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Charles James Proby M.A. (23 January 1771 – 2 February 1859) was a Canon of Windsor from 1814 to 1859.[1]
Family
[edit]He was the son of the Very Revd. Baptist Proby and Mary Russell.
He married Frances Sharrer, daughter of Revd. John Sharrer on 30 June 1814. They had the following children:
- Gertrude Mary Proby
- Frances Susan Proby
- Agnes Mary Proby
- Charles John Proby
- Churchill Proby
Career
[edit]He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge where he graduated B.A. in 1792, and M.A. in 1795.[2]
He was appointed:
- Vicar of Bishop’s Tachbrook, Warwickshire 1803
- Chaplain to John Proby, 2nd Earl of Carysfort when ambassador to Berlin[3]
- Vicar of St Mary's Church, Twickenham 1818 - 1859
He was appointed to the fifth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1814 and held this until he died in 1859.
Notes
[edit]- ↑ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S. L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
- ↑ "Proby, Charles (PRBY788C)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ↑ Memorials of Twickenham: Parochial and Topographical. Richard Stuteley Cobbett. Smith, Elder & Company, 1872