There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Proby, one in the

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and one in the

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. The first creation is extinct while the second creation is extant. The Proby Baronetcy, of Elton in the County of Huntingdon, was created in the Baronetage of England on 7 March 1662 for

Thomas Proby Sir Thomas Proby, 1st Baronet (18 October 1632 – 22 April 1689) of Elton Hall, Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1660 and 1685. Proby was the son of Sir Heneage Proby (of ...

. He represented

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and

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in the

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. The title became extinct on his death in 1689. Proby's first cousin William Proby was the ancestor of the Earls of Carysfort. The Proby Baronetcy, of Elton Hall in the County of Huntingdon, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 30 January 1952 for Major Richard Proby, President of the

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. He was the son of Colonel

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, who assumed by Royal licence the surname of Proby in 1904, son of Lord Claud Hamilton and his wife Lady Elizabeth Emma Proby, daughter of

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 ...

, and sister of

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 ...

(on whose death in 1909 the earldom became extinct). Lord Claud Hamilton was the second son of

James Hamilton, Viscount Hamilton James Hamilton, Viscount Hamilton (7 October 1786 – 27 May 1814) was a British nobleman and politician. Birth and education The eldest son of John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn, James Hamilton was born at Petersham Lodge, Surrey, on 7 Oct ...

, eldest son of

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. Consequently, the present holder of the Proby Baronetcy of Elton Hall is also in remainder to the marquessate of Abercorn and its subsidiary titles, titles held by his kinsman the

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Proby baronets, of Elton (1662)

* Sir Thomas Proby, 1st Baronet (–1689)

Proby baronets, of Elton Hall (1952)

* Sir Richard George Proby, 1st Baronet (1886–1979) *

Sir Peter Proby, 2nd Baronet Sir Peter Proby, 2nd Baronet, KStJ DL (4 December 1911 – 18 April 2002) was an English landowner and bursar of Eton. Early life The eldest son of Sir Richard Proby and Betty Monica Murray. He was raised on the 3,700-acre family estate, Elto ...

(1911–2002) *Sir William Henry Proby,

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, 3rd Baronet (born 1949)

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, *{{Rayment-bt , date=February 2013 Proby Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England

Proby baronets, of Elton (1662)

Proby baronets, of Elton Hall (1952)

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