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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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.