John Proby MP (16 January 1639 – 14 November 1710) of Elton Hall, Huntingdonshire (now in Cambridgeshire) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England and later of Great Britain variously between 1693 and 1710.

Elton Hall, Cambridgeshire

Proby was the son of Sir Heneage Proby and his wife Ellen Allen daughter of Edward Allen, of Finchley, Middlesex. He was the grandson of Sir Peter Proby, Lord Mayor of London in 1622, and younger brother of Sir Thomas Proby, 1st Baronet, from whom he inherited Elton Hall in 1689.[1] He was a barrister.

In 1693 Proby was elected Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire until 1695. He was re-elected in 1698 and sat until 1702 and was re-elected in 1708 and sat until 1710.[2]

Proby died in November 1710, aged 71.

Proby married Jane Cust, daughter of Sir Richard Cust, 1st Baronet. His kinsman and namesake John Proby, ancestor of the Earls of Carysfort, was the grandson of his first cousin Charles Proby.[1] Elton Hall passed to his cousin William of Fort St George, Madras.

References

  1. ^ a b John Burke, John Bernard Burke A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies"
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)
Parliament of England Preceded byRobert MontaguJohn Dryden Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire 1693–1695 With: John Dryden Succeeded byHeneage MontaguAnthony Hammond Preceded byAnthony HammondRobert Apreece Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire 1698–1702 With: Robert Throckmorton 1698–1699John Dryden 1699–1702 Succeeded byJohn DrydenWilliam Naylor Parliament of Great Britain Preceded byJohn DrydenJohn Pocklington Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire 1708–1710 With: John Pocklington Succeeded byJohn PocklingtonSir John Cotton
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