Baptist Proby (bapt. 14 June 1726 – 18 January 1807) was

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from 1776 until 1807.

Life

Proby was the fifth son of John Proby of

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, MP for

(1722–27) and Stamford (1743–47), and his wife Hon. Jane Leveson-Gower, eldest daughter of

John Leveson-Gower, 1st Baron Gower John Leveson-Gower, 1st Baron Gower PC (7 January 1675 – 31 August 1709) was a member of the Leveson-Gower family. He was the son of Sir William Leveson-Gower, 4th Baronet and his wife Jane Granville.John Proby, 1st Baron Carysfort John Proby, 1st Baron Carysfort KB PC (25 November 1720 – 18 October 1772) was a British Whig politician. Life He was the son of John Proby, of Elton Hall, Huntingdonshire, and his wife Jane, daughter of John Leveson-Gower, 1st Baron Gow ...

. He was educated at

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; and

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in 1750. He held incumbencies at Exton, Doddington,

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and

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before his time as

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. He died on 18 January 1807.

Family

Proby married Mary Russell, daughter of John Russell, rector of Fiskerton. They had 14 children, of whom eight survived to adulthood: * John Proby (bapt. 5 March 1753 – ), died in infancy * Mary Proby (bapt. 10 September 1754 – 27 February 1829), married in 1782

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*Jane Proby (bapt. 11 December 1755 – ), died in infancy *Baptist Beresford Proby (bapt. 15 April 1757 – 1758), died in infancy * Granville Proby (bapt. 18 February 1759 – buried 23 February 1759), died in infancy * Granville Proby (bapt. 21 August 1760 – ), died in infancy * Baptist John Proby (1761–1829), became vicar of

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, married Mary Susannah, youngest daughter of Sir Nigel Gresley, 6th Baronet * Catherine Proby (bapt. 15 July 1762 – ), married her cousin, Rev. Charles Proby, son of Capt. Charles Proby, R.N. * John Proby (bapt. 11 April 1764 – ), died in infancy * Caroline Proby (bapt. 16 October 1766 – 2 February 1800), married in 1792, Edward Grove * Anne Proby (bapt. 25 October 1768 – 19 November 1847), died unmarried in

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* Charles Proby (1771–1859), Canon of Windsor, married 1814, Frances, daughter of the Rev. John Sharrar *Joshua John Brownlow Proby (bapt. 28 October 1773 – 4 March 1810), died in Bengal * Susan Proby (died 11 August 1804), youngest daughter, died unmarried in Clifton

References

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