Family and Education
b. c. 1631, 1st s. of John Osbaston of Chadlington by Joan, da. of Sir Edward Littleton of Henley, Salop. educ. Magdalen Coll. Oxf. 1647-8; I. Temple 1651, called 1658. m. 21 Nov. 1655, Catherine (d. 24 Mar. 1695), da. of Thomas Browker of the Inner Temple and Sundridge, Kent, 3s. 1da. cr. Bt. 25 June 1664; suc. fa. aft. 1668.Par. Colls. (Oxf. Rec. Soc. ii), 79; St. Paul Covent Garden (Harl. Soc. Reg. xxxv), 35; Bodl. Wills. Oxon. 171/2/4.
Offices Held
Commr. for assessment, Oxon. Aug. 1660–80, 1689 – 90; j.p. Oxon. 1661 – 66, by 1669–?d., Woodstock 1669, 1674; commr. for corporations, Oxon. 1662 – 63; freeman and common councilman, Woodstock 1662 – d., recorder July – Oct. 1688; sub-commr. of excise Oxon. and Berks. 1671 – 72, Bristol, Glos. and Oxon. 1673 – 74; bencher, I. Temple 1675; commr. for recusants, Oxon. 1675, dep. lt. Feb.-Oct. 1688.
Main residence: Chadlington, Oxon.
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Commons 1660-1690
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OSBALDESTON, Sir Littleton (c.1631-91)
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Oxford 1644
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Religion
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