CARYSFORT

John Proby , 2 Earl of ( 2 son of 1 Earl of Carysfort 1751–1828 ). b. Elton hall near Oundle 1780; ed. at Rugby; ensign 10 foot 3 June 1795; major 1 foot 25 March 1802; captain 1 foot guards 25 May 1803 to 4 June 1814; commanded brigade of guards in Flanders 1813–4; general 9 Nov. 1846; M.P. for Bucking ham 1805–6, for Hunts. 1806–7 and 1814–8; succeeded 7 April 1828 but never took his seat in House of Lords; insane for some years before his death. d. Westbury near Bristol 11 June 1855. CARYSFORT, Granville Leveson Proby , 3 Earl of ( brother of the preceding ). b. 1781; ed. at Rugby; midshipman R.N. 21 March 1798; present at battles of the Nile and Trafalgar; captain 28 Nov. 1806; admiral on h.p. 9 July 1857; M.P. for co. Wicklow 13 Feb. 1816 to 22 July 1829; succeeded 11 June 1855. d. Elton hall 3 Nov. 1868.