John Probyn (died 1843) was an Anglican priest in the late 18th and early 19th centuries."Classical Victorians: Scholars, Scoundrels and Generals in Pursuit of Antiquity" Richardson, E., p. 197: Cambridge, CUP, 2013
Probyn was born at Newland, Gloucestershire, a descendant of Sir Edmund Probyn. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford. He held incumbencies at Abenhall and Matherne. He was DeanSterry World and ArchdeaconLincs to the Past of Llandaff from 1796National Archives to his death on 4 October 1843.MISCELLANEOUS Bradford Observer (Bradford, England), Thursday, October 19, 1843; pg. 3; Issue 502
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