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Openshaw, Laurence Pratt, only son of Lieut.-Col. Thomas Horrocks Openshaw, M.S., C.B., C.M.G., of St. Marylebone, by Gertrude, daughter of William Pratt, of Bruen Abbey, co. Oxon.; b. Jan. 29, 1892; adm. Jan. 18, 1906 (A); elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1910, matric. Michaelmas 1910; 1st class Science (Eng.) 1914; B.A. 1914; M.A. 1919; served in Great War I; Major R.A.F. April 1, 1918; Chief Test Pilot Westland Aircraft Co.; m. 1927, Jean, daughter of R. Bruce, managing director of the Westland Aircraft Co.; killed in an accident while flying at Bournemouth, Hants, June 6, 1927.

ONSLOW, THOMAS, 2ND EARL OF ONSLOW, son of George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow (qv); b. 15 Mar 1754; in school lists 1764-71; Peterhouse, Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 9 Nov 1771; MA 1773; MP Rye 20 Apr 1775-84, Guildford 1784-1806; Outranger, Windsor Great Park, from 1792; styled Viscount Cranley 1801-14; succ. father as 2nd Earl of Onslow 17 May 1814; commonly known as “Little Tom Onslow”; an eccentric with a passion for driving four-in-hand; DL Surrey 1776, Vice-Lieut. 1812-4; Col., 2nd Royal Surrey Militia 2 Jan 1797 (still 1808); m. 1st, 20 Dec 1776 Arabella, third dau. of Eaton Mainwaring-Ellerker, Risby Park, Yorks.; m. 2nd, 13 Feb 1783 Charlotte, widow of Thomas Duncombe (qv), and dau. of William Hale, King’s Walden, Herts.; d. 22 Feb 1827. DNB.

ONSLOW, RICHARD FOLEY, elder son of Ven. Richard Francis Onslow, Archdeacon of Worcester, and Vicar of Kidderminster, Worcs., and Harriet Mary, sister of Thomas Foley (in school list 1795, qv); b. 13 Sep 1802; adm. 31 Jan 1815 (G); Min. Can. 1817; left Bartholomewtide 1818; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 11 May 1821; BA 1825; of Stardens, Gloucs.; m. 5 Jul 1826 Catherine, second dau. of Maj. Latham Blacker, 65th Foot, Newent, Gloucs.; d. 12 Mar 1879.

ONSLOW, JOHN WILLIAMS, brother of Richard Williams (adm. 1718, qv); bapt. St. Dunstan in the East, London 29 Jun 1716 (IGI); adm. (aged 7) Jun 1724 (as John Williams); in school list 1729; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 5 Apr 1734, aged 18, matr. 1734; adm. Middle Temple 2 Nov 1734, Lincoln’s Inn 23 Jan 1738/9, called to bar, Middle Temple 6 Jul 1739; assumed surname of Onslow 1 Mar 1777; m. 1744 Charlotte Maria, dau. of Sir Anthony Thomas Abdy, Bart.; buried Spettisbury, Oxfordshire 2 Nov 1779.

ONSLOW, GUILDFORD MACLEAY, second son of Arthur Pooley Onslow, Send Grove, Surrey, and Rosa Roberta, sister of William Sharp Macleay (qv); b. 8 Jun 1837; adm. 11 Apr 1849; Min. Can. 1852; Ensign, 41st Foot 20 Feb 1855; Lieut., 26 Feb 1856; 83rd Foot 25 Aug 1856; retd. 26 Nov 1861; served at siege and capture of Kotah 30 Mar 1858; d. unm. in Australia Jun 1878.

ONSLOW, GEORGE, 1ST EARL OF ONSLOW, only son of Right Hon. Arthur Onslow PC MP, Imber Court, Surrey, Speaker of the House of Commons, and Anne, dau. of John Bridges, Thames Ditton, Surrey; b. 13 Sep 1731; adm. Sep 1739 (Morel's); Peterhouse, Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 12 May 1749; MA 1766; DCL Oxford 8 Jul 1773; adm. Middle Temple 14 Nov 1739; MP Rye 1754-61, Surrey 1761-74; a Lord of the Treasury Jul 1765 – Nov 1777; Privy Councillor 23 Dec 1767; a strong opponent of election of John Wilkes 1769; awarded damages in his action for libel against John Horne Tooke (qv) 1 Aug 1770; took active part in excluding strangers from gallery of House of Commons and in calling the printers to the bar of the House for publishing the debates 1771; created Baron Cranley 20 May 1776; succ. cousin as 4th Baron Onslow 8 Oct 1776; Lord Lieut., Surrey, from 20 Nov 1776; Comptroller of the Household 1 Dec 1777 – Dec 1779, Treasurer of the Household Dec 1779 – Sep 1780; a Lord of the Bedchamber from 15 Sep 1780; created Earl of Onslow 19 Jun 1801; m. Jun 1753 Henrietta, sister of Sir John Shelley, Bart. (qv); d. 17 May 1814. DNB.

ONSLOW, HON. EDWARD, fourth son of George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow (qv); b. 9 Apr 1758; adm. 26 May 1766; in school list 1774; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 29 Oct 1774, aged 16, but migr. to Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 26 Jan 1775, matr. Lent 1776; MA 1777; adm. Middle Temple 26 Jan 1768; MP Aldborough 28 Nov 1780 – May 1781; FRS 27 Jan 1780 – withdrew 1781; compelled to leave Britain permanently in May 1781 as result of a sexual misdemeanour; went to live in France; m. 7 Mar 1783 Marie Rosalie, dau. of Chevalier Jean de Bourdeille, Seigneur de Couzances; d. 18 Oct 1829.

ONSLOW, CYRIL WINNINGTON, eldest son of Arthur Cyril Phipps Onslow (qv); b. 17 Dec 1815; adm. 19 Jan 1829 (G); Min. Can. 1831; d. 24 Jul 1866.

ONSLOW, CONSTANTINE PHIPPS, second son of Arthur Cyril Phipps Onslow (qv); b. 30 Jan 1817; adm. 19 Jan 1829 (G); clerk, Admiralty (1881 Census : by then superannuated); d. unm. 16 Nov 1887.

ONSLOW, ARTHUR ROBERT, fifth son of Gen. Denzil Onslow, Staughton House, Hunts., and his second wife Sophia, third dau. of Sir Stephen Lushington, Bart., MP, Chairman EI Company; b. 11 Apr 1822; adm. 24 Sep 1834 (Scott's); m. 1st, 1846 Emma, second dau. of Chesterfield Gayford, Old Bond Street, London, wine merchant; m. 2nd, Frances Louisa ---; d. 1 Feb 1877.