OSBALDESTON (or OSBOLSTON), LAMBERT, brother of William Osbaldeston (qv); b. ; adm. ; KS 16 Jan 1608/9; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1612, matr. 20 Oct 1615, Westminster Student; BA 1616; MA 1619 (incorp. Cambridge 1628); adm. Gray’s Inn 25 Oct 1615; a joint patent of the Head Mastership of the School was granted to John Wilson (elected to Oxford 1602, qv) and to Osbaldeston 7 Dec 1621; succeeded Wilson as Head Master 1622, his patent being dated 5 Dec 1622; ordained; Prebendary of Lincoln 18 Jul 1629 – deprived Feb 1638/9, restored 28 May 1641; Prebendary of Westminster 22 Jul 1629 – deprived Feb 1638/9, restored 28 May 1641; Rector of Wheathampstead, Herts. , 1637 – deprived Feb 1638/9, later restored; sentenced to the pillory by Court of Star Chamber 14 Feb 1638/9, for calling Archbishop Laud “the little meddling hocus-pocus”, also incurring two fines of £5000 each and the forfeiture of the Head Mastership and his ecclesiastical preferments; lived in concealment in Drury Lane until meeting of Parliament in Nov 1640; restored to preferments other than Head Mastership 1641; Prebendary of Wells from 2 Nov 1641; an annuity of £100 was granted to him by the Governors of Westminster School after the abolition of Deans and Chapters by Parliament in 1649; his living of Wheathampstead seems to have been again sequestered; spent last few years of life in retirement; Osbaldeston was a learned man and a good schoolmaster; Wood says that he was “very fortunate in breeding up many wits” (Ath. Oxon. , iii, 363), and Fuller states that in 1638 there were “above fourscore doctors in the two universities and three learned faculties all gratefully acknowledging their education under him” (Church History, ed. Brewer, vi, 158); unm. ; buried South Aisle, Westminster Abbey 7 Oct 1659. DNB.
ORMSBY, SIR JAMES, BART., eldest son of Sir Charles Montagu Ormsby, Bart., MP KC (I), barrister, Bencher, Kings’ Inns, Dublin, and Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Kingsbury LLD, Dublin, barrister; b. 27 Feb 1796; adm. 20 Jan 1808; KS 1808; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1812, adm. pens. 9 May 1812, scholar 1813; BA 1816; migrated to Trinity Coll. Dublin [but not in Burtchaell/Sadleir]; adm. King’s Inns, Dublin 1816; succ. father as 2nd baronet 3 Mar 1818; d. 1 Nov 1821.
ORME, RICHARD, son of John Orme, St. Bartholomew the Great, London, and Mary ---; b.; adm.; KS in 1609; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1611, Westminster Student 10 Jan 1611/2-21; BA 1615; MA 1618; ordained deacon (Oxford) 22 Dec 1616. [will of Richard Orme, Vicar of North Wootton, Norfolk, proved PCC 9 May 1654]
ORME, NICHOLAS, brother of Richard Orme (qv); b.; adm.; KS ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1615, Westminster Student 1615/6; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 23 Jan 1616/7, called to bar 25 Nov 1623; d. 4 Feb 1628/9, aged 28 (MI St. Bartholomew the Great, London).
ONSLOW, ARTHUR CYRIL PHIPPS, second son of Very Rev. Arthur Onslow DD, Dean of Worcester, and Frances, dau. of Constantine Phipps, St. Kitts, West Indies; b. 8 Jul 1788; adm.; KS 1801; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1805, matr. 25 May 1805, Westminster Student; BA 1809; MA 1811; ordained deacon 1810, priest 1811; Rector of St. Mary’s, Newington Butts, Surrey, from 15 Aug 1812; m. Aug 1812 Elizabeth, third dau. of Sir Edward Winnington, Bart., MP; d. 6 Feb 1869.
ONSLOW, ALEXANDER LEE, third son of Maj. George Walton Onslow, EICS Madras, and Mary Murray, dau. of Lieut. -Col. Richard Radford Hughes, EICS Bengal; b. 29 Dec 1835; adm. 1 Aug 1849 (Scott's); QS 1850; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1854, adm. pens. 29 May 1854, scholar 1855; BA 1858; ordained deacon 1859, priest 1860 (both Bath & Wells); Curate, Marston Bigot, Somerset 1859-62, Pyrford, Somerset 1862-3; Junior Chaplain, Bombay 1863-73, Senior Chaplain 1873; Chaplain at Surat 1882-7, retd.; Vicar of Kingsbury, Warwicks., 1890-1906; m. 11 Jul 1864 Ellen Elmira, third dau. of John Warden, EICS Bombay, member of Council, Bombay; d. 31 Mar 1912.
ONSLOW, SIR ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, brother of Guildford Macleay Onslow (qv); b. 17 Jul 1842; adm. 5 Feb 1856; QS 1857; rowed v. Eton 3 Aug 1860; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1861 (with Triplett), adm. pens. 25 May 1861, matr. 1862; ran in hurdle race for Cambridge v. Oxford at first inter-university sports 1864; BA 1866; adm. Inner Temple 15 Jan 1862, called to bar 17 Nov 1868; Home Circuit; Attorney-Gen., Honduras 1877-80, Western Australia 1880-1; Chief Justice of Western Australia 1883-1901; acting Governor 11 Nov 1884 – 15 Jun 1885; knighted 15 Jul 1895; returned to England 1900; m. 4 Feb 1878 Madeleine Emma, dau. of Rev. Robert Loftus Tottenham, Chaplain at Florence; d. 20 Oct 1908.
ONLEY, NICHOLAS, son of --- Onley, Strand, London, tavern porter; b.; adopted by a gentleman of good family and property of the same name as himself; adm.; KS 27 Nov 1656; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1658, matr. 31 Jul 1658, aged 18, Westminster Student; BA 22 Mar 1661/2; MA 1664; DD Cambridge 1671; ordained; Curate, Harpenden, Herts., in 1665; Rector of Cottesmore, Rutland, from 10 Mar 1669/70; Prebendary of Westminster from 17 Jul 1672; Master of the Savoy; Curate, St. Margaret’s, Westminster, from 30 Sep 1683; carried St. Edward’s Staff at coronation of James II in 1685; devised Vicarage of Staverton, Northants, to Dean and Chapter of Christ Church, Oxford, on condition of their always presenting a Westminster Student to it; m. 14 Aug 1665 Mary, dau. of Rev. Henry Killigrew DD, Rector of Wheathamsted, Herts.; d. 28 Sep 1724. [Presumably Nicholas OWNELEYE, son of Nicholas & Jane, bapt. St. Olave’s, Hart Street, London 24 Jul 1640].
OLYVERE, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1556 (Chapter Muniments 37713).
OLLIFFE, HAMILTON GEORGE HENRY, son of Sir Joseph Francis Olliffe MD FRCP, Physician to HBM Embassy, Paris, and Laura, dau. of William Cubitt MP, Lord Mayor of London, building contractor; b. Paris 27 Feb 1859; adm. 22 Sep 1871 (James'); QS 1873; left Aug 1876; a clerk, Bank of England; d. 8 Mar 1886.