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George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol KG (5 November 1612 – 20 March 1677) was an English politician and peer who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 until 1641, when he was raised to the House of Lords by a writ of acceleration.
George Digby, 2nd earl of Bristol was an English Royalist, an impetuous and erratic statesman who had a checkered career as an adviser to kings Charles I (ruled 1625–49) and Charles II (ruled 1660–85). The eldest son of John Digby, 1st earl of Bristol, he first became a royal adviser in 1641.
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GEORGE DIGBY, second Earl of Bristol (1612-1677), was the eldest son of John Digby, first Earl of Bristol, by his wife Beatrix, daughter of Charles Walcot of Walcot, Shropshire, and widow of Sir John Dyve of Bromham, Bedfordshire.
Digby, George, 2nd earl of Bristol (1612–77). Digby was a leading opponent of Strafford but changed sides during his impeachment. He fought at Edgehill and was appointed secretary of state by the king in 1643. He was a hard-liner, insisting on a dictated peace.
An ardent Royalist during the Civil War he fled to France and served in the French army. He was appointed secretary of state by Charles II in 1657, but converted to Catholicism and lost...
Now one of the king’s closest supporters and urging him to even greater intransigence, Digby was suspected of promoting a royalist military coup and fled abroad rather than obey an order of the House of Lords, made on 12 Jan. 1642, to attend for questioning.
An ardent Royalist during the Civil War he fled to France and served in the French army. He was appointed secretary of state by Charles II in 1657, but converted to Catholicism and lost favour....
