John Proby (died 1710)

John Proby MP (16 January 1639 – 14 November 1710) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England and later of Great Britain variously between 1693 and 1710.

Proby was the son of Sir Heneage Proby and his wife Ellen Allen daughter of Edward Allen, of Finchley, Middlesex. He was the grandson of Sir Peter Proby, Lord Mayor of London in 1622, and brother of Sir Thomas Proby, 1st Baronet.[1] He was a barrister.

In 1693 Proby was elected Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire until 1695. He was re-elected in 1698 and sat until 1702 and was re-elected in 1708 and sat until 1710.[2]

Proby died in November 1710, aged 71.

Proby married Jane Cust, daughter of Sir Richard Cust, 1st Baronet. His kinsman and namesake John Proby, ancestor of the Earls of Carysfort, was the grandson of his first cousin Charles Proby.[1] |

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Parliament of England
Preceded by
Robert Montagu
John Dryden
Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire
16931695
With: John Dryden
Succeeded by
Heneage Montagu
Anthony Hammond
Preceded by
Anthony Hammond
Robert Apreece
Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire
16981702
With: Robert Throckmorton 16981699
John Dryden 16991702
Succeeded by
John Dryden
William Naylor
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
John Dryden
John Pocklington
Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire
17081710
With: John Pocklington
Succeeded by
John Pocklington
Sir John Cotton
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