Lady Anne Digby (c.1620-1697): saved Sherborne Castle from destruction during the English Civil War
Lady Anne Russell (c.1620-1697), daughter of Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford (1587-1641) and the Hon. Catherine Brydges (d.1657), was married to George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol (1612-1677). They had two sons and two daughters. During the English Civil War, George Digby supported the Royalist cause and in 1642 their home Sherborne Lodge (the … Read more