Family and Education
bap. 29 Dec. 1659, Browning, Danby, i. 22. 3rd but o. surv. s. Thomas Osborne, later earl of Danby, marquess of Carmarthen and duke of Leeds and Bridget, da. Montagu Bertie, 2nd earl of Lindsey; bro. of Edward Osborne, styled Viscount Latimer. educ. travelled abroad France Mar.-Nov. 1671; Browning, Danby, i. 68; HMC 6th Rep. 368. privately, tutor in 1676 Mr Melovera. Eg. 3338, ff. 92-93. m. 25 Apr. 1682, Bridget (1662-1734), da. and h. of Sir Thomas Hyde, 2nd bt. of Aldbury, Herts. 3s. (2 d.v.p.), 2da. 1s. illegit. d. 25 June 1729.
Offices Held

Capt. Louis Dufort de Duras, earl of Feversham’s ft. 1685; HP Commons 1660–90, iii. 184. col. dragoons July 1690; Dalton, English Army Lists 1661–1714, iii. 135. 1 marines 1690–98; Luttrell, Brief Relation, ii. 155; iv. 435; Dalton, iii. 8. capt. RN 1690, rear-adm. red July 1693; rear-adm. blue Oct. 1693; rear-adm. red Jan. 1697; v.-adm. blue Mar. 1702; v.-adm. white May 1702; v.-adm. red Feb. 1703; adm. red Dec. 1708.

Col. of militia ft., E and W. Riding by 1696–?1714. HP, Commons 1660–90, iii. 184.

Freeman, Goldsmiths Co. 1674; Marvell ed. Margoliouth, ii. 315–16; Guildhall Studies, ii. 16. Portsmouth 1677; East, Portsmouth Recs. 362. Poole 1679; Poole archives, B17. York 1689; J. Malden, Reg. of York Freemen 1680 to 1986, p. 361. steward, keeper and warden of Sherwood Forest and Folewood Park, Notts. 1689–99; CTB, xvii. 955. master Fishermen’s Co. by 1699. LJ xvi. 437.

Associated with: Aldbury, Herts.
Likenesses

oil on canvas, attrib. M. Dahl, sold at Christies, 7 July 2010.

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