PROBY, CHURCHILL, second son of Rev. Charles James Proby, Canon of Windsor, and Vicar of Twickenham, Middlesex, and Frances, eldest dau. of Rev. John Sharrer, Vicar of Canwick, Lincs.; b. 10 Jun 1818; adm. 26 Sep 1832 (Stikeman's); KS 1833; d. unm. Jul 1851.

PROBY, JOHN, 1ST BARON CARYSFORT (I), eldest son of John Proby MP, Elton, Hunts., and Hon. Jane Leveson-Gower, sister of John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower (qv); b. 25 Nov 1720; adm. Jan 1735/6 (Edwards'); Jesus Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 15 Dec 1737, scholar 1738, matr. 1738; BA 1741/2; MA 1742; adm. Inner Temple 1 Feb 1739/40; MP Stamford 1747-54, Huntingdonshire 1754-68; created Baron Carysfort (I) 23 Jan 1752; Privy Councillor (I) 4 Aug 1758; a Lord of the Admiralty Apr – Jul 1757, Jan 1763 – Aug 1765; KB 23 Mar 1761; Grand Master, Grand Lodge of England (Freemasons) 1752-3; m. 27 Aug 1750 Hon. Elizabeth Allen, elder dau. of John Allen, 2nd Viscount Allen (I); d. at Lille, France 18 Oct 1772. DNB.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Proger, Glyndwr Waldron, elder son of Thomas William Proger, of St. Fagans, co. Glamorgan, by Harriet Gertrude, youngest daughter of John Waldron, of Moulsford, Berks; b. July 30, 1898; adm. Sept. 25, 1913 (R); left April 1917; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. R.F.A. Sept. 21 1917; became a coffee grower in Costa Rica, and subsequently a sales manager; Pilot Officer (A. and S.D.) R.A.F.V.R. Oct. 18, 1940; Flying Officer Oct. 18, 1941; trans­ferred to R.A.F. Regt. Feb. 1, 1942; Flight-Lieut. Jan. 1, 1943; m. Sept. 11, 1943, Phyllis Mary Kate, elder daughter of Lister Francis Allengame, of Napsbury, Herts.; d. 27 May 1985.

Proger, Lancelot Waldron, brother of Glyndwr Waldron Prager (q.v.); b. Nov. 10, 1899; adm. Sept. 24, 1914 (R); left July 1918; Pemb. Coll. Camb., matric. Lent 1919; B.A. 1921; M.A. 1927; M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. 1925; asst. pathologist, Bland Sutton Institute, Middlesex Hospital 1925-36; pathological curator of the Royal College of Surgeons Museum since 1936; R.F.A. Cadet Officer's School, Weedon, 1918-9; served in World War II with the rank of Lieut.-Col. R.A.M.C., O.C. Blood Transfusion and Surgical Research Unit B.E.F. in France Sept. 1939 -July 1940 and as advisor to the Blood Transfusion M. of H., E.M.S. later seconded to M.R.C. Blood Drying Unit, Camb., Aug. 1940-5; d. 1992.

PROMAN, WILLIAM; b. ; adm. ; KS 1669.

PROTHERO, ARCHER GEORGE, brother of Freke Lewis Prothero (qv); b. 13 Jun 1869; adm. 27 Mar 1883 (A); left Apr 1888; RMC Sandhurst 1889; 2nd Lieut. , Welsh Regt. 29 Mar 1890; Lieut. , 13 Sep 1892; Capt. , 25 Apr 1900; Maj. , 24 Sep 1907; temp. Lieut. -Col. , 23 Mar 1915; Lieut. -Col. , 19 Aug 1919; employed with Army Pay Dept. , 12 May 1898 – 1 May 1903; served in South African War 1899-1902, and in Flanders and France in 1914-8 War; taken prisoner at battle of Loos; despatches LG 15 Jun 1916; of Malpas Court, Monmouthshire, and Abbey Dore Court, Herefs. ; JP Herefordshire 1920; m. 29 Jan 1898 Lavinia, sister of Albert James Hemmerde (qv); d. 15 Jan 1929.