Sir Richard Osborne, 2nd Baronet, MP (1618 – 2 March 1685) was an

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and politician.

Biography

Osborne was admitted to

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in 1628 and sat as a

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for Dungarvan in the

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between 1639 and 1649. The eldest surviving son of Sir Richard Osborne and wife Mary daughter of Roger Dalton, of Knockmahon, he succeeded his father in the

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in 1667 and served as High Sheriff of County Waterford for 1671–72.

Marriage and issue

Sir Richard Osborne and Elizabeth ''née'' Carew had two sons and three daughters: * Sir John Osborne, 3rd Baronet (1659 – 4 April 1713), succeeded in the baronetcy on 2 March 1685, married in 1699 Elizabeth Walsingham (died 22 February 1733), daughter of Colonel Thomas Walsingham, of Scadbury,

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and wife Lady Anne Howard, without issue. He is buried in the nave of the Parish Church of St Mary The Virgin,

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. * Sir Richard Osborne, 4th Baronet (c. 1662 – October 1713), succeeded in the baronetcy on 4 April 1713, unmarried without issue * Grace Osborne, married as his second wife

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Beverley Ussher, of Ballyfin,

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(died 1683), 5th son of Arthur Ussher MP, of Donnybrook,

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and wife Judith daughter of Sir Robert Newcomen, and had issue: including John Ussher MP and the

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* Elizabeth Osborne, married the Very Rev Arthur Pomeroy (1623 – 1708), and had issue: including Arthur Pomeroy, 1st Viscount Harberton * Anne Osborne, married in 1678 Captain Charles Odell, of Castletown, County Limerick

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www.thepeerage.com
1618 births Members of Gray's Inn Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Waterford constituencies High Sheriffs of County Waterford 1685 deaths Osborne baronets Irish MPs 1639–1649 {{Ireland-baronet-stub

Biography

Marriage and issue

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