Admiral of the Royal Navy Fleet, Honourable Robert Digby, was born on December 20, 1732, the third son of Hon Edward Digby and his wife Charlotte Fox. He was of the noble house of Digby, an Irish peerage dating form 1620, which became a peerage of the United Kingdom in 1765. ...Of the six boys in the family, Edward and Henry became 6th and 7th Lords Digby respectively, (Edward sudden death in 1757 left Henry the title and estates), William, whose last church appointment was Dean of Durham, Stephen who went into the army before pursuing a career at the court of George III and the youngest boy, Charles, who became a Somerset parson. For a short time after his brother Edward's death in 1757 Robert took over his seat as MP for Wells.
Our museum is located in the former Macdonald Consolidated School building, which was:The first consolidated school building in CanadaFounded by Sir William C. Macdonald, educational philanthropistSchool operated from 1903 to 1979.
Summer season: June 15 to Aug 31. Off season: April 1 to June 14 and Sept. 1 to Dec. 16 (closed weekends, with morning hours starting at 10:30am)
Explore, discover and enjoy all that the New Brunswick Museum has to offer! A visit to the New Brunswick Museum brings heritage to life. Join us and discover a world of fun, learning and wonderment. The Market Square Exhibition Centre offers three floors and 60,000 square feet of permanent and temporary exhibition spaces and a wide range of programs and events. The Collections, Archives and Research Library and Head Office are situated at the Douglas Avenue Collections Centre.
Kingston Peninsula Heritage Inc. is a non-profit, charitable organization that promotes preservation of the area's heritage resources. The organization involves people representing a broad interest in the human and natural history of the Kingston Peninsula. The group's ambitious agenda includes programmes to; enhance identified built heritage sites, develop awareness and education, maintain an artifact collection and museum facility, create heritage displays, community signage, pamphlets, newsletters, publications and many other innovative projects.