Granville Proby, 4th Earl of Carysfort

Proby was born at Bushey Park, Enniskerry, County Wicklow, the second son of Admiral Granville Leveson Proby, 3rd Earl of Carysfort, by Isabella Howard, daughter of the Honourable Hugh Howard.

He became known by the courtesy title Lord Proby in 1858 on the death of his elder brother.

He was admitted to the Privy Council in 1859[4] and made a Knight of the Order of St Patrick in 1869.

He died in Florence, Italy, in May 1872, aged 47, and was succeeded in his titles by his younger brother, William.

The Countess of Carysfort died at Grosvenor Crescent, London, in March 1881, aged 48.