Edward Aylmer Digby
Comdr Edward Aylmer Digby RN KC was a British Naval Officer, Kings Council and politician.
A gunnery specialist plagued by terrible eyesight and "neurasthenia", Digby served in the Royal Navy until 1919 when he was finally invalided and placed on the retired list for his infirmities. 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.
