Lieutenant colonelJohn Stuart Bligh, 6th Earl of DarnleyDL (16 April 1827 – 14 December 1896), styled Lord Clifton from 1831 to 1835, lord of the Manor of Cobham, Kent, was a British peer.
Bligh succeeded his father in the earldom in 1835. He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Kent on 3 September 1847.[6]
On 24 July 1848, he was commissioned captain of the Cobham Troop of the West Kent Yeomanry.[7] He was promoted to major on 18 April 1859,[8] and to lieutenant-colonel on 28 April 1863.[9] He retired from the Yeomanry on 9 September 1874, retaining his rank.[10][11]
Lady Alice Isabella Harriet Bligh (1860–1943), who died unmarried.[2]
Hon. Arthur Frederick Pelham Bligh (1865–1924), who died unmarried.[2]
Lady Mary Rose Florence Bligh (1868–1896), who died unmarried.[2]
Lady Constance Violet Lucy Bligh (b. 1869), who married William Shakespear Childe-Pemberton in 1894.[2]
Lord Darnley died on 14 December 1896 and was succeeded by his eldest son, Edward.[2]
References
^Some Account of the Stuarts of Aubigny, in France, London, 1891 (her ancestors at Cobham Hall), and of Records of the Cust family of Pinchbeck, Stamford and Belton in Lincolnshire, 1479-1700, 3 vols, 1898.