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Charles Proby


NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
First Known Service25.2.1744/45CSORN
WifeSarah (d.1783) - Married 1758ref:797
Last Known Service6.3.1772CSORN
Date of Death31.3.1799PROB11
Will Probated13.4.1799, PROB 11/1323/83

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
25.2.1744/45 LieutenantADM 6/19
3.5.17452.8.1745
Russell (80) 1735-1762
British 80 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, First Lieutenant, ADM 6/17/240
Issued by
Henry MedleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1706-1747
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 26.6.1747
ADM 6/19
2.8.174516.10.1745
Marlborough (90) 1732-1752
British 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Third Lieutenant, ADM 6/17/240
Issued by
Henry MedleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1706-1747
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 26.6.1747
ADM 6/19
16.10.1745 CommanderADM 6/17
16.10.174518.12.1746
Terrible (6) 1730-1749
British 6 Gun
Unrated Bomb Vessel
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/417
Issued by
William RowleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1704-1763
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 2.12.1748
BWAS-1714
17.9.1746 CaptainCSORN
17.9.174620.11.1746
Royal Oak (70) 1741-1764
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/226
Issued by
Henry MedleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1706-1747
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 20.5.1747
ADM 6/17
20.11.17468.11.1748
Lowestoffe (24) 1742-1749
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/407
Issued by
Henry MedleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1706-1747
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 15.11.1748
BWAS-1714
17.1.1748/4923.1.1753
Lyme (24) 1748-1760
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/431
BWAS-1714
2.10.175422.7.1756
Siren (20) 1745-1764
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/111
BWAS-1714
22.5.175514.6.1755British attack on Fort Beauséjour 
24.8.175611.11.1756
Namur (90) 1756-1804
British 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/303
ADM 6/18
15.11.175628.12.1759
Medway (60) 1755-1811
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
1802 Renamed "Arundel"
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/324
BWAS-1714
30.5.1757 Action of 30 May 1757 
5.9.17576.10.1757Raid on Rochefort 
6.17599.1759Seige of Quebec 
24.3.17604.3.1763
Thunderer (74) 1760-1780
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/149
BWAS-1714
17.7.1761 Commander-in-Chief at the Action of 17th July 1761 
17.7.1761 Action of 17th July 1761 
6.5.176327.12.1763
Yarmouth (64) 1745-1811
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/493
BWAS-1714
17.12.1763 Appointed Commander-in-Chief — River Medway and The Nore ADM 6/19/556ADM 6/19
17.12.176312.10.1766
Yarmouth (64) 1745-1811
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Commodore, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/556
ADM 6/19
14.3.17696.3.1772
Pembroke (60) 1757-1793
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, as Flag Officer, Commodore, ADM 6/86/273
BWAS-1714
8.6.1769 Appointed Commander-in-Chief — The Mediterranean Sea ADM 6/20/241ADM 6/20
177131.3.1799Appointed Resident Commissioner at Chatham DockyardE-WIKI
1.1.177931.12.1779Included in the list of captains receiving half-pay.ADM 104

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Posted by Colin Jermy on Tuesday 19th of September 2023 15:16

Admiral Pavel Chichagov of course, not Chichadov.

Charles Proby was born on 22 March 1725 in Eton, Huntingdonshire, and married Sarah Pownoll on 23 September 1758 at Stoke Damerel, Devon


Posted by Colin Jermy on Tuesday 19th of September 2023 15:09

Charles Proby's youngest daughter Elizabeth (1774-1811) married Admiral Pavel Chichadov (1767-1849) of the Russian Navy on 5 November 1799 at Beddington, Surrey.
An excellent book about them is The Commissioner's Daughter by Joanna Woods. 2000. The Stonesfield Press


Posted by Robert Sharp on Thursday 14th of September 2023 10:38

A son-in-law was R-Adm'l Charles Cunningham (1755-1834) who married Proby's daughter Beatrice in 1797. CC has an entry in ODNB


Posted by David LeBlanc on Thursday 3rd of May 2012 17:44

Investigating Captain Charles Proby during the Acadian Deportation from Acadia, during which time he commanded HMS Siren.


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