Richard Osbaldeston (1691–1764) was a

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clergyman and

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from 1762 to 1764.

Life

He was born at

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, a younger son of Sir Richard Osbaldeston, a prominent landowner and a rather inactive Member of Parliament. He was the head of the Yorkshire branch of an old

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family. His mother, who died young, was Elizabeth Fountayne of Melton. His grandfather William was also a Member of Parliament and his great-grandfather Richard Osbaldeston had been

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. Through his grandmother Anne Wentworth he was related to the family of

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, the formidable Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He graduated MA from St John's College, Cambridge, in 1714, becoming a Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge. He was a chaplain to King

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of Great Britain, and tutor to King

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. He became Bishop of Carlisle in 1747. He was a patron of

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.''Concise Dictionary of National Biography''

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External links

Material relating to Bishop Osbaldeston at Lambeth Palace Library
1691 births 1764 deaths Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Bishops of Carlisle Bishops of London Deans of the Chapel Royal Deans of York 18th-century Church of England bishops Fellows of Peterhouse, Cambridge Honorary Chaplains to the Queen People from Hunmanby {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub