High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Baron Digby, of Geashill in the King`s County, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1620 for Robert Digby, Governor of King`s County. He was the nephew of John Digby, 1st Earl of Bristol. Lord Digby`s grandson, the third Baron, and the latter`s younger brothers the fourth and fifth Barons, all represented Warwick in Parliament. The fifth Baron`s grandson, the sixth Baron, sat as a Member of Parliament for Malmesbury and for Wells. His younger brother, the seventh Baron, represented Ludgershall and Wells in the House of Commons. In 1765 he was created Baron Digby, of Sherborne in the County of Dorset, in the Peerage of Great Britain, with remainder to the issue male of his father. In 1790 Lord Digby was further honoured when he was made Viscount Coleshill and Earl Digby in the Peerage of Great Britain, with remainder to the issue male of his body. His son, the second Earl, was Lord Lieutenant of Dorset from 1808 to 1856. He never married and on his death in 1856 the viscountcy and earldom became extinct.