John Proby, 2nd Earl of Carysfort

The Right Honourable The Earl of Carysfort
Arms of Proby: Ermine, on a fess gules a lion passant or
Born	1780
Died	11 June 1855 Bristol
Buried	Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bristol
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1795–1814
Rank	General
Unit	1st Foot Guards
Commands	Cádiz Garrison
Battles / wars	French Revolutionary Wars Irish Rebellion of 1798 Egypt Campaign Napoleonic Wars Peninsular War Battle of Corunna Siege of Cádiz Siege of Tarifa Siege of Burgos Walcheren Campaign Siege of Bergen op Zoom

General John Proby, 2nd Earl of Carysfort (1780 – 11 June 1855), known as Lord Proby from 1804 to 1828, was a British military commander and Whig politician.

Elton Hall, Cambridgeshire

Proby was the second but eldest surviving son of John Proby, 1st Earl of Carysfort, and his wife Elizabeth (née Osbourne), and was educated at Rugby. He gained the courtesy title of Lord Proby when his elder brother died in 1804. He succeeded his father in 1828, inheriting Elton Hall in Huntingdonshire (now in Cambridgeshire).

He was commissioned into the British Army in 1794 and fought in the French Revolutionary Wars. Carysfort was promoted to major-general in 1814, and in that year took part in the ill-fated attack on Bergen op Zoom in the Netherlands. He was promoted to lieutenant-general in 1830 and to general in 1846.

Apart from his military career he also represented Buckingham in the House of Commons from 1805 to 1806 and Huntingdonshire from 1806 to 1807 and again from 1814 to 1818. Proby was supportive of the British abolitionist movement.

Lord Carysfort died in June 1855. He never married and was succeeded in the earldom by his younger brother Granville.

References

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
• Lundy, Darryl. "FAQ". The Peerage.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Proby