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.
Orriss, Walter Gerald, only son of Walter Felix Orriss, of St. Johns Wood, by Amelia, daughter of Joseph Powell, of Liverpool; b. March 19, 1889; adm. Jan. 14, 1904 (H); left July 1905; Lieut. 5th (Res.) Batt. Grenadier Guards July 15, 1915; served in France in 3rd Batt., where he was twice wounded; went out for the third time March 8, 1918; d. in hospital at Doullens March 29, 1918, of wounds received at Arras the previous day; unm.
Orr, Andrew Cameron, brother of Matthew Ian Orr (qv); b. 8 Aug. 1944; adm. Sept. 1957 (B); left July 1961; d. 25 Feb. 2020.
ORR, ALEXANDER, eldest son of James Orr, Hollywood House, co. Down, and Jane, dau. of Maj. William Stewart; b. 9 Dec 1814; adm. 30 Sep 1828 (G); Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 25 Oct 1832; BA 1836; MA 1860; ordained deacon 1837, priest 1838 (both Down & Connor); Vicar of Lambeg Connor, co. Antrim 1847-60; Vicar of Salehurst, Sussex 29 Oct 1860-78; Rector of Cheriton with Tichborne, Hampshire 1878-92; m. 12 Oct 1841 Elizabeth Catherine, youngest dau. of James Blackwood, Strangford, co. Down; d. 23 Sep 1896.
Orpen, Ronald Charles, brother of Horace David Clive (q.v.); b. June 25, 1886; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 22, 1898 (H); left July 1903; qualified chartered accountant 1909; admitted a member of the London Stock Exchange 1910; assumed the surname of Orpen in lieu of Oppenheimer Feb. 8, 1916; 1st Batt. H.A.C. Aug. 1914; B.E.F. Sept. 1914; Lieut 3rd Batt. Cheshire Regt. June 11, 1916; served in France Sept. 1914 -July 1915 and May 1917 - Sept. 1918; employed at the War Office; Lieut. Pioneer Corps July 29, 1940; Major; retired Feb. 1944; member of L.C.C. 1952-5; Mayor of St. Marylebone 1954-5; m. 1917, Eileen Mary, daughter of Edward Douglas-White, of Kensington; d. 1975.
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.
Ormond, Guillaume Francis, son of Francis Ormond, of Chelsea; b. Jan. 26, 1896; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (H); left July 1912; Exeter Coll. Oxon. (Organ scholar), matric. Michaelmas 1915; d. 1971.
Ormiston, Philip Herbert, son of Philip L. Ormiston, of Richmond, Surrey; b. Oct. 21, 1884; adm. as (non-resident) Q.S. Sept. 30, 1897 (H); left July 1902; gold and silver wire drawer, firm, Ormiston and Sons; m. July 22, 1912, Dorothy Frances, fourth daughter of W. Slade Nicholas, of Hampstead; d. Jan. 31, 1923.
Ormiston, John, son of Philip Herbert Ormiston (qv); b. 21 Jan. 1916; adm. Sept. 1929 (A); left July 1932; East Yorks Regt 1939-45 (Maj.), despatches (Middle East) Jan. 1944; man. dir. P. Ormiston & Sons Ltd, wire manufacturers; JP 1964-77; m. 27 Aug. 1940 Phyllis, d. of Victor Bodker of Nicosia, Cyprus; d. 9 Jan. 2010.
Ormerod, Claude Oliver, son of Charles Ormerod MD MRCS LRCP, of Epsom, Surrey; b. 31 May 1907; adm. Apr. 1921 (R); left July 1924.