Peter Probie
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Sir Peter Probie was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons
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 at times between 1593 and 1598. He was Lord Mayor of London
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 in 1622.

Probie was a member of the Worshipful Company of Barber-Surgeons
Worshipful Company of Barbers
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 and had been Secretary Walsingham's barber. He owed his rise to the patronage of Sir Thomas Heneage, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

In 1593, Probie was elected Member of Parliament
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 for Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull (UK Parliament constituency)
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. He was elected MP for Liverpool
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  in 1597.

On 10 May 1614, Probie was elected an alderman of the City of London for Queenhithe ward. He was Sheriff of London from 1614 to 1615. In 1615 he was Master of the Barber-Surgeons Company. He was Governor of the Irish Society from 1616to 1622. He translated to the Worshipful Company of Grocers
Worshipful Company of Grocers
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 on 4 July 1622 and was later elected Lord Mayor of London
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. He was knighted on 8 June 1623. Also in 1623, he became alderman of Broad Street.
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