OSBORN, HENRY, elder son of Adm. Henry Osborn MP, Royal Navy, and Mary, dau. of Richard Hughes, Commissioner of the Navy; nephew of Thomas Osborn (qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) Apr 1751 (as Osborne) (Hawkins'); in school list 1754; Page of Honour to Augusta, Princess of Wales, from c. 1755; d. 24 Jan 1759, aged 16.

OSBORN, SIR GEORGE, BART., elder son of Sir Danvers Osborn, Bart. (qv); b. 10 May 1742; adm. Apr 1750 (Hawkins'); succ. father as 4th baronet 12 Oct 1753; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 12 Oct 1759, but did not matr.; LLD 1769; Ensign, 24th Foot 1759; Capt., 16th Dragoons 20 Dec 1759; served in expedition to Belleisle 1761; ADC to his uncle Earl of Halifax, Lord Lieut. Ireland 1761; Maj., 18th Foot 13 Feb 1762; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 31 Mar 1763; Deputy Quartermaster-Gen., Ireland 1763; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 3rd Foot Guards 9 Nov 1765; Brevet Col. and 2nd Maj., 3rd Foot Guards 7 Aug 1777; Lieut. -Col., 25 Mar 1782; Major-Gen., 19 Feb 1779; Col., 73rd Foot 18 Apr 1785 – Aug 1786, 40th Foot from 11 Aug 1786; Lieut. -Gen., 28 Sep 1787; Gen., 26 Jan 1797; served in American War as Muster Master and Inspector-Gen. of German troops employed in service of Great Britain; MP Northampton 1768 – 14 Feb 1769, Bossinney 24 Apr 1769-74, Penryn 1774-80, Horsham 30 Nov 1780-4; a Groom of the Bedchamber 16 May 1770 – Mar 1812; Busby Trustee 18 May 1802; m. 1st, 6 Apr 1771 Elizabeth, dau. of John Banister, St. George’s, Hanover Square, London; m. 2nd, 22 Aug 1788 Lady Mary Finch, dau. of Daniel Finch, 7th Earl of Winchilsea and 3rd Earl of Nottingham (qv), and his second wife; d. 29 Jun 1818.

OSBORN, SIR GEORGE ROBERT, BART., eldest son of Sir John Osborn, Bart. (qv); b. 29 Oct 1813; adm. 6 Oct 1824 (G); left Apr 1831; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 10 Nov 1831; Ensign, 85th Foot 10 Aug 1832; Lieut., unattached 7 Nov 1834; 45th Foot 27 Nov 1835; retd. 4 Dec 1835; succ. father as 6th baronet 28 Aug 1848; DL Bedfordshire, JP Bedfordshire 1873, High Sheriff 1857; m. 1st, 27 Aug 1835 Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Kerr, dau. of Vice-Adm. Lord Robert Mark Kerr, and of Charlotte, Countess of Antrim (I); m. 2nd, 20 May 1871 Mary Elizabeth, second dau. of Sir George Sitwell, Bart.; d. 11 Jan 1892.

OSBORN, GEORGE MONTAGU, third son of Sir George Robert Osborn, Bart. (qv), and his first wife; b. 5 May 1843; adm. 22 May 1856 (G); QS 1859; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1862, adm. pens. 22 Apr 1862, matr. Mich. 1862; represented Cambridge v. Oxford in high jump 1864, 1865 and throwing the cricket ball 1865; BA 1866; MA 1869; ordained deacon 1866, priest 1867 (both Hereford); Curate, Meole Brace, Shropshire 1866-9; Rector of Campton with Shefford, Beds., from 1870; m. 13 Jan 1876 Hon. Charlotte Jane Kenyon, fifth dau. of Lloyd Kenyon, 3rd Baron Kenyon; d. 21 Nov 1910.

OSBORN, DANVERS HENRY, youngest son of Sir John Osborn, Bart. (qv); b. 13 Aug 1827; adm. 11 Jan 1841 (G); QS 1841; left 1844; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1845; Ensign, 54th Native Infantry 15 Sep 1846; Lieut., 18 Jul 1848; Capt., 13 May 1857; Maj., 27 Dec 1865; Bengal Staff Corps 12 Sep 1866; retd. as Lieut. -Col., 1 May 1868; served in Indian Mutiny; severely wounded while escaping from Delhi in May 1857; m. 17 Mar 1862 Annette, dau. of Thomas Wilson, Calcutta; d. at Brussels 5 Feb 1898.

OSBORN, CHARLES, younger son of Capt. Peter Osborn, [Royal Navy ?], The Royal Hospital, Greenwich, and Mary, widow of Francis Molyneux, 5th Viscount Molyneux (I), and eldest dau. of Francis Brudenell, Lord Brudenell; b. Highgate, Middlesex; adm. (aged 12) Feb 1734/5; KS 1737; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1741, but never adm.; Sidney Sussex Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 19 May 1741, matr. 1741; a caveat of 3 Nov 1745 from Archbishop of Canterbury to Bishop of Llandaff directed that Osborn was not to receive holy orders without notice to the Archbishop; migr. to Jesus Coll. Oxford 4 Jun 1747; BA 1748; MA 1749; Capt. -Lieut., 60th Foot [or 90th Foot] [check].

OSBORN, CHARLES DAVERS, second son of Sir John Osborn, Bart. (qv); b. 17 Apr 1819; adm. 20 Apr 1831 (G); left Dec 1835; Ensign, 11th Foot 12 Aug 1837; 2nd Lieut., 5th Foot 11 May 1838; Lieut., 6 Mar 1840; 66th Foot 25 Nov 1842; retd. 30 Jun 1843; m. 2 Jan 1845 Louisa, sister of Edward Gambier Eliot Atherley (qv); d. 8 Dec 1846.

OSBALDESTON, ROBERT, son of Robert Osbaldeston, London, haberdasher, and Rebecca, dau. of John Nethersole, Womenswould, Kent; nephew of William Osbaldeston (qv); b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1648; KS 1650; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1652, matr. 27 Nov 1652, Westminster Student; [check if BA]; MA 1658; ordained; Rector of St. James’s, Duke Place, London 14 Aug 1661-4; Rector of Great Parndon, Essex, from 1662; m. Frances Syliock, St. Martin’s in the Fields; buried Great Parndon, Essex 3 Mar 1679/80.

OSBALDESTON, JOHN, son of John Osbaldeston, Westminster; b.; adm.; KS 1676; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1681, matr. 16 Dec 1681, aged 17, Westminster Student from 19 Dec 1681; BA 1685; ordained deacon 23 Sep 1688, priest 26 May 1689 (both Winchester); Rector of Saunderton, Bucks., 1689; Rector of St. Peter at Arches, Lincoln, from 1690; Prebendary of Lincoln from 11 Apr 1691; buried St. Peter at Arches, Lincoln 27 Aug 1691.

OSBALDESTON (or OSBOLSTON), WILLIAM, eldest son of Lambert Osbaldeston, London, haberdasher, and Martha, dau. of Alexander Bankes; b. 1577; adm.; QS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1597, matr. Feb 1597/8, Westminster Student to c. 1610; BA 1601; MA 1604; BD 1611; DD 1617; adm. Gray’s Inn 1 Aug 1619 [check]; ordained; Rector of Great Parndon, Essex 1610-43, sequestered; Professor of Divinity, Gresham Coll., London 13 Dec 1610-11; licensed to preach 12 May 1612; Rector of East Hanningfield, Essex, from 21 Jan 1616/7; m. Mary ---; d. early in 1645/6. DNB.