Kenelm George Digby

Kenelm George Digby (23 March 1890 – 25 September 1944) was a British civil administrator and High Court judge in India.

Digby was the son of Colonel T. Digby and Alice Isabella Sherard. He was educated at Haileybury College and studied Classics at Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1913 he passed the entrance requirements for the Indian Civil Service and was appointed in 1914. From 1916-1920 he underwent military service: he was 2nd Lieutenant IARO 95th Russell's Infantry, 1916; Lieutenant IARO 111th Maharajas, 1917; and was attached to Southern Command Headquarters at Poona in 1918. In 1943 he was appointed Puisne Judge High Court of Judicature at Nagpur.

In 1926 Digby married Violet M. Kidd and they had one son, Simon Digby, later to become a noted oriental scholar. Digby died on 25 September 1944.

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George Digby

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George Digby (baseball scout)

George J. Digby (August 31, 1917 – May 2, 2014) was an American baseball scout and consultant in Major League Baseball.

A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Digby started his professional career in 1944. He was coaching high school baseball in his homeland when a Boston Red Sox executive came to sign his best pitcher, Dick Callahan. Digby helped young Callahan drive a hard bargain. The Red Sox paid out and, on the way to the train, also offered Digby a job.

After that, Digby worked in the Boston organization for more than 60 years, half a century as a scout, 14 more as a consultant. Throughout the years, he traveled the South looking raw talent for the Red Sox. Among his finds were Red Sox graduates Tom Bolton, Steve Curry, Mike Greenwell, Jody Reed and Marc Sullivan. But Digby put great emphasis on signing future Hall of Famer Wade Boggs, after the Red Sox had reports that questioned Boggs' ability to be a Major League player, as he fought hard to convince the team that should draft the young man with the smooth swing. Finally, in 1976 Digby drafted Boggs in the seventh round and signed him for $7,500 and a college scholarship. In 1999, Digby saw Boggs belt a home run for his 3,000th career-hit, to become the first player in Major League history to enter the 3000 Hit Club by hitting a home run. Boggs had invited Digby, all expenses paid.