IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0096 AL430
Held at: Senate House Library, University of London
Title: Proby, John (Lord Carysfoot): letter (1762)
Date(s): 1762
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 2 leaves
Name of creator(s): Proby | John | 1720-1772 | 1st Baron Carysfort | politician
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
John Proby was born in Stamford, Lincolnshire, in 1720. He was educated at Westminster School and Jesus College, Cambridge. He was elected MP for Stamford in 1747 and later served as MP for Huntingdonshire (1754-1768). Proby also held several public offices, including a position as a lord of the Admiralty (1763-1765). Alongside his English political career, he was made Baron Carysfort in the Irish peerage in 1754 and was a member of the Irish privy council. Rumours of mistresses and debts overshadowed Lord Carysfort's later years and he died in France aged 51.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Letter from John Proby of Hill Street to [George Montagu Dunk, Earl of Halifax, then First Lord of the Admiralty], 19 Nov 1762. Seeking an appointment to the board of the Admiralty. Autograph, with signature. Endorsed in another hand: 'Ans. 20 [Nov] 1762'.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
See hard copy catalogue.
Conditions governing access:
Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Please contact the University Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
See archivist
Immediate source of acquisition:
Gift from the British Records Association: BRA 833, 1969.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Presumably, Miss Treadwell retained the original letters after relinquishing these copies; the current whereabouts of the original letters is unknown.
Related material:
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Anya Turner.
Date(s) of descriptions: July 2008