Sir Thomas Osborne, 9th Baronet, MP (1757 – 3 June 1821) was an

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and politician.

Biography

He was the eldest son of

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and his wife Elizabeth ''née'' Christmas, daughter of

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and Elizabeth Marshall. Sir Thomas sat as a

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in the

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for Carysfort between 1776 and 1797 and served as High Sheriff of County Waterford in 1795, having succeeded to the

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upon his father's death in 1783.

Marriage and issue

Osborne married on 6 April 1816 at St. Margaret's Church, Rochester,

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, Catherine Rebecca Smith (1796 - 10 October 1856). Catherine Rebecca Smith was the daughter of Major Robert Smith RM (1754 - Chatham, Kent, 2 July 1813) and his wife Margaret Ramsay (1766 - Newtown, Ireland, April 1839), and a granddaughter of the Revd James Ramsay and his wife Rebecca Akers. Sir Thomas and Lady Osborne had two children: * Sir William Osborne, 10th Baronet (1817 - 23 May 1824), succeeded in the baronetcy on 3 June 1821 * Catherine Isabella Osborne (30 June 1819 - 20/1 June 1880), married on 20 August 1844 Ralph Bernal Osborne (26 March 1808 – 4 January 1882), and had two daughters.

Sources

* Charles Mosley, editor, ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes'' (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 3031. * Marriage to Catherine Rebecca Smith a
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* Ancestry.co

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www.geneall.net

1757 births High Sheriffs of County Waterford 1821 deaths Irish MPs 1776–1783 Irish MPs 1783–1790 Irish MPs 1790–1797 Irish MPs 1798–1800 Osborne baronets Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Wicklow constituencies {{Ireland-baronet-stub

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Marriage and issue

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