Thomas Proby
Sir Thomas Proby, 1st Baronet (18 October 1632 – 22 April 1689) of Elton Hall, Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1660 and 1685.
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Proby was the son of Sir Heneage Proby (of Elton and Raans, Buckinghamshire) and his wife Ellen Allen, daughter of Edward Allen, of Finchley, Middlesex.[1]
In 1660, Proby was elected Member of Parliament for Amersham in the Convention Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Amersham in the Cavalier Parliament and sat until 1679.[2] He was created a baronet in 1662.[1] In 1679 he was elected MP for Huntingdonshire and sat until 1685.[2]
He carried out a number of improvements to Elton Hall.[3] Proby died at the age of 56.
Family
Proby married Frances Cotton, daughter of Sir Thomas Cotton, 2nd Baronet of Connington, Huntingdonshire. His daughter Alice married the Hon. Thomas Watson-Wentworth MP, and had an only child, Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham. Proby's son died travelling and the baronetcy became extinct on Proby's death. The Elton estate passed to his brother John Proby.[1]
References
- ^ a b c John Burke, John Bernard Burke A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies
- ^ a b History of Parliament Online - Proby, Thomas
- ^ Historic England. "ELTON HALL (1164802)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
Parliament of England | ||
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Preceded by Not represented in Restored Rump | Member of Parliament for Amersham 1660–1679 With: Charles Cheyne 1660 Sir William Drake, Bt 1661–1669 Sir William Drake 1669–1679 | Succeeded by Sir William Drake Sir Roger Hill |
Preceded by Hon. Ralph Montagu Robert Apreece | Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire 1679–1685 With: Silius Titus | Succeeded by Sir John Cotton, Bt Sir Lionel Walden |
Baronetage of England | ||
New creation | Baronet (of Elton) 1662–1689 | Extinct |