Granville Proby, 3rd Earl of Carysfort

Admiral Granville Leveson Proby, 3rd Earl of Carysfort (12 November 1782 – 3 November 1868), known as The Honourable Granville Proby until 1855, was a British naval commander and Whig politician.

Biography Carysfort was the third and youngest son of John Proby, 1st Earl of Carysfort, and his first wife Elizabeth (née Osbourne), and was educated at Rugby School between 1792 and 1798.

Naval career Proby entered the Navy on 21 March 1798 as a midshipman aboard the 74-gun ship under the command of Captain Edward Berry, and serving as the flagship of Sir Horatio Nelson. Proby saw action at the Battle of the Nile on 1 August 1799, then transferred to the ship with Captain Berry, and while blockading Malta, took part in the capture, on 18 February 1800, of the ship and the armed store-ship Ville de Marseilles. He also took part in the action of 31 March 1800 in which Foudroyant, in company with the 64-gun ship and frigate , captured the French ship , the flagship of Rear-Admiral Denis Decrès, during which Foudroyant sustained a loss of 8 men killed and 64, including Proby, wounded.

In 1801 he was present in Foudroyant under Admiral Lord Keith during the Egyptian campaign. He then served aboard the frigate , under Captain Robert Campbell; the frigate , Captain Hon. Philip Wodehouse; and , flagship of Lord Nelson. There, on 24 October 1804, he was promoted to lieutenant, and transferred to the frigate , Captain Ross Donnelly. In May 1805 he transferred to the 98-gun ship , Captain Thomas Fremantle, and was present on 21 October in the Battle of Trafalgar.

Political career Apart from his military career Carysfort also represented County Wicklow in Parliament from 1816 to 1829 and served as High Sheriff of Wicklow for 1831. In 1855 he succeeded his elder brother to the earldom and entered the House of Lords. William Proby, 5th Earl of Carysfort (1836–1909) Lady Frances Proby (d.1863), unmarried Lady Emma Elizabeth Proby (d.1900), who married Lord Claud Hamilton (1813–1884) Lady Isabella Proby (d.1866)