Baptist Proby Explained

Baptist Proby (bapt. 14 June 1726 – 18 January 1807) was Dean of Lichfield^[1] from 1776 until 1807.^[2]

Life

Proby was the fifth son of John Proby of Elton Hall in Elton, Huntingdonshire, MP for Huntingdonshire (1722–27) and Stamford (1743–47), and his wife Hon. Jane Leveson-Gower, eldest daughter of John Leveson-Gower, 1st Baron Gower. His elder brother was John Proby, 1st Baron Carysfort.^[3] He was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge; and ordained in 1750. He held incumbencies at Exton, Doddington, Thornhaugh and Wansford before his time as Dean.

He died on 18 January 1807.

Family

Proby married Mary Russell, daughter of John Russell, rector of Fiskerton. They had 14 children, of whom eight survived to adulthood:^[4]

• John Proby (bapt. 5 March 1753 –), died in infancy
• Mary Proby (bapt. 10 September 1754 – 27 February 1829), married in 1782 Francis Mackenzie, 1st Baron Seaforth
• Jane Proby (bapt. 11 December 1755 –), died in infancy
• Baptist Beresford Proby (bapt. 15 April 1757 – 1758), died in infancy^[5]
• Granville Proby (bapt. 18 February 1759 – buried 23 February 1759), died in infancy^[5]
• Granville Proby (bapt. 21 August 1760 –), died in infancy
• Baptist John Proby (1761–1829), became vicar of Brewood, married Mary Susannah, youngest daughter of Sir Nigel Gresley, 6th Baronet
• Catherine Proby (bapt. 15 July 1762 –), married her cousin, Rev. Charles Proby, son of Capt. Charles Proby, R.N.
• John Proby (bapt. 11 April 1764 –), died in infancy
• Caroline Proby (bapt. 16 October 1766 – 2 February 1800), married in 1792, Edward Grove
• Anne Proby (bapt. 25 October 1768 – 19 November 1847), died unmarried in Clifton, Bristol^[6]
• Charles Proby (1771–1859), Canon of Windsor, married 1814, Frances, daughter of the Rev. John Sharrar^[7]
• Joshua John Brownlow Proby (bapt. 28 October 1773 – 4 March 1810), died in Bengal^[8]
• Susan Proby (died 11 August 1804), youngest daughter, died unmarried in Clifton^[9]

Notes and References

1. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/a0ea7c0e-12c5-4283-aac1-d02955e56b3c National Archives
2. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1541-1847/vol10/pp5-8 British History On-line
3. Book: Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood. Burke's Peerage & Gentry . Mosley, Charles . Charles Mosley (genealogist) . 107 . 2003 . 3223 . Burke . 0-9711966-2-1.
4. Book: Edmund . Lodge . The Peerage of the British Empire . 1834 . 95 . 8 February 2020 . en.
5. Book: Whistler . Rose Fuller . The History of Ailington, Aylton, Or Elton . 1892 . Mitchell and Hughes . 95 . Proby. . 8 February 2020 . en.
6. Obituary . . January 1847 . 105 . F. Jefferies . en.
7. Book: Lipscomb, George. The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham. 24 October 2017. 1847. J. & W. Robins. 506.
8. Obituary. The Gentleman's Magazine. September 1810. A. Dodd and A. Smith. 288.
9. Deaths . The Christian Observer . September 1804 . 3 . 588 . 8 February 2020 . W. Wells and T. B. Wait . en.