OWEN, CORBET, eldest son of Rev. William Owen, Rector of Pontesbury (second portion), Shropshire, and Prebendary of Worcester, and Ann ---; bapt. Pontesbury, Shropshire 5 May 1646; touched for the King’s evil by Charles II in Flanders; adm. May 1658; KS 1659; according to Wood, it was usual for him at the School “to speak 40 or 50 smooth and elegant verses extempore in little more than half an hour” (Ath. Oxon., iii, 924); elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1663, matr. 3 Jul 1663, Westminster Student from 22 Dec 1663; BA 1667; MA 23 Mar 1669/70; said by Wood to have been “the most forward person of his age in the university for polite learning” (Ath. Oxon., ibid. ); adm. Lincoln’s Inn 20 Apr 1665; author, Carmen Pindaricum in Theatro Sheldoniano in solemnibus magnifici operis encoeniis recitatum, 1669, and of Divers Poems, etc.; d. 18 Jan 1670/1. DNB.

OWEN, ANDREW, brother of Walter Owen (qv); b. ; adm. ; KS (aged 15) 1629 (Bodleian Library, Tanner MSS, lxix, f. 224); Trinity Hall, Cambridge, scholar 2 Apr 1632, matr. Easter 1633; LLB 1637; LLD 1652; Fellow, Trinity Hall 11 Aug 1634; buried St. Edward’s, Cambridge 13 Nov 1665.

Overstall, Mark, brother of John Cooper Overstall (qv); b. 19 Sept. 1939; adm. Sept. 1953 (QS); Capt. of the Sch. 1958; left July 1958; Brasenose Coll. Oxf., matric. 1958, BA 1962, MA 1965; asst. master Dover Coll. 1963; Canford Sell. 1963-9, head of Mod. Languages 1967-9; Winchester Coll. 1969-81, Capt. CCF 1974; m. 1st, 31 Aug. 1963 Rosemary Ann, d. of James Edward Constantine Mitchell, solicitor, of Winchester, Hants; 2nd, 19 Apr. 1975 Caroline Jill, d. of Robert Wallace Nevin FRCS, of Basingstoke, Hants; killed while climbing in Nepal 11 Apr. 1981.

OVERALL, ---; b.; adm.; QS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1563, but never adm.

OTTER, KENYON BETHELL, brother of Henry Shirecliffe Otter (qv); b. 10 Oct 1857; adm. 12 Jun 1868; QS 2 Oct 1872; left Aug 1873; clerk, London Stock Exchange; d. 3 Aug 1890.

OTTER, HENRY SHIRECLIFFE, second son of Charles Otter, Lincoln’s Inn, barrister, Examiner of Court of Chancery, and Elinor Shirecliffe, dau. of Kenyon Stevens Parker QC, New Square, Lincoln’s Inn; b. 4 Feb 1856; adm. 26 Jan 1866; exhibitioner 1869; QS (Capt. ) 1870; Capt. of the School 1873; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1874, matr. 28 May 1874; 1st cl. Classics (Mods) 1876; played football for Oxford 1874-8, threw hammer for Oxford 1878; Ba 1878; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 4 Nov 1876; Indian Civil Service (Madras) 1876; Assistant to Collector, Tinnevelly 1879; returned to England owing to ill-health; d. 29 Dec 1879.

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, CHARLES, son of Edward Osborne, Seething, Norfolk, and Blanche, dau. of Robert Suckloing, Barsham, Suffolk; b.; adm.; KS 1688; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1692, adm. pens. 23 Jun 1692, aged 17, scholar 28 Apr 1693; BA 1695/6; MA 1699; ordained deacon (Norwich) Jun 1699; Rector of Langhale, Norfolk 1701-28; Rector of Siseland, Norfolk 1713-28.

OSBORN, GEORGE MONTAGU, third son of Sir George Robert Osborn, Bart. (qv), and his first wife; b. 5 May 1843; adm. 22 May 1856 (G); QS 1859; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1862, adm. pens. 22 Apr 1862, matr. Mich. 1862; represented Cambridge v. Oxford in high jump 1864, 1865 and throwing the cricket ball 1865; BA 1866; MA 1869; ordained deacon 1866, priest 1867 (both Hereford); Curate, Meole Brace, Shropshire 1866-9; Rector of Campton with Shefford, Beds., from 1870; m. 13 Jan 1876 Hon. Charlotte Jane Kenyon, fifth dau. of Lloyd Kenyon, 3rd Baron Kenyon; d. 21 Nov 1910.

OSBORN, DANVERS HENRY, youngest son of Sir John Osborn, Bart. (qv); b. 13 Aug 1827; adm. 11 Jan 1841 (G); QS 1841; left 1844; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1845; Ensign, 54th Native Infantry 15 Sep 1846; Lieut., 18 Jul 1848; Capt., 13 May 1857; Maj., 27 Dec 1865; Bengal Staff Corps 12 Sep 1866; retd. as Lieut. -Col., 1 May 1868; served in Indian Mutiny; severely wounded while escaping from Delhi in May 1857; m. 17 Mar 1862 Annette, dau. of Thomas Wilson, Calcutta; d. at Brussels 5 Feb 1898.