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,

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, and his wife Jane, daughter of John Leveson-Gower, 1st Baron Gower. He was educated at

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. Proby was returned to Parliament for Stamford in 1747, a seat he held until 1754, and then represented

from 1754 to 1768. Carysfort served as a Lord of the Admiralty under the

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in 1757 and under

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from 1763 to 1765. In 1752 he was raised to the

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as Baron Carysfort, of Carysfort in the County of Wicklow, and in 1758 he was admitted to the

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. In 1761 he was further honoured when he was made a Knight of the Order of the Bath. Lord Carysfort died in October 1772, aged 51, and was succeeded in the barony by his son

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, who was created Earl of Carysfort in 1789. Lady Carysfort died in March 1783, aged 60. was the first ship named in his honour following his service as Lord of the Admiralty. In 1941, was named in his honour as the fifth Royal Navy warship to carry the name Carysfort.

Family

Proby married the Hon. Elizabeth Allen, daughter of Joshua Allen, 2nd Viscount Allen, in 1750: they had a son and a daughter. The daughter Elizabeth (1752–1808) married Thomas John Storer (died 1792).

References

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