CARYSFORT 71 II. 1772. I and 2. John Joshua (Proby), Baron Carysfort EARLDOM [I.] [^•}o')ly.s-=i"dh.>^-i^Aug.i75i;ed.atWest^^ L J and at Trin. Coll. Cambridge, M.A. 1770, LL.D. r8 1 1 ; T j5 D.C.L. Oxford, 3 July 18 10. Took his seat in the '^' House of Peers [I.] 12 Oct. 1773. F.R.S. 4 Feb. 1779; BARONY [U.K.] K.P., 5 Feb. 1784. On 20 Aug. 1789 he was rr. EARL OF CARYSFORT [I.];^) P.C. [L] 26 Sep. 1789; I. 1801. Joint Masterofthe Rolls [I.], 1 789-1 801; M. P. (Whig) for East Looe Feb. to June 1790, and for Stamford, 1 790- 1 80 !;() Envoy to Berlin, 1800-02, being unofficially at St. Peters- burg, 1 80 1. On 21 Jan. 1801 he was cr. BARON CARYSFORT of the Hundred OF NORMAN CROSS, co. Huntingdon. F.S.A. 17 May 1804; P.C. 12 Feb. 1806. Joint Postmaster General and a Commissioner of the Board of Control 1806-07. He m., istly, 19 Mar. 1774, Elizabeth, da. of the Rt. Hon. Sir William Osborne, Bart. [I.], of Newtown, co. Tipperary, by Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Christmas, of Whitfield, co. Water- ford. She d. Nov. 1783. He m., 2ndly, 12 Apr. 1787, at the house of Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart., St. James's Sq., Midx., Elizabeth, sister of George, ist Marquess of Buckingham, da. of the Rt. Hon. George Grenville, by Elizabeth, da. of Sir William Wyndham, Bart. He d. 7 Apr. 1828, in Upper Grosvenor Str., Midx, aged l(>.(f) Will pr. May 1828. His widow, who was b. 24 Oct. 1756, d. s.p.m., 21 Dec. 1842, at Huntercombe, near Maidenhead, aged 86. Will pr. Jan. 1843. [William Allen Proby, styled Lord ProbYjC*) s. and h. ap. by ist wife, ^.19 June 1779, and bap. at Marylebone, Midx. Ed. at Rugby School from 30 Sep. 1788. Capt. R.N. 1798; M.P. (Whig) for Buckingham, 1802-04. He ^., 1;./'. and unm., at Surinam, 6 Aug. 1804, o yellow fever, aged 25, (^) while in command of the Frigate "Amelia." Admon. Jan. 1806.] (^) For this and other creations in the Irish Peerage at this date, see Appendix H to this volume. (^) He supported Pitt in 1793-1801, but rejoined the Whigs after the latter date. V.G. (•=) "Esteemed a good and elegant scholar. His temper had yet more goodness and elegance to boast of ... [as a pubUc speaker] his utterance is disagreeably slow, tedious and hesitating, perpetually interrupted by the interjections Ah! Ah! He votes with Administration, and is in favour of the Union." {Sketchei of Irish Political Character, 1799). He was author oi Dramatic and Narrative Poems (iSro), also of a pamphlet advocating electoral reform and short Parliaments, and of a religious essay addressed to his children. V.G, (^) For some account of courtesy titles of this description, see vol. iv, Appendix E. If) "Poor Lord Proby besides being a generous and amiable young man, and likely to rise high in his profession, and in the estimation of his country, was also the best son and brother that ever was." (Th. Grenville to Lord Grenville, 21 Dec. 1804). V.G.
