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Carysfort, Earl of (I, 1789 - 1909)

Creation: let.pat. 20 Aug 1789

Extinct: 4 Sep 1909

Family name: Proby

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Arms:

Quarterly:  1st and 4th, Ermine on a Fess Gules a Lion passant Or (Proby);  2nd and 3rd, Argent two Bars wavy and a plain Chief Azure on the latter an Estoile between two Escallops Or (Allen)

Crest:

An Ostrich's Head erased proper ducally gorged Or in the beak a Key of the last

Supporters:

Dexter: An Ostrich proper ducally gorged Or in the beak a Key of the last;  Sinister: A Talbot Sable

Motto:

 Manus Haec Inimica Tyrannis

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John Joshua [Proby], 2nd Baron Carysfort later 1st Earl of Carysfort, KP PC

only son and heir of John [Proby], 1st Baron Carysfort, by his wife Hon Elizabeth Allen, sister and cohrss of John [Allen], 3rd Viscount Allen, and 1st dau. of Joshua [Allen], 2nd Viscount Allen

born

12 Aug 1751

mar. (1)

19 Mar 1774 Elizabeth Osborne (d. Nov 1783), 1st dau. of Rt Hon Sir William Osborne, 8th Bt., of Newtown, co. Tipperary, by his wife Elizabeth Christmas, dau. of Thomas Christmas, of Whitfield, co. Waterford

children by first wife

1. Capt Hon William Allen Proby MP RN, styled Lord Proby, Member of Parliament (Whig) for Buckingham 1802-04 (b. 19 Jun 1779; dvp. 6 Aug 1804)

2. Hon John Proby, later 2nd Earl of Carysfort

3. Hon Granville Leveson Proby, later 3rd Earl of Carysfort

1. Lady Gertrude Proby (d. 1835)

mar. (2)

12 Apr 1787 Elizabeth Grenville (b. 24 Oct 1756; dspms. 21 Dec 1842), sister of George [Grenville later Temple-Nugent-Granville], 1st Marquess of Buckingham, and 2nd dau. of Rt Hon George Grenville MP, Prime Minister 1763-65 (2nd son of Hester Grenville, suo jure Countess Temple), by his wife Elizabeth Wyndham, sister of Charles [Wyndham], 2nd Earl of Egremont, and 2nd dau. of Rt Hon Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Bt. MP, of Orchard Wyndham, co. Somerset, by his first wife Lady Katherine Seymour, sister of Algernon [Seymour], 7th Duke of Somerset and 1st Earl of Egremont, and 2nd dau. by his first wife of Charles [Seymour], 6th Duke of Somerset

children by second wife

2. Lady Charlotte Proby (d. 23 Jan 1860)

3. Lady Frances Proby (d. 24 Mar 1855)

4. Lady Elizabeth Proby (d. 17 Oct 1869), mar. 2 Feb 1816 Capt W Wells RN, and had issue

died

7 Apr 1828

created

20 Aug 1789 Earl of Carysfort

21 Jun 1801 Baron Carysfort, of the Hundred of Norman Cross in the County of Huntingdon

suc. by

son by first wife

note

suc. his father as 2nd Baron Carysfort 18 Oct 1772; Knight of St Patrick 1784; Privy Councillor [I] 1789; Joint Master of the Rolls of Ireland 1789-1801 ; Member of Parliament (Whig) for East Looe 1790 and for Stamford 1792-1801; Envoy to Berlin 1800-02; Privy Councillor [UK] 1806; Joint Postmaster-General and a Commissioner of the Board of Control 1806-07

John [Proby], 2nd Earl of Carysfort

born

1780

died

44 Jun 1855

suc. by

brother

note

joined the Army in 1794 and served in Spain under Wellington; Maj General 1814, Lieut General 1830 and General 1846; Member of Parliament (Whig) for Buckingham 1805-06 and for Buckinghamshire 1806-07 and 1814-18

Granville Leveson [Proby], 3rd Earl of Carysfort

born

1782

mar.

5 Apr 1818 Isabella Howard (d. 22 Jan 1836), 2nd dau. of Hon Hugh Howard (by his wife Catharine Bligh, dau. of Very Rev Robert Bligh, Dean of Elphin), 3rd son of Ralph [Howard], 1st Viscount Wicklow, by his wife Alice Forward, suo jure Countess of Wicklow, only dau. and hrss. of William Forward MP, of Castle Forward, co. Donegal

children

1. Hon John Joshua Proby, styled Lord Proby (b. 3 Apr 1823; dvp. 19 Nov 1858)

2. Hon Granville Leveson Proby, later 4th Earl of Carysfort

3. Hon Hugh Proby (d. 1852)

4. Hon William Proby, later 5th Earl of Carysfort

1. Lady Frances Proby (d. 15 May 1863)

2. Lady Emma Elizabeth Proby, mar. 7 Aug 1844 Rt Hon Lord Claud Hamilton, Member of Parliament for Co. Tyrone 1835-37 and 1839-74, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household 1866-68 (b. 27 Jul 1813;  d. 3 Jun 1884), younger brother of James [Hamilton], 1st Duke of Abercorn, and 2nd son of Lord James Hamilton, styled Viscount Hamilton (by his wife Lady Harriet Douglas, sister of George Sholto [Douglas], 17th Earl of Morton, and 2nd dau. of Hon John Douglas (by his wife Lady Frances Lascelles, 1st dau. of Edward [Lascelles], 1st Earl of Harewood), 1st son by his second wife of James [Douglas], 14th Earl of Morton), 1st son and heir ap. by his first wife of John James [Hamilton], 1st Marquess of Abercorn, and had issue

3. Lady Isabella Proby (d. 10 Jan 1866)

4. Lady Theodosia Gertrude Proby, mar. 10 Sep 1859 W M Baillie, and had issue

died

3 Nov 1868

suc. by

son

note

joined the Navy in 1798, being present at the Battles of the Nile and of Trafalgar; Rear Admiral 1841, Vice Admiral 1851 and Admiral 1857; Member of Parliament (Whig) for co. Wicklow 1816-29; Sheriff of co. Wicklow 1831

Granville Leveson [Proby], 4th Earl of Carysfort, KP PC

born

14 Sep 1825

mar.

19 Jul 1853 Lady Augusta Maria Hare (b. 31 May 1832; dsp. 24 Mar 1881), 1st dau. of William [Hare], 2nd Earl of Listowel, by his wife Maria Augusta Wyndham, widow of George Thomas Wyndham, of Cromer Hall, co. Norfolk, and 2nd dau. of Vice Adm William Lukyn later Windham, of Felbrigge Hall, co. Norfolk, by his wife Anne Thelluson, sister of Peter Isaac [Thelluson], 1st Baron Rendlesham, and dau. of Peter Thelluson, of Broadsworth, co. York

died

s.p. 18 May 1872

suc. by

brother

note

Capt, 74th Regiment of Foot Guards 1851; Member of Parliament (Liberal) for co. Wicklow 1858-68; Comptroller of the Household 1859-66; Privy Councillor 1859; Knight of St Patrick 1869

William [Proby], 5th Earl of Carysfort, KP

born

18 Jan 1836

mar.

11 Apr 1860 Charlotte Mary Heathcote (b. c. 1830; d. 13 Jan 1918), 1st dau. of Rev Robert Boothby Heathcote, Rector of Chingford, co. Essex, by his first wife Charlotte Sotheby, dau. of Admiral Thomas Sotheby, of High Beach, co. Essex

died

s.p. 4 Sep 1909 (bur. at Elton, co. Huntingdon)

note

High Sheriff of co. Wicklow 1866; Knight of St Patrick 1874; Lord Lieutenant of co. Wicklow 1890-1909

On the death of the 5th Earl of Carysfort all his titles became extinct.

Last updated 19 Nov 2012

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