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Noel Stephen Fox Digby R.N. | |
Second son of Captain George Somerville Digby (1805-1864) and Lady Emily Jane Butler (1807-1895) |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
2 October 1839 | | Born (Bishop's Caundle, Sherborne, Dorset, England) |
9 July 1879 | | Married, firstly, Ethel Dorothea (1857-1881), daughter of Rev. William Webb Spicer |
28 November 1893 | | Married, secondly, Sibella Francis (1856-1944), daughter of Henry Drake (1821-1865) |
20 February 1899 | | Son (later Lt.-Cmdr.) Noel Somerville Digby (died 1 January 1934) born |
18 January 1920 | | Died (Street Fram Fouse, Bramley, Hants)1) |
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Date | Rank |
11 November 1854 | Midshipman |
6 July 1860 | Mate |
31 August 1861 | Lieutenant |
29 May 1872 | Commander |
31 December 1879 | Captain |
30 May 1893 | Retired Captain |
1 January 1895 | Retired Rear-Admiral |
???? | Retired Vice-Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
11 November 1852 | 10 November 1854 | Naval cadet in Britannia |
11 November 1854 | 13 March 1855 | Midshipman in Britannia |
14 March 1855 | 12 May 1856 | Midshipman in Hastings |
13 May 1856 | 9 January 1859 | Midshipman in Centurion |
10 January 1859 | 19 January 1860 | Mate (acting) in Centurion |
20 January 1860 | 4 April 1860 | Midshipman in Emerald |
5 April 1860 | 5 July 1860 | Mate (acting) in Emerald |
6 July 1860 | 30 August 1861 | Mate in Emerald |
16 October 1861 | 15 November 1864 | Lieutenant in Warrior, commanded by Arthur Auckland Leopold Pedro Cochrane, Channel squadron2) |
27 April 1865 | 17 January 1867 | Lieutenant in Caledonia |
18 January 1867 | 1 April 1869 | Lieutenant in Royal Alfred |
2 April 1869 | 24 May 1869 | Lieutenant in Minstrel3) |
25 May 1869 | 5 August 1869 | Lieutenant in Royal Alfred |
6 August 1869 | 25 July 1872 | Lieutenant in Cherub4) |
21 November 1872 | 25 March 1874 | Commander (2ic) in Rattlesnake, commanded by John Edmund Commerell, flagship of Commodore John Edmund Commerell, Cape of Good Hope and west coast of Africa5) |
26 August 1874 | 1 May 1879 | Commander in Sappho, Australia |
1 August 1879 | 14 January 1880 | Commander in President, drill ship for Royal Naval Reserve, West India Docks |
6 November 1882 | 21 April 1886 | Captain in Northampton, flagship of Vice-Admiral John Edmund Commerell, North America and West Indies6) |
12 December 1887 | 9 August 1889 | Captain in Dreadnought, Mediterranean7) |
14 August 1889 | 6 September 1889 | Additional Captain in Royal Adelaide, harbour service8) |
7 September 1889 | 7 September 1892 | Captain in Britannia, training ship for Naval cadets, Dartmouth |
1) | Mrs Sibella Frances Digby, widow, executrix. Probate granted at the Principal Probate Registry 15 Mar 1920. Gross value £747 9s. 2d. |
2) | Superseded at own request |
3) | Superseded at own request |
4) | Mail steamer to 4 September 1869; v[ictuals] o[nly] Aboukir, D[ismissed] 8 Nov 1869. On passage mail steamer from 6 July 1872 |
5) | M[ail] s[teamer] from 6 December 1872 to suply, Torch, D[ismissed] 4 January 1873 |
6) | On passage to 15 December 1882 |
7) | On passage 21 November - 11 December 1887, on passage 10 -13 August 1889 |
8) | Awaiting appointment |
Source: Admiralty Record of Service ADM 196/14, folio 1039.