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- Sir_Peter_Proby,_2nd_Baronet abstract "Sir Peter Proby, 2nd Baronet, DL (4 December 1911 – 18 April 2002), was an English landowner and bursar of Eton.The eldest son of Sir Richard Proby, he was raised on the family estate, Elton Hall, near Oundle. Peter was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Oxford. He then worked for the China trading firm of Jardine Matheson for four years, traveling between company posts on the Yangtze, leaving China in 1938. He enlisted in the Irish Guards upon the outbreak of World War II, spending most of his career in military intelligence interpreting aerial photographs and interrogating captured German airmen.After the war, Proby qualified as a land agent, and then managed the family estate. In 1944, he married Blanche Harrison, by whom he had five children:John Granville Proby (1946–1971)Sir William Proby, 3rd Baronet (b. 1949)three daughtersIn 1953, Proby was offered the bursarship of Eton. During his tenure there, several new buildings were erected, including Villiers and Farrer houses, and the college chapel was renovated after an infestation of death watch beetle. Proby was noted for his skilled financial management of these projects, and for his enthusiasm for new technology. After retiring from the bursarship in 1971, he returned to the management of Elton and engaged in local affairs.Proby inherited his father's baronetcy in 1979, and in 1981, after a year as a deputy lieutenant, was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire. He left that office in 1985.".
- Sir_Peter_Proby,_2nd_Baronet birthDate "1911-12-04".
- Sir_Peter_Proby,_2nd_Baronet birthYear "1911".
- Sir_Peter_Proby,_2nd_Baronet deathDate "2002-04-18".
- Sir_Peter_Proby,_2nd_Baronet deathYear "2002".
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- Sir_Peter_Proby,_2nd_Baronet after Michael_Guy_Bevan.
- Sir_Peter_Proby,_2nd_Baronet after Sir_William_Proby,_3rd_Baronet.
- Sir_Peter_Proby,_2nd_Baronet before Peter_Esmé_Brassey.
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- Sir_Peter_Proby,_2nd_Baronet dateOfBirth "1911-12-04".
- Sir_Peter_Proby,_2nd_Baronet dateOfDeath "2002-04-18".
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- Sir_Peter_Proby,_2nd_Baronet name "Proby, Peter, 2nd Baronet".
- Sir_Peter_Proby,_2nd_Baronet shortDescription "British baronet".
- Sir_Peter_Proby,_2nd_Baronet title Lord_Lieutenant_of_Cambridgeshire.
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- Sir_Peter_Proby,_2nd_Baronet years "'''1979–2002".
- Sir_Peter_Proby,_2nd_Baronet years "1981".
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- Sir_Peter_Proby,_2nd_Baronet comment "Sir Peter Proby, 2nd Baronet, DL (4 December 1911 – 18 April 2002), was an English landowner and bursar of Eton.The eldest son of Sir Richard Proby, he was raised on the family estate, Elton Hall, near Oundle. Peter was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Oxford. He then worked for the China trading firm of Jardine Matheson for four years, traveling between company posts on the Yangtze, leaving China in 1938.".
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