Carysfort
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Carysfort can refer to:
- The Earl of CarysfortEarl of CarysfortEarl of Carysfort was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1789 for the John Proby, 2nd Baron Carysfort. The Proby family descended from Sir Peter Proby, Lord Mayor of London in 1622. His great-great-grandson John Proby represented Huntingdonshire and Stamford in the House of Commons...
, A line of six Irish Barons and Earls from 1789 to 1909 - Carysfort Reef LightCarysfort Reef LightCarysfort Reef Light is located approximately six nautical miles east of Key Largo, Florida. The lighthouse has an iron screw-pile foundation with a platform, and a skeletal octagonal pyramidal tower, which is painted red. The light is 100 feet above the water. The original lens was a first order...
, a reef light off Florida - HMS CarysfortHMS CarysfortFive ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Carysfort, after numerous holders of the title of Baron, or Earl, of Carysfort:*HMS Carysfort was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1766 and sold in 1813....
, five ships of the Royal Navy