Sir Kenelm Edward Digby, GCB, KC (9 September 1836 – 21 April 1916) was a British lawyer and civil servant.
He was a strong supporter of Gladstonian Liberalism and believed in "the greater importance of giving substantial power to the working classes".
In January 1895 Digby was appointed Permanent Under Secretary of State at the Home Office, succeeding Sir Godfrey Lushington.
Digby married Caroline (1848–1926) on 30 August 1870, the second daughter of liberal politician Edward Strutt, 1st Baron Belper.
[2] One of his grandchildren was Kenelm Hubert Digby, the proposer of the notorious 1933 "King and Country" debate in the Oxford Union, and later Attorney General and judge in Sarawak.