Charles James Proby M.A. (23 January 1771 – 2 February 1859) was a

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from 1814 to 1859.

Family

He was the son of the Very Revd.

Baptist Proby Baptist Proby (bapt. 14 June 1726 – 18 January 1807) was Dean of Lichfield from 1776 until 1807. Life Proby was the fifth son of John Proby of Elton Hall in Elton, Huntingdonshire, MP for Huntingdonshire (1722–27) and Stamford (1743–47 ...

and Mary Russell. He married Frances Sharrer, daughter of Revd. John Sharrer on 30 June 1814. They had the following children: *Gertrude Mary Proby *Frances Susan Proby *Agnes Mary Proby *Charles John Proby *Churchill Proby

Career

He was educated at

St John's College, Cambridge St John's College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge founded by the House of Tudor, Tudor matriarch Lady Margaret Beaufort. In constitutional terms, the college is a charitable corpo ...

where he graduated B.A. in 1792, and M.A. in 1795. He was appointed: *Vicar of Bishop’s Tachbrook, Warwickshire 1803 *Chaplain to

John Proby, 2nd Earl of Carysfort John Proby, 2nd Earl of Carysfort (1780 – 11 June 1855), known as Lord Proby from 1804 to 1828, was a British military commander and Whig politician. Proby was the second but eldest surviving son of John Proby, 1st Earl of Carysfort, and his ...

when ambassador to BerlinMemorials of Twickenham: Parochial and Topographical. Richard Stuteley Cobbett. Smith, Elder & Company, 1872 *Vicar of

St Mary's Church, Twickenham St Mary's Church, Twickenham, also known as St Mary the Virgin, Twickenham, is a Grade II* listed Church of England place of worship dedicated to Saint Mary the Virgin. It is on Church Street, Twickenham in the London Borough of Richmond upon T ...

1818 - 1859 He was appointed to the fifth stall in

St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in England is a castle chapel built in the late-medieval Perpendicular Gothic style. It is both a Royal Peculiar (a church under the direct jurisdiction of the monarch) and the Chapel of the Order of the Gar ...

in 1814 and held this until he died in 1859.

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