Sir Hewett Osborne (1567–1599) was an English landowner and soldier who served in Ireland in the late sixteenth century. He owned lands at

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and neighbouring

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, but lived in

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Early life and marriage

He was the son of Edward Osborne, a

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and Anne, the daughter of prominent merchant Sir William Hewett who had been elected for a standard spell as Lord Mayor of London. He married Joyce Fleetwood, daughter of Thomas Fleetwood, one of the few successive Masters of the Mint under Henry VIII and his second wife Bridget Spring.

Career

He studied law at the

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, then in 1590 enlisted for military service as a volunteer in Lord Willoughby's expedition to France to assist Henry IV. He later took part in the successful raid on and temporary capture of Cadiz in 1596.Waters 232 He accompanied the

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in his Campaign in Ireland during Tyrone's Rebellion. Essex had him knighted for his services at

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but he died the same year in a skirmish with the rebels.

Descendants

He was succeeded by his son

Sir Edward Osborne, 1st Baronet Sir Edward Osborne, 1st Baronet, of Kiveton (bap. 12 December 1596 – 9 September 1647) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1628 and 1640. Osborne was the son of Sir Hewett Osborne (bap. 13 M ...

whose eldest son became

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, a leading figure in the early

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in the reign of Charles II and one of the

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for his invitation to

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and

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to overthrow his exiled ruling brother ( James II and VII). His only daughter Alice married

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, Lord Deputy of Ireland, with whom her children included

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and the writer Alice Thornton.

References

Bibliography

* Waters, Robert Edmond Chester. ''Genealogical memoirs of the extinct family of Chester of Chicheley''. Volume I. 16th-century English soldiers English soldiers English knights 1567 births 1599 deaths English military personnel killed in action Hewett {{England-bio-stub