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Family and Education
b. 20 Feb. 1632, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Edward Osborne‡, bt. and 2nd w. Anne, da. of Thomas Walmesley of Dunkenhalgh, Lancs., wid. of William Middleton. educ. privately (French tutor); ?St Peter’s York; Add. 28051, f. 21. travelled abroad (France and Italy) 1649-50; Evelyn, Diary, iii. 21-2. Oxf. Univ. (DCL) 9 Nov. 1695. m. 1 May 1653, Lady Bridget Bertie (d.1704), da. Montagu Bertie, 2nd earl of Lindsey, 3s. (2 d.v.p.), 8da. (5 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 9 Sept. 1647 as 2nd bt. KG 24 Mar. 1677. d. 26 July 1712; will 21 Jan. 1712, pr. 20 Apr. 1713. TNA, PROB 11/537.
Offices Held

Commr. for accounts [I] 1668 – 69, trade 1668 – 72, trade and plantations 1672 – 74, Tangier 1673–9; HEHL, EL 8456. treas. of Navy (jt.) 1668 – 71, (sole) 1671 – 73; commr. for union with Scotland 1670; PC 1672 – 79, 14 Feb. 1689 – d., [S] 1674 – 79; ld. treas. 1673 – 79; ld. of admiralty 1673 – 79; ld. pres. of Council 1689 – 99; ld. high steward 1693; commr. prizes 1694–5; CSP Dom. 1694–5, p. 61; CSP Dom. 1695, pp. 111–12. commr. for Greenwich hosp. 1695; gov. of mine adventurers' co. 1698 – d.

Dep. lt. Yorks. (E. Riding) 1661–?; TNA, SP 29/42/62. sheriff Yorks. 1661 – 62; freeman, York 1662; ld. lt. (W. Riding) 1674 – 79, 1689 – 99, (E. Riding) 1691 – 99, (N. Riding) 1692 – 99; jt. ld. lt. Som. 1690 – 91; recorder Lichfield ?by 1685–?d.; Add. 75363, Weymouth to Halifax, 10 Jan. 1685; London Gazette, 26–29 July 1712. gov. of Kingston-upon-Hull 1689, CSP Dom. 1689–90, p. 48. high steward 1691–99; CSP Dom. 1690–1, p. 254. high steward, Lichfield 1678 – 86, Oct. 1688 – d., York 1688; ch. justice in eyre (Trent N.) 17 Oct. 1711–?d.

Col. militia (Yorks. W. Riding), ?-1667. Chatsworth, Cork mss, misc. box 2, Burlington diary.

Gov. of royal fisheries co. by 1698. Post Boy, 26–29 Nov. 1698.

Parlimentarian
OSBORNE, Sir Thomas, 2nd Bt. (1632-1712), of Kiveton, Yorks.
Associated with: Kiveton, Yorks.; Wallingford House, Westminster;TNA, PRO 30/32/55.; St James's, Westminster;TNA, LC5/201, ff. 76-7.; Duke Street, Westminster;UNL, Pw1, 352.; Westminster;Add. 22267, ff. 164-71.; Wimbledon, Surr.Verney ms mic. M636/40, Lady P. Osborne to Sir R. Verney, 1 Sept. 1685; Bodl. Carte 79, f. 114.;
Likenesses

oil on canvas, studio of Sir P. Lely, c.1680, NPG 1472; oil on canvas, by Wolfgang William Claret, 1682, Government Art Collection; oil on canvas, by Johann Kerseboom and Jan van der Vaart, 1704, NPG 5718; oil on canvas, Sir G. Kneller and studio, National Trust, Penrhyn Castle.

Author
Eagles, Robin
Volume
Lords 1660-1715
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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