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Ostreham, Thomas, ca. 1710-?
GB-2014-WSA-13302 · Person · ca. 1710-?

OSTREHAM, THOMAS; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1719/20; left 1720. [family perhaps from Barbados ?]

GB-2014-WSA-13301 · Person · 1898-1975

Ostorog, Stanislaus John, son of Count S. J. Ostorog, of Chelsea; b. April 2, 1898; adm Sept. 26, 1912 (A); left July 1914; joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. May 1915; 2nd Lieut. R.G.A. (Spec. Res.) July 22, 1915; resigned on account of ill health May 25, 1916; enlisted as Gunner R.H.A. Sept. 11, 1916; 2nd Lieut. R.G.A. May 26, 1917; resigned on account of ill health Aug. 9, 1917; 2nd Lieut. Pioneer Corps Aug. 26, 1940; relinquished commission Dec. 28, 1940; Pilot Officer (A. and S.D.) R.A.F.V.R. June 27, 1941; m. Aug. 7, 1931, Betty, daughter of Philip Van Geuxs; d. 1975.

GB-2014-WSA-20571 · Person · 1921-2017

Ospalak, Dennis Bradley, son of David Ospalak LRIBA, architect, of Hampstead, and Violet, d. of George Banton, accountant; b. 26 Oct. 1921; adm. Sept. 1935 (R); left July 1937; Derbyshire Yeomanry 1939-46 (Maj. ), despatches (Med. ) May 1946; asst. man. Ind Coope & Allsopp hotels 1946-51; gen. man. Haven Inns, Trumans Ltd., 1952-71, Grand Met. Ltd. 1971; m. 18 Jan. 1947 Pamela Doreen, d. of Col. Stanley Poole, Roy. Sussex Regt, of Wimbledon; d. 22 Aug 2017.

Osgood, Hamilton, 1907-1997
GB-2014-WSA-13300 · Person · 1907-1997

Osgood, Hamilton, son of George L. Osgood of Cambridge, Mass., USA, and June, d. of Horace O. Bright of Cambridge, Mass.; b. 4 Sept. 1907; adm. Apr. 1921 (R); left Apr. 1925; New Coll. Oxf., matric. 1925; man. dir. Raleigh Industries of America; Maj. USAF in WW2, liaison officer with French Air Force; m. 12 July 1928 Helga Diana, d. of Edward Francis Gray, HM Consul­ General Boston, Mass.; d. 1 July 1997.

GB-2014-WSA-13299 · Person · 1804-1888

OSBORNE-ELPHINSTONE, LORD WILLIAM GODOLPHIN, brother of George Godolphin Osborne, 8th Duke of Leeds (qv); b. 29 Mar 1804; adm. 14 Jun 1814; left 17 Jul 1817; Ensign, 26th Foot 11 Sep 1835; Lieut., 4 Aug 1837; retd. 1842; Military Secretary and ADC to his cousin Lord Auckland, Governor-Gen. of India, 1836-41; served in China expedition 1839-41; assumed additional surname of Elphinstone; obtained patent of precedency 28 Jun 1859; a great proficient of hop-scotch, as played under the rules at the School in his day (Emily Eden, Up the Country, 1866, ii, 214); m. 1st, 1832 E. Smith; m. 2nd, 7 Jun 1843 Hon. Caroline Montagu, sixth dau. of Matthew, 4th Baron Rokeby (I); m. 3rd, 10 May 1870 Hon. Georgina Auguste Henrietta Elphinstone, widow of Hon. Augustus John Villiers, and dau. of George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith GCB, Admiral, Royal Navy; d. 28 Dec 1888.

Osborne, Thomas, 1747-1761
GB-2014-WSA-13298 · Person · 1747-1761

OSBORNE, THOMAS, MARQUIS OF CARMARTHEN, elder son of Thomas Osborne, 4th Duke of Leeds (qv); b. 5 Oct 1747; adm. (Morel's); at school under Markham (Bentham, Works x, 31); a friend and contemporary of Jeremy Bentham (qv), who greeted his recovery from illness with a copy of fourteen Latin couplets (Elizabethan xiv, 29); d. at school of smallpox 15 Aug 1761.

Osborne, Thomas, 1713-1789
GB-2014-WSA-13297 · Person · 1713-1789

OSBORNE, THOMAS, 4TH DUKE OF LEEDS, only son of Peregrine Osborne, 3rd Duke of Leeds, and his first wife Lady Elizabeth Harley, sister of Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford (qv); b. 6 Nov 1713; adm. Oct 1722; took part of Julius Caesar in Shakespeare’s play of that name which was acted by the boys “at the Theatre over against the Opera House” in Jan 1727/8 (Life and Correspondence of Mrs Delany, 1st series, i, 158); in school list 1729; succ. father as 4th Duke of Leeds 9 May 1731; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 6 Jul 1731; DCL 9 Apr 1733; Grand Tour (Italy) 1734-5, with cousin Hon. Robert Hay-Drummond (qv); Warden and Chief Justice in Eyre of the Forests south of the Trent 12 Nov 1748 – 13 Jan 1756; Cofferer of the Household 1 Jan 1756 – Mar 1761; Warden and Chief Justice in Eyre of the Forests north of the Trent 22 Apr 1761 – 15 Mar 1774; KG 22 Jun 1749; Privy Councillor 26 Mar 1757; FRS 20 Dec 1739; DL Yorkshire West Riding 1757; Busby Trustee 18 Apr 1758; m. 26 Jun 1740 Lady Mary Godolphin, second dau. of Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin; d. 23 Mar 1789.

GB-2014-WSA-13296 · Person · ca. 1724-?

OSBORNE, NICHOLAS, son of Sir John Osborne, Bart., MP (I), and Editha, dau. of William Proby, EICS Madras; b. co. Tipperary; adm. (aged 12) Feb 1736/7 (Wynniate's); KS 1738; left 1742; Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. pens. 28 Jan 1740/1; BA 1745; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 28 Dec 1749. [perhaps of Kensington, Middlesex, will PCC 13 Jun 1786]

Osborne, John, ca. 1708-?
GB-2014-WSA-13295 · Person · ca. 1708-?

OSBORNE, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 10) Nov 1718; in under school list 1722.

Osborne, John, ca. 1705-?
GB-2014-WSA-13294 · Person · ca. 1705-?

OSBORNE, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 10) Mar 1715/6; in under school list 1718. [“bracketed with William Purnell for his admission fee”]