by John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Proby, William Henry Baptist (1823)
“ Lieutenant Proby spent part of the ensuing six years in a free trader to India, being unable to obtain employment in the navy until Feb. 14th, 1822 when he was appointed to the Queen Charlotte 104, flag-ship of Sir James H. Whitshed, commander-in-chief at Portsmouth. ”
by John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Proby, William Henry Baptist (1823)
“ Mary’s, Lichfield, co. Stafford [1] , by Mary Susannah, youngest daughter of the late Sir Nigel Gresley, Bart. This officer was born at Lichfield, on the 15th Oct. 1794; and entered the royal navy, in Mar. 1807, as midshipman on board the Centaur 74, hearing the broad pendant of his cousin-in-law, the late Vice-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood, K.B., under whose auspices he continued to serve until the demise of that highly distinguished officer, in Dec. 1814 [2] . He was consequently present at the bombardment of Copenhagen, and surrender of the Danish navy, in Aug. ”
