Peter Probie

Sir Peter Probie (died March 1625) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at times between 1593 and 1598.

(They were still very prominent in the 1660s, when Samuel Pepys in his famous Diary describes his friendship with the Bernards of the day.)

Probie was a member of the Worshipful Company of Barber-Surgeons and had been Secretary Walsingham's barber.

[1] In 1593, Probie was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston upon Hull and for Liverpool in 1597.

He translated to the Worshipful Company of Grocers on 4 July 1622 and was later elected Lord Mayor of London.