John Proby, 1st Baron Carysfort

John Proby, 1st Baron Carysfort KB PC (25 November 1720 – 18 October 1772) was a British Whig politician.

[1] Proby was returned to Parliament for Stamford in 1747, a seat he held until 1754, and then represented Huntingdonshire from 1754 to 1768.

Carysfort served as a Lord of the Admiralty under the Duke of Devonshire in 1757 and under George Grenville from 1763 to 1765.

HMS Carysfort (1766) was the first ship named in his honour following his service as Lord of the Admiralty.

[2] The daughter Elizabeth (1752–1808) married Thomas John Storer (died 1792).

Arms of Proby: Ermine, on a fess gules a lion passant or
Elton Hall
Proby's daughter Elizabeth Storer painted by Sir Thomas Lawrence