Thomas Attwood Digges (1742–1821) was the sole surviving son of William Digges of Warburton. Thomas and his brother George (c.1742-1792) had been in school in England when the Revolution broke out, and although George soon returned home to Maryland, Thomas remained in England. There he followed a controversial and frequently discreditable career. During the Revolution he undoubtedly worked to alleviate the sufferings of American prisoners of war in Britain, but he also seems to have pocketed a large portion of the money sent him for this purpose and was accused of being both a double agent and a thief (WMQ description begins The William and Mary Quarterly: A Magazine of Early American History. Williamsburg, Va. description ends , 3d ser., 22 (1965), 486–92; Pa. Mag., 77 (1953), 381–438). Thomas Digges arrived back in America in 1798 and took up residence at Warburton.