A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Probyn, Henry (b)
PROBYN. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Henry Probyn entered the Navy 14 Dec. 1827; passed his examination in 1834; and obtained his commission 15 March, 1841. His succeeding appointments were – 17 March, 1841, as Additional-Lieutenant, to the Winchester 50, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Harvey in North America and the West Indies – 16 Sept. 1841, to the Isis 44, Capt. Sir John Marshall, fitting for the Cape of Good Hope, whence he returned at the close of 1843 – 20 May, 1844, to the Coast Guard – and 18 Dec. 1844, to the Lily 16, Capt. Chas. Jas. Franklin Newton, equipping at Portsmouth, where he was shortly afterwards superseded. He has since been on half-pay.