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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 DANVERS, BART., fourth son of John Osborn, and Hon. Sarah Byng, only surviving dau. of George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington; nephew of Thomas Osborn (qv); b. 17 Nov 1715; succ. grandfather as 3rd baronet 28 Apr 1720; adm. Jan 1722/3; in under school list 1728; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 30 Mar 1732, matr. 1732; raised a troop against the Young Pretender 1745; MP Bedfordshire 1747-53; Capt., Independent Co. Foot 25 Jul 1753; appointed Governor of New York summer 1753; sailed from Portsmouth 22 Aug 1753; arrived in New York 6 Oct 1753; m. 25 Sep 1740 Lady Mary Montagu, third dau. of George Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax; committed suicide at New York 12 Oct 1753.

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, 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.

OGILVY-GRANT, LEWIS ALEXANDER, 5TH EARL OF SEAFIELD (S), son of Sir James Grant, Bart. (qv); b. 22 Mar 1767; adm. 26 Jun 1780; Edinburgh Univ. 1784-6; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1783; adm. advocate 20 Jan 1789; MP Elginshire 1790-6; suffered mental breakdown 1791 and took no further part in public life; succ. father as 9th baronet 8 Feb 1811 and cousin as 5th Earl of Seafield (S) 5 Oct 1811; d. unm. 26 Oct 1840.

OAKELEY, WILLIAM, eldest son of Richard Oakeley MP, Oakeley, Shropshire, Receiver and Solicitor to Westminster Abbey, and his first wife Mary, dau. of Edward Combes, Fetter Lane, London; b.; at school in 1648 (Chapter Muniments 10699); Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 25 Jun 1651; adm. Middle Temple 4 Mar 1650/1; MP Bishop’s Castle 1659 - Jul 1679, and from 1690; High Sheriff, Shropshire 1660; m. 1st, Mary, dau. of Walter Waring, Owlbury, Shropshire; m. 2nd, 24 Mar 1680/1 Barbara, dau. of John Walcot, Walcot, Shropshire; d. 28 Jan 1694/5.

O’HARA, CHARLES; eldest son of Charles O’Hara MP (I), Nymphsfield, co. Sligo, and Lady Mary Carmichael, dau. of James Carmichael, 2nd Earl of Hyndford (S); b. 26 Apr 1746; he would have been at school under Markham and he matr. at Christ Church, Oxford, a likely college for an OW, on 26 Nov 1763; BA 1767; MA 4 Dec 1771; adm. Middle Temple 19 Oct 1765; called to bar, Kings’ Inns, Dublin 1770; LLD Trinity Coll. Dublin 1777; MP (I) Dungannon 1776-83, Co. Sligo 1783-1800, MP (UK) Co. Sligo 1801-22; Lord Commissioner of Treasury (I) Apr 1806-7; Governor, co. Sligo, from 1784; High Sheriff, co. Sligo 1785-6; m. 1780 Margaret, dau. of John Cookson MD, Leeds, Yorks; d. 19 Sep 1822.

[Seemingly incorrectly identified by Russell Barker and Stenning as natural son of James O’Hara, 2nd Baron Tyrawley (I), Field-Marshal in the Army; b.; at school under Nicoll (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1771); Ensign, 8th Foot 20 Apr 1751; Cornet, 3rd Dragoons 23 Dec 1752; Lieut. and Capt., 2nd Foot Guards 14 Jan 1756; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 10 Feb 1762; Lieut. -Col. commandant of a new corps of foot at Goree (and Governor of Senegambia) 25 Jul 1766 – 28 Sep 1776; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 2nd Foot Guards 3 Nov 1769; Brevet Col., 29 Aug 1777; Maj. -Gen., 19 Oct 1781; Col., 22nd Foot 18 Apr 1782 – Apr 1791, 74th Foot from 1 Apr 1791; Lieut. -Gen., 12 Oct 1793; Gen., 1 Jan 1798; ADC to Marquis of Granby when commanding British forces in Germany after battle of Minden; Quartermaster-Gen. under Lord Tyrawley in Portugal 1762; Brig. -Gen. in America and dangerously wounded at Guilford Court House 15 Mar 1781; taken prisoner at Yorktown 19 Oct 1781; Lieut. -Governor, Gibraltar 1787-90, 1792-5, Governor from 1795; known at Gibraltar as “Old Cock of the Rock”; commanded British troops before Toulon, where wounded and taken prisoner 23 Nov 1793; a friend of Horace Walpole and Henry Seymour Conway, and engaged for some years to Miss Mary Berry; in Italy for financial reasons in 1784-5, again there 1792; d. at Gibraltar 21 Feb 1802. DNB. This Charles O’Hara is not in Nicoll’s admission register and as Governor of Senegambia in 1771 was presumably out of the country at the Anniversary Dinner both in that year and in the previous year when Stewards were appointed]

O’GRADY, STANDISH DARBY, 2ND VISCOUNT GUILLAMORE (I), eldest son of Standish O’Grady, 1st Viscount Guillamore (I) PC (I), Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer (I), and Katherine, second dau. of John Thomas Waller, Castletown, co. Limerick; b. 26 Dec 1792; adm.; left 1809; Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. fellow commoner 4 Jul 1809; Cornet, 7th Light Dragoons 21 Mar 1811; Lieut., 6 Aug 1812; Capt., 20 Jul 1815; half-pay 25 May 1816; 18th Light Dragoons 22 Jul 1819; half-pay 10 Nov 1821; Maj., unattached, half-pay 29 Oct 1825; 24th Foot 1 Feb 1827; Lieut. -Col., unattached, half-pay 14 Apr 1829; Col. and ADC to Queen Victoria 29 Jul 1842; commanded troop of 7th Light Dragoons in skirmish with French Lancers at Genappe 17 Jun 1815, and served at battle of Waterloo the following day; MP Co. Limerick 1820-6, 1830-4; succ. father as 2nd Viscount Guillamore (I) 21 Apr 1840; m. 16 Oct 1828 Gertrude Jane, eldest dau. of Hon. Berkeley Thomas Paget MP, and niece of Henry William Paget, 1st Marquis of Anglesey (qv); d. 22 Jul 1848. DNB.

NOWELL, LAURENCE, son of Alexander Nowell, Read Hall, Whalley, Lancs., and Grace, dau. of Rafe Catherall, Mitton, Lancs.; a kinsman of Alexander Nowell, Head Master; b. c. 1531 (aged 19 at 12 Apr 1550); adm.; KS; left 1549 (Chapter Muniments); Christ Church, Oxford, residing 1550-3, Student in 1552-3 (name in college buttery books to 24 Dec 1554); BA 1552; studying and travelling in France and Flanders 1553-4; tutor to “Mr. Harringeton’s sons” (perhaps sons of Sir James Harington, Exton, Rutland) in France and at Padua, Italy, before Dec 1558; probably the individual of this name who was MP Knaresborough Jan – May 1559; joined household of William Cecil c. 1562; a pioneer cartographer and one of the earliest scholars to take a serious interest in manuscripts of the Anglo-Saxon period; left England 25 Mar 1567; subsequent travels on the European continent took him to Paris, Venice, Padua, Vienna, Basel, Leipzig (by Aug 1569) and Freiburg im Breisgau (Oct 1569); not subsequently heard of; his chattels in England had been left by him in the possession of his close friend and fellow antiquary William Lambarde, who was asked to hand them over to Nowell’s family in a complaint filed in the Court of Requests in 1571; his Vocabularium Saxonicum, surviving in manuscript, was first published in 1952; William Camden describes him as “vir rara doctrina insignis, & qui Saxonicam maiorum nostrorum linguam … primus nostra aetate resuscitavit”; for his career and scholarly achievement see Carl T. Berkhout, “Laurence Nowell (1530 – ca. 1570)”, in Helen Damico (and others) (ed), Medieval scholarship, Biographical, Studies on the Formation of a Discipline, New York, 1998.