Eckersley-Proby marriage forthcoming at Elton Hall
Shinjinee
is to marry Fergus Eckersley, at Elton Hall, the Proby family seat
later this year. The Proby baronets are descended from a collateral
line of the dukes of Abercorn, in remainder to the marquessate of
Abercorn.
No further date is known.
The engagement was announced on 23 February 2010 on this group.
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/peerage-news/browse_thread/thread/eec64338a4a6e878
[extract begins]
_.The engagement was announced 23 Feb 2010, between Fergus Eckersley,
younger son of Mr Roger Eckersley, of Chelsea, London, and Mrs
Caroline Eckersley, of Burford, Oxfordshire, and Alice Proby, scion
of
the Proby Baronets, and descendant of the Dukes of Abercorn, daughter
of Sir William Proby, 3rd Baronet, and Lady Proby, of Elton Hall,
Cambridgeshire.
[end of extract]
Some more information is available from Mandrake about the bride,
groom, and the bride's father who was chairman of the National Trust
until 2008.
[begin extract from Mandrake, The Daily Telegraph]
Sir William Proby, who stepped down as the chairman of the National
Trust in 2008, has a chance to show off a historic property of his
own.
His daughter Alice, 27, a solicitor, is to marry Fergus Eckersley, who
works for the Foreign Office, at Elton Hall, his seat in
Cambridgeshire, later this year.
“We are delighted,” says Lady Proby. “They have known each other since
they were at Oxford.”
Fergus, 27, is the son of Caroline Eckersley, a former model. After
she divorced his father, Roger, she lived with Paul Gaisford, the
gipsy artist who gave Sarah, Duchess of York painting lessons.
[end of extract]
For the Proby genealogy
Original family
www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/pp/proby1.htm [subscription
required]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proby_Baronets
"The Proby Baronetcy, of Elton Hall in the County of Huntingdon, was
created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 30 January 1952 for
Major Richard George Proby, President of the Country Landowners'
Association. He was the son of Colonel Douglas Hamilton, who assumed
by Royal license the surname of Proby in 1904, [himself] son of Lord
Claud Hamilton and his wife Lady Elizabeth Emma Proby, daughter of
Granville Leveson Proby, 3rd Earl of Carysfort, and sister of William
Proby, 5th Earl of Carysfort (on whose death in 1909 the earldom
became extinct). Lord Claud Hamilton was the second son of James
Hamilton, Viscount Hamilton, eldest son of John Hamilton, 1st Marquess
of Abercorn. Consequently, the present holder of the Proby Baronetcy
of Elton Hall is also in remainder to the marquessate of Abercorn and
its subsidiary titles, titles held by his kinsman the Duke of
Abercorn."
Sir Richard Proby was the third (of four) sons of Colonel Douglas
Hamilton, later Proby [1904] by his wife Lady Margaret Frances Hely
Hutchinson, daughter of Richard John Hely Hutchinson, 4th Earl of
Donoughmore. His eldest brother Granville died 1947, apparently
unmarried; another brother Claud died 1901.
For the Hamilton genealogy
http://genealogy.euweb.cz/hamilton/hamilton2.html
the 1st Bt (cr. 1952)
Sir Richard Proby (1886 -1979), born Richard George Hamilton, who was
president of the Country Landowners' Association from 1947 to 1951 and
was created a baronet in 1952
http://thepeerage.com/p11063.htm#i110628
He married Betty Monica Murray in 1911, and had issue including the
2nd Bt. and at least two daughters
Of his daughters
1) Mary Proby (1913-c.1982) married the 1st Baron Inglewood, and had
issue 2 sons, including the 2nd Baron (b. 1951)]
http://www.hutton-in-the-forest.co.uk/family/william_lord_inglewood.html
features a picture of Lord and Lady Inglewood
2) Patience Proby, a pediatrician (fl Sep 2004) married the diplomat
Sir John Campbell Moberly (1925-2004), descended of a long line of
academics, in 1959, and had issue 2 sons and 1 dau
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1472286/Sir-John-Moberly.html
The 1st Bt's niece Edith Lowry-Corry (dau of a Proby mother) married
Field Marshal Lord Carver, a life peer.
The 2nd Bt (succ 1979)
Sir Peter Proby (1911-2002), bursar of Eton from 1953 to 1971.
He married 1944 Blanche Harrison, by whom he had issue 2 sons - an
elder son (1946-1971) -- and three daughters according to his
obituary. His yr but only surviving son succeeded him.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Peter_Proby,_2nd_Baronet
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1392330/Sir-Peter-Proby-Bt.html
The 3rd Bt (succ 2002)
Sir William Henry Proby (b 1949) who married Meredyth Anne Brentnall,
and has issue, daughters
http://thepeerage.com/p22005.htm#i220044
Sir William Proby has another daughter Alexandra Meredyth Anne (b.
1980) wife since 2007 of Hon. Alexander Rory Aitken (b 1978), second
son of Maxwell William Humphrey Aitken, 3rd Baron Beaverbrook and
Susan Angela O'Ferrall.
Elton Hall
http://www.eltonhall.com/house.html
This is a rather haphazard collection of information, but posted for
the interested.
Shinjinee
Shinjinee
On Mar 4, 12:00 am, Shinjinee <ssenpub...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> For the Hamilton genealogyhttp://genealogy.euweb.cz/hamilton/hamilton2.html
>
> the 1st Bt (cr. 1952)
> Sir Richard Proby (1886 -1979), born Richard George Hamilton, who was
> president of the Country Landowners' Association from 1947 to 1951 and
> was created a baronet in 1952http://thepeerage.com/p11063.htm#i110628
>
> He married Betty Monica Murray in 1911, and had issue including the
> 2nd Bt. and at least two daughters
Sir Richard Proby married twice, his first wife dying in 1967 per the
Hamilton genealogy which gives no further details of his descendants
(although it lists his yr brother's two adopted children and their
marriages). No issue by the second wife I think.
> The 2nd Bt (succ 1979)
> Sir Peter Proby (1911-2002), bursar of Eton from 1953 to 1971.
> He married 1944 Blanche Harrison, by whom he had issue 2 sons - an
> elder son (1946-1971) -- and three daughters according to his
> obituary. His yr but only surviving son succeeded him.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Peter_Proby,_2nd_Baronethttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1392330/Sir-Peter-Proby-Bt...
His widow Blanche, Lady Proby died 28 March 2008. She was born Blanche
Harrison Cripps, daughter of Sir Henry Harrison Cripps, DSO, of the
Royal Fusiliers.
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt.obituaries/browse_thread/thread/688bb42296646bf3/6c20007ea2d84411?hl=en&lnk=st&q=sir+peter+proby#6c20007ea2d84411
[subsequently also reported in http://newsarch.rootsweb.com/th/read/BRITISH-NOBILITY/2008-04/1207174845]
According to the report in 2002, the heir presumptive was "Patrick
James Proby, (b.
1944), unm., nephew of the 2nd Bt."
Is this correct?
Louis Epstein noted
1) "One has to wonder if this Colonel Cripps could be related to
the Barons Parmoor...perhaps a son of (William) Harrison Cripps,
next elder brother of the 1st Baron,who left unspecified issue
by his first wife Blanche according to Burke's."
I wondered about the Parmoor connection too.
Louis also noted that
2) "The new baronet has four daughters,but no sons...
: The heir presumptive to the baronetcy is Patrick James Proby, (b.
: 1944), unm., nephew of the 2nd Bt.
And there are no other heirs in remainder."
I assume that the baronetcy is doomed to extinction.
Is Patrick a son of Claud Proby and a brother of Caroline Fiona Proby
who md 1969 (div 1988) the 6th Viscount Hampden and is mother of the
present (7th) Viscount?
http://thepeerage.com/p5280.htm#i52793 [Claud Proby]
Shinjinee
bx...@yahoo.com
Patrick (b. 1944) died in 2004. Therefore,unless the current (61 year
old) baronet produces a son, the baronetcy will become extinct with
his passing.
Brooke
On Mar 3, 2:17�pm, Shinjinee <ssenpub...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 4, 12:00�am, Shinjinee <ssenpub...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > For the Hamilton genealogyhttp://genealogy.euweb.cz/hamilton/hamilton2.html
>
> > the 1st Bt (cr. 1952)
> > Sir Richard Proby (1886 -1979), born Richard George Hamilton, who was
> > president of the Country Landowners' Association from 1947 to 1951 and
> > was created a baronet in 1952http://thepeerage.com/p11063.htm#i110628
>
> > He married Betty Monica Murray in 1911, and had issue including the
> > 2nd Bt. and at least two daughters
>
> Sir Richard Proby married twice, his first wife dying in 1967 per the
> Hamilton genealogy which gives no further details of his descendants
> (although it lists his yr brother's two adopted children and their
> marriages). �No issue by the second wife I think.
>
> > The 2nd Bt (succ 1979)
> > Sir Peter Proby (1911-2002), bursar of Eton from 1953 to 1971.
> > He married 1944 Blanche Harrison, by whom he had issue 2 sons - an
> > elder son �(1946-1971) -- and three daughters according to his
> > obituary. His yr but only surviving son succeeded him.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Peter_Proby,_2nd_Baronethttp://www.t......
>
> His widow Blanche, Lady Proby died 28 March 2008. She was born Blanche
> Harrison Cripps, daughter of Sir Henry Harrison Cripps, DSO, of the
> Royal Fusiliers.http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt.obituaries/browse_thread/thread/...
> [subsequently also reported inhttp://newsarch.rootsweb.com/th/read/BRITISH-NOBILITY/2008-04/1207174845]
>
> According to the report in 2002, the heir presumptive was "Patrick
> James Proby, (b.
> 1944), unm., nephew of the 2nd Bt."
>
> Is this correct?
>
> Louis Epstein noted
>
> 1) "One has to wonder if this Colonel Cripps could be related to
> the Barons Parmoor...perhaps a son of (William) Harrison Cripps,
> next elder brother of the 1st Baron,who left unspecified issue
> by his first wife Blanche according to Burke's."
>
> I wondered about the Parmoor connection too.
>
> Louis also noted that
> 2) "The new baronet has four daughters,but no sons...
> : The heir presumptive to the baronetcy is Patrick James Proby, (b.
> : 1944), unm., nephew of the 2nd Bt.
> And there are no other heirs in remainder."
>
> I assume that the baronetcy is doomed to extinction.
>
> Is Patrick a son of Claud Proby and a brother of Caroline Fiona Proby
> who md 1969 (div 1988) the 6th Viscount Hampden and is mother of the
> present (7th) Viscount?http://thepeerage.com/p5280.htm#i52793�[Claud Proby]
>
> Shinjinee
Shinjinee
I really need to do a better cut-and-paste job.
Shinjinee