Earl of Carysfort was a title in the

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. It was created in 1789 for John Proby, 2nd Baron Carysfort. The Proby family descended from Sir Peter Proby,

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in 1622. His great-great-grandson John Proby represented

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and Stamford in the

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. His son and namesake John Proby was a Whig politician and notably served as a (civilian)

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. In 1752 he was raised to the

as Baron Carysfort, of Carysfort in the County of Wicklow. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baron. He was also a politician and was created Earl of Carysfort in the Peerage of Ireland in 1789. In 1801 he was further honoured when he was made Baron Carysfort, of the Hundred of Norman Cross in the County of Huntingdon, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, which gave him a seat in the

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. His eldest son and heir apparent,

William Proby, Lord Proby William Allen Proby, Lord Proby (19 June 1779 – 6 August 1804) was a British Royal Navy officer and Whig politician. Background and education Proby was the eldest son of John Proby, 2nd Baron Carysfort (later 1st Earl of Carysfort, and his f ...

, predeceased him. Lord Carysfort was therefore succeeded by his second son, the second Earl. He was a general in the Army. He died unmarried and was succeeded in 1855 by his younger brother Granville Leveson Proby, the third Earl. He was a vice-admiral in the

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and finally became an

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on 9 July 1857. On his death on 3 November 1868, the titles passed to his second but eldest surviving son, the fourth Earl. He was a

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politician and had served as

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from 1859 to 1866. He died childless and was succeeded by his younger brother, the fifth Earl. He served as Lord-Lieutenant of County Wicklow from 1890 to 1909. He was also childless and on his death in 1909 all the titles became extinct. Lady Elizabeth Emma Proby, daughter of the third Earl, married Lord Claud Hamilton, grandson of

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. Their son Colonel

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inherited parts of the Proby estates, including

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, and assumed by Royal licence the surname of Proby in lieu of Hamilton in 1904. His son Richard George Proby was created a Baronet, of Elton Hall in the County of Huntingdon, in 1952 (see

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, the third son of the third Earl, was the founder of

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in the

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. The

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to the earldom used the invented

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of ''Lord Proby''.

Barons Carysfort (1752)

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 ...

(1720–1772) * John Joshua Proby, 2nd Baron Carysfort (1751–1828) (created Earl of Carysfort in 1789)

Earls of Carysfort (1789)

* John Joshua Proby, 1st Earl of Carysfort (1751–1828) ** William Allen Proby, Lord Proby (1779–1804) *

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 ...

(1780–1855) *

Granville Leveson Proby, 3rd Earl of Carysfort Admiral Granville Leveson Proby, 3rd Earl of Carysfort (12 November 1782 – 3 November 1868), known as The Honourable Granville Proby until 1855, was a British naval commander and Whig politician. Biography Carysfort was the third and younge ...

(1782–1868) **John Joshua Proby, Lord Proby (1823–1858) *

Granville Leveson Proby, 4th Earl of Carysfort Granville Leveson Proby, 4th Earl of Carysfort (14 September 1824 – 18 May 1872), styled Lord Proby from 1858 to 1868, was a British Liberal politician. He notably held office as Comptroller of the Household between 1859 and 1866. Backgroun ...

(1824–1872) *

William Proby, 5th Earl of Carysfort William Proby, 5th Earl of Carysfort KP (18 January 1836 – 4 September 1909), known as William Proby until 1872, was a British peer. Carysfort was the fourth son and youngest child of Admiral Granville Proby, 3rd Earl of Carysfort, and his ...

(1836–1909)

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. *
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