Thomas Proby, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Thomas Proby

English politician

Date of Birth: 18-Oct-1632

Date of Death: 22-Apr-1689

Profession: politician

Zodiac Sign: Libra


Show Famous Birthdays Today, World

👉 Worldwide Celebrity Birthdays Today

About 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. 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.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.
  • He was created a baronet in 1662.
  • In 1679 he was elected MP for Huntingdonshire and sat until 1685.He carried out a number of improvements to Elton Hall.Proby died at the age of 56. 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.

Read more at Wikipedia