A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Digby, Everard
DIGBY. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 13; h-p., 28.)
Everard Digby entered the Navy, in Aug. 1806, as a Volunteer, on board the Devastation bomb, Capt. Matthew Smith, stationed in the Channel. In July, 1807, he removed to the Cossack 22, Capt. Geo. Digby; and after attending the ensuing expedition to Copenhagen, and co-operating for several months with the patriots on the coast of Spain, he joined, in Jan. 1810, as Midshipman, the Theban 38, Capt. Stephen Thos. Digby, with whom he eventually proceeded to the East Indies. On his return home in the Illustrious 74, Capt. Alex. Skene, he became attached to the Saturn 56, Capt. Jas. Nash; and on being sent to North America, was there appointed, 19 Dec. 1814, Acting-Lieutenant of the Narcissus 32, Capt. Gordon. He obtained his official promotion 10 Feb. 1815; and was subsequently employed – from 22 April to 23 Aug. following, in the Amphion 32, Capts. Jas. Pattison Stewart and John Brett Purvis, off Cherbourg – and, from 30 Dec. 1825, until 1829, in the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye. For a short time towards the close of 1846, Lieut. Digby had charge of a station in the Coast Guard. He has since been on half-pay. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.