Edward Aylmer Digby

Edward Aylmer Digby KC (3 October 1883 – 14 November 1935) was a British Naval Officer, Kings Council and politician.[1]

His father was Sir Kenelm Edward Digby

A gunnery specialist plagued by terrible eyesight and "neurasthenia",[2] Digby served in the Royal Navy until 1919 when he was finally invalided and placed on the retired list for his infirmities at the rank of Commander. Although he stood as a Liberal parliamentary candidate at the 1918 general election, he later joined the Labour Party and stood as a Labour parliamentary candidate in 1931.[3]

Electoral record
General Election 1918: Harwich[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Unionist Harry Newton 8,261 53.9 -2.5
Liberal Edward Aylmer Digby 7,064 46.1 +2.5
Majority 1,197 7.8 -5.0
Turnout 15,325 55.9 -26.5
Registered electors 27,421
Unionist hold Swing -2.5
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
General Election 1931: Colchester[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Oswald Lewis 22,285 67.5 +27.2
Labour Edward Aylmer Digby 10,725 32.5 -6.0
Majority 11,560 35.0 +34.0
Turnout 76.4 -3.0
Conservative hold Swing +16.6

References
  1. (2007, December 01). Digby, Comdr Edward Aylmer, (3 Oct. 1883–14 Nov. 1935), KC 1927; Bencher, Middle Temple, 1934. WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. Ed. Retrieved 20 Jan. 2019, from http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-208602.
  2. `"Edward Aylmer Digby". The Dreadnought Project. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  3. The Times House of Commons 1931. London: The Times Office. 1931. p. 73.
  4. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F. W. S.
  5. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F. W. S.


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