Charles Proby

Charles James Proby M.A. (23 January 1771 - 2 February 1859) was a Canon of Windsor from 1814 - 1859[1]

Family

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:

Career

He was educated at St John’s College, Cambridge where he graduated BA in 1792, and MA in 1795.

He was appointed:

He was appointed to the fifth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1814 and held this until he died in 1959.

Notes

  1. Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
  2. Memorials of Twickenham: Parochial and Topographical. Richard Stuteley Cobbett. Smith, Elder & Company, 1872
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