Douglas James Proby
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Colonel Douglas James Proby DL, JP (23 September 1856 – 18 November 1931) was a British politician and soldier.
The son of Lord Claud Hamilton and Lady Elizabeth Emma Proby, and grandson of the 1st Marquess of Abercorn, he was born as Douglas Hamilton, however let change his name to Proby in 1904. He was educated in Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated with a Master of Arts. He served then to the Irish Guards, reaching the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.
Proby was Member of Parliament (MP) for Saffron Walden in 1910. Between 1914 and 1917, he was Commander of a Regimental District. He became High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and High Sheriff of Hampshire in 1923. Proby was Justice of Peace for Northamptonshire and for Hampshire and further Deputy Lieutenant of Hamsphire and of County Wicklow. He was further invested as a Officer of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (OStJ).
[edit] Family
On 6 July 1882, he married Lady Margaret Frances Hely-Hutchinson, daughter of the 4th Earl of Donoughmore. They had five children:
- Granville Proby (1883–1947)
- Cadet Claud Richard Proby (1885–1901)
- Major Sir Richard George Proby, 1st Baronet (b. 1886)
- Betty Alice Adeline Proby (1889, d. 1978), married Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Charles Lowry-Corry on 27 April 1920
- Jocelyn Campbell Patrick Proby (b. 1900), married Elizabeth Angelique Kerr, daughter of William Archibald Hastings Kerr on 16 August 1930
[edit] References
- thePeerage. Retrieved on 2007-01-02.
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| Preceded by Joseph Albert Pease |
Member of Parliament for Saffron Walden January 1910–December 1910 |
Succeeded by Sir Arthur Cecil Tyrrell Beck |
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