.com - Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.Original data - Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed. Dictionary of National Biography, 1921–1922. London, England: Oxf - 1,1981::0 - Ancestry.co.uk - Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed.; London, England: Oxford University Press; Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22; Volume: Vol 05; Page: 965 - 1,1981::18891 - Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 - Ancestry.com - Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - Venn, J. A., comp.. Alumni Cantabrigienses. London, England: Cambridge University Press, 1922-1954.Original data: Venn, J. A., comp.. Alumni Cantabrigienses. London, Eng - 1,3997::0 - Ancestry.co.uk - 1,3997::21349 |
--- : | --- :Burial - London, City of London, Greater London, England Sources: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current - Ancestry.com - 2012 - Provo, UT, USA - 1,60526::0 - <i>Find A Grave</i>. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi. - 1,60526::3442541 |
Sources
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UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current - Ancestry.com - 2012 - Provo, UT, USA - 1,60526::0 - <i>Find A Grave</i>. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi. - 1,60526::3442541
Chalmers' General Biographical Dictionary - Ancestry.com - 2010 - Provo, UT, USA - 1,7077::0 - 1,7077::20530
England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 - Ancestry.com - 2014 - Provo, UT, USA - 1,9841::0 - 1,9841::40185451
Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22 - Ancestry.com - Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.Original data - Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed. Dictionary of National Biography, 1921–1922. London, England: Oxf - 1,1981::0 - Ancestry.co.uk - Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed.; London, England: Oxford University Press; Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22; Volume: Vol 05; Page: 965 - 1,1981::18891
Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 - Ancestry.com - Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - Venn, J. A., comp.. Alumni Cantabrigienses. London, England: Cambridge University Press, 1922-1954.Original data: Venn, J. A., comp.. Alumni Cantabrigienses. London, Eng - 1,3997::0 - Ancestry.co.uk - 1,3997::21349 - Birth, death:
- UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current - Ancestry.com - 2012 - Provo, UT, USA - 1,60526::0 - <i>Find A Grave</i>. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi. - 1,60526::3442541
- Chalmers' General Biographical Dictionary - Ancestry.com - 2010 - Provo, UT, USA - 1,7077::0 - 1,7077::20530
- Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22 - Ancestry.com - Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.Original data - Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed. Dictionary of National Biography, 1921–1922. London, England: Oxf - 1,1981::0 - Ancestry.co.uk - Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed.; London, England: Oxford University Press; Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22; Volume: Vol 05; Page: 965 - 1,1981::18891
- Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 - Ancestry.com - Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - Venn, J. A., comp.. Alumni Cantabrigienses. London, England: Cambridge University Press, 1922-1954.Original data: Venn, J. A., comp.. Alumni Cantabrigienses. London, Eng - 1,3997::0 - Ancestry.co.uk - 1,3997::21349
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