Sir William Osborne, 8th Baronet, (d. 30 September 1783) was an Irish

baronet A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, , or ; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. The title of baronet is mentioned as early as the 14th ...

and politician.

Biography

The son of

Sir John Osborne, 7th Baronet Sir John Osborne, 7th Baronet (died 11 April 1743), was an Irish baronet, landowner and politician. Biography He was the younger son of Nicholas Osborne (died 25 December 1714) and wife Anne ''née'' Parsons, and grandson of Sir Thomas Osborne, ...

and his wife Editha Proby, he succeeded in the

baronetcy A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, , or ; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. The title of baronet is mentioned as early as the 14th ...

on 11 April 1743. Osborne served as

High Sheriff of County Waterford The High Sheriff of County Waterford was the Sovereign's judicial representative in County Waterford. Initially, an office for a lifetime, assigned by the Sovereign, the High Sheriff became an annual appointment following the Provisions of Oxfor ...

in 1750 and served as a

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in the

Irish House of Commons The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, but on a highly restrictive fra ...

for Carysfort between 1761 and 1768, for

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between 1768 and 1783 and for Carysfort again in 1783, and was sworn of the Irish Privy Council in 1770.

Marriage and issue

Sir William Osborne married ( lic. 20 March 1749) Elizabeth Christmas, daughter of

Thomas Christmas Thomas Christmas was an Irish politician. Christmas was born in Waterford, son of Richard Christmas, High Sheriff of Waterford in 1686, and Susanna Aland, daughter of Henry Aland, and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was MP for the ...

MP, of Whitfield, Co. Waterford and Elizabeth Marshall, and had eight children: * Elizabeth Osborne (1754 - November 1783), married on 19 March 1774 as his first wife John Joshua Proby, 1st Earl of Carysfort (12 August 1751 – 7 April 1828) *

John Proby Osborne John Proby Osborne, MP (1755 – December 1787) was an Irish politician. Biography Osborne was the son of Sir William Osborne, 8th Baronet and wife Elizabeth Christmas. He was a practising barrister and sat as a Member of Parliament in th ...

(1755 - December 1787), died unmarried without issue * Revd. William Osborne, died unmarried without issue * Ada Osborne, married her cousin

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Thomas Christmas and had issue * unnamed daughter, died an infant *

Sir Thomas Osborne, 9th Baronet Sir Thomas Osborne, 9th Baronet, MP (1757 – 3 June 1821) was an Irish baronet and politician. Biography He was the eldest son of Sir William Osborne, 8th Baronet and his wife Elizabeth ''née'' Christmas, daughter of Thomas Christmas and ...

(1757 - 3 June 1821) *

Sir Henry Osborne, 11th Baronet Sir Henry Osborne, 11th Baronet (1759 – 27 October 1837), was an Irish baronet and politician. Biography The fourth (but second surviving) son of the Rt. Hon. Sir William Osborne, 8th Baronet and wife Elizabeth Christmas, he succeeded in the ba ...

(1759 - 27 October 1837) *

Rt. Hon. ''The Right Honourable'' ( abbreviation: ''Rt Hon.'' or variations) is an honorific style traditionally applied to certain persons and collective bodies in the United Kingdom, the former British Empire and the Commonwealth of Nations. The term is ...

Charles Osborne (1760 - 5 September 1817) MP and judge of the

Court of King's Bench (Ireland) The Court of King's Bench (of Queen's Bench when the sovereign was female, and formerly of Chief Place or Chief Pleas) was one of the senior courts of common law in Ireland. It was a mirror of the Court of King's Bench in England. The King's Benc ...

Sources

* G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, ''The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed.'', 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 71. * 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.

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Biography

Marriage and issue

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