HON. GRANVILLE PROBY.
[Post-Captain of 1806.]
Second surviving son of John Joshua, Earl of Carysfort, K.P. by Elizabeth, only daughter of the Right Hon. Sir William Osborne, of Newtown, co. Tipperary, Bart.
This officer was wounded when serving as a Midshipman on board the Foudroyant, at the capture of le Guillaume Tell, a French 80-gun ship, in Mar. 1800[1]. His promotion to the rank of Lieutenant took place Oct. 24, 1804 ; and his post commission bears date Nov. 28, 1806. He subsequently commanded the Iris, Laurel, and Amelia frigates, on the Channel, Cape of Good Hope, and Mediterranean stations. Captain Proby married. May 6, 1818, Isabella, daughter of Colonel the Hon. Hugh Howard, and niece to the Earl of Wicklow. His eldest brother. Lord Proby, captain of the Amelia, died of the yellow fever, at Surinam, in Aug. 1804.
Agent.– M‘Inerheny, Esq.
RIGHT HON. GRANVILLE GEORGE WALDEGRAVE,
LORD RADSTOCK.
A Companion of the Most Honorable Military Order of the Bath.
[Post-Captain of 1807.]
Eldest son of the late Admiral Lord Radstock, G.C.B.[2]; was born Sept. 24, 1786; made a Lieutenant July 20, 1804; and promoted to the rank of Commander Jan. 22, 1806. At the close of the latter year we find him commanding the Minorca brig, in which vessel he captured a Spanish privateer of 4 guns, a royal packet from Tangier bound to Tariffa, and one or two merchantmen. His post commission bears date Feb. 16, 1807.
Captain Waldegrave’s next appointment was to the Thames 32, in which frigate he appears to have been very actively employed on the Mediterranean station. The first service of
