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Charles Proby

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

Family

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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:

  • Gertrude Mary Proby
  • Frances Susan Proby
  • Agnes Mary Proby
  • Charles John Proby
  • Churchill Proby

Career

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He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge where he graduated B.A. in 1792, and M.A. in 1795.[2]

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 1859.

Notes

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  1. ^ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S. L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
  2. ^ "Proby, Charles (PRBY788C)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. ^ Memorials of Twickenham: Parochial and Topographical. Richard Stuteley Cobbett. Smith, Elder & Company, 1872