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Born in 1846, the eldest son of 9th Lord Digby, he was educated at Harrow and then joined the Coldstream Guards, where he made his career, rising to the rank of Colonel and serving in the Sudan from 1885 to 1889. He also served as M.P. for Dorset from 1876-1885. On the death of his father in 1889, he resigned his commission and came home to Minterne. In 1893 he married Emily Beryl, daughter of Col. the Hon. Albert Hood and they had three sons and three daughters.

He became involved in local affairs, accepting the appointment as Chairman of the Board of Herrison Hospital, Charminster and serving as a J.P. and local magistrate, Chairman of the Dorchester Agricultural Society and honorary Colonel in the Dorset Regiment. He planted the rhododendron gardens at Minterne and sponsored plant expeditions to China and the Himalayas, breeding his own varieties in his glass houses and becoming a member of the Royal Horticultural Society.

The house at Minterne suffered from damp and dry rot, and in 1906 he fulfilled his promise to his wife to build a new house. He employed the architect Leonard Stokes, who had built Post Offices and was famously difficult to get on with. However, Lord Digby’s friendly and practical approach charmed him and he produced a marvellous design for his only country house which is still comfortable to live in.

He took an active interest in his estate at Geashill, and was saddened when the Irish Land Act of 1903 resulted in the end of the link with a number of his tenants, some of whom had been on the Digby estate for generations.

Sheila Beddington was born in 1906 in Hampshire, eldest daughter of Claude Beddington and Frances Ethel Beddington (née Homan Mulock). She married on 28 August 1932, Major the Hon. Mervyn Patrick Wingfield, (1905-1973), great-grandson of the Earl of Leicester and Chief Commissioner for Scouts in Eire. Succeeded his father as 9th Baron Powerscourt, of Powerscourt, Co. Wicklow, and Baron Wingfield, of Wingfield, Co. Wexford. The Baroness was created Chief Commissioner of the Irish Girl Guides. Sheila inherited the estate at Bellair, Offaly from her aunt Hester Nina (Enid) Homan Mulock and sold it in 1963.

Laurence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse, Baron of Oxmantown, 7th Baronet of Birr Castle, was born 17 November 1840 to William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, and Mary Field. Like his father, he pursued astronomy and is known for his attempt to design a truly flat mirror to use in a telescope. Lord Rosse succeeded his father as the 4th Earl of Rosse in 1867. In the same year he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. From the year of 1867-68, Lord Rosse served as a Justice of the Peace for King’s County, and was appointed High Sheriff of King’s County. On 1 September 1870, he married Lady Frances Cassandra Hawke, daughter of Lord Edward Harvey-Hawke, 4th Baron of Hawke, and Lady Frances Fetherstonhaugh. From 1881-87 Lord Rosse was the Vice-President of the Royal Society. From 1885 to 1908 he serves as the 18th Chancellor of Trinity College, Dublin. He also was the Lord Lieutenant of King’s County, and Custos Rotulorum of King’s County from 1892 until 1908. In 1896 he was elected President of the Royal Irish Academy. In 1902 he received the honorary degree of Legum Doctor from the University of Wales, sharing the ceremony of the instalment of the Prince of Wales as Chancellor of the University of Wales. The 4th Earl of Rosse died on 29 August 1908, and was succeeded by his son, William Parsons, 5th Earl of Rosse.

Sir Richard Parsons, 1st Earl of Rosse, 2nd Viscount Rosse, Baron of Oxmantown, was the son of Lord Richard Parsons, 1st Viscount Rosse, and Lady Elizabeth Hamilton. In 1715, he married Lady Mary Paulet, and they had two sons and one daughter. Sir Richard Parsons was advanced to the Earldom of Rosse on 16 June 1718. Lady Mary died on 15 August 1718, and Sir Richard Parsons married Lady Frances Claxton. In 1725, he was elected the Grandmaster of the Grand Lodge of Ireland, and held the title until 1731. Sir Richard Parsons was also a founding member of the Hell-Fire Club, and wrote the book, Dionysus Rising, before founding the Sacred Sect of Dionysus. He died in 1741, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Lord Richard Parsons.

Sir Laurence Parsons, 1st Baronet of Birr Castle, was the eldest son of William Parsons Esquire of Birr. He was created baronet on 15 December 1677. Sir Laurence married Lady Frances Savage of Rheban, county Kildare. He died in 1698 and was succeeded by his only son, Sir William Parsons.

Francis William John Alexander Lamb, son of Alice Ann Kerr and William Lamb LLD, was born 8 June 1874.
He studied at Trinity College Dublin where he became a Doctor of Medicine. In 1902 Francis Lamb married Constance Charlotte Plunkett-Johnston. They had three children: Alice Blanche Anna Lamb (20 Sep 1903 - 1932), Reverend Francis Adam Johnston Lamb (29 May 1905 - 19 June 1989), and John George Dalkeith Lamb (b. 19 Aug 1919). Francis Lamb MD died at Woodfield House on 11 January 1959.

Constance Charlotte was born 13 Nov 1876 to Maria Blanch (Fuller) and Dalkeith Plunkett-Johnston. She married Francis William JA Lamb in 1902. They had three children: Alice Blanche Anna Lamb, Francis Adam Lamb, and John George Dalkeith Lamb.

Constance Charlotte Lamb died at Woodfield House, nine days after her husband Francis, on 20 Jan 1959.