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PROCTOR, THOMAS, son of Richard Proctor, Westminster, citizen and salter; bapt. 31 Jul 1614 ; at school under Osbaldeston (J. Peile, Biog. Reg. of Christ’s Coll. , i, 410); Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 9 May 1631, aged 17, matr. 1631; m.
Proctor, Robert Haig, son of Brig. Ernest Godfrey Bartlett Proctor IA, of Didling, Sussex, and Norah Ellaline Haig, d. of John Haig Wightman, publisher; b. 1 Aug. 1940; adm. Sept. 1953 (B); left July 1956; West Sussex Coll. of Agriculture and Horticulture, NOA 1960; a farmer 1968-95; d. 2 Feb. 2014.
Procter, John Raymond, son of Christopher John Procter of Balham, and Irene, d. of John Macfarlane of Bombay; b. 1 July 1911; adm. Jan. 1925 (A); left Dec. 1929; a horticultural and agricultural journalist; AHRHS; RA in WW2 (Capt.); editor The Smallholder (later Home Gardener) 1958; author of Trees of the World (five editions 1972-81 and a number of books on fruit and vegetable growing; m. 9 Dec. 1944 Winifred Emily, d. of Albert Edward Nash of Highgate; d. 15 Dec. 1988.
Probyn, Stanley Clifford, brother of Percy Clifford Probyn (q.v.); b. July 7, 1877; adm. Sept. 25, 1890 (R); exhibitioner 1891; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1895, matric. Michaelmas 1895; B.A. 1899; M.A. 1903; served in Great War I; temp. Capt. 9th Batt. London Regt. Dec. 23, 1914; Railway Transport Officer Sept. 9, 1915; m. Sept. 11, 1913, Nest Morgan, of South Kensington; d. Aug. 30, 1946.
PROBYN, PERCY CLIFFORD, eldest son of Lieut. -Col. Clifford Probyn, Grosvenor Street, London, member London County Council, chemist, and Hannah Fell Harrison (IGI); b. 13 Nov 1868; adm. 22 Sep 1882 ( R); left Jul 1887; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 22 Oct 1887; BA 1890; BCL 1893; MA 1894; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 26 Jan 1892; Oxford Circuit; d. 25 Dec 1903.
PROBYN, EDMUND, son of John Probyn (formerly Hopkins) MP, Newland, Gloucs., barrister, and Ann, dau. of John Howell, Enfield Hill, Middlesex, and Lincoln’s Inn, Secretary to Commissioners of Bankrupts; bapt. St. Andrew, Holborn 10 Nov 1736 (as Edmund Hopkins) (IGI); adm. (aged 9) May 1746; in school list 1752; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 12 Jun 1752; MA 8 Jul 1756; of Newland, Gloucs.; High Sheriff, Gloucestershire 1767, Monmouthshire 1777; one of Verderers of Forest of Dean; m. 2 Jun 1757 Sophia, sister of William Dalton (qv); d. 24 Apr 1819.
PROBY-JERMY, HENRY FRANCIS, brother of Charles Proby (qv); b.; adm. 1 Jun 1779; KS (aged 13) 1782; left Whitsun 1786; assumed additional surname of Jermy while still at school, having inherited in 1781 the estate of his godfather Francis Jermy, a merchant and banker at Leghorn, Italy; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 25 Mar 1786, kept seven terms, name off books 18 Mar 1791.