George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol

art work detail

van Dyck, Sir Anthony

George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol

year

c. 1638

George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol

George Digby (1612-77): married Anne Russell, daughter of the Earl of Bedford, 1632; elected MP for Dorset, 1640; created Baron Digby, 1641; ardent Royalist during the Civil War; fled to France and served in the French army; appointed secretary of state by Charles II, 1657, but converted to Catholicism and lost favour; he was also a poet and playwright. DPG170 is datable c.1638-9.