Sir Edward Osborne, 1st Baronet, of Kiveton (bap. 12 December 1596 – 9 September 1647) was an English politician who sat in the

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at various times between 1628 and 1640. Osborne was the son of Sir Hewett Osborne (bap. 13 March 1567 – 1599, brother of Alice Osborne, wife of Sir John Peyton, 1st Baronet) and Joyce Fleetwood. He was made a

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on 13 July 1620.George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage, Vol. 1'' 1900
/ref> In 1628 Osborne was elected Member of Parliament for

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. He was elected MP for

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in the

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of 1640 and MP for Berwick in November 1640 for the

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. When

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, Lord President of the

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, was sent to Ireland as

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in 1632, he retained the office of Lord President, but appointed Sir Edward as his vice-president. During the political crisis which led to the

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, Sir Edward remained entirely loyal to the Crown, but admitted that he found great difficulty in raising the gentry of Yorkshire to fight for the Royalist cause. In addition, he was deeply distraught by the death of his eldest son, who was killed in 1638 when the roof of the family house fell in; Thomas, his only surviving son, was said to have survived because he was looking for his pet cat under a table at the time of the accident. Osborne married firstly on 13 October 1618 Margaret Belasyse, who died on 7 November 1624, daughter of

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and Barbara Cholmondeley, by whom he has a son, Edward, who was killed accidentally in 1638, when the roof of the family home fell in. He then secondly married Anne Walmesley, widow of William Middleton, who died in August 1666: she was the daughter of Thomas Walmesley and Eleanor or Elizabeth Danvers (died 1601, sister of Sir

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). They had an only son who was one of the seven who in their lifetimes came to be celebrated as the

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for bringing replacement co-monarchs to

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and who was elevated in the peerage to the highest rank accordingly —

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. Sir Edward Osborne died in 1647 and was buried in the Osborne family chapel at All Hallows Church, Harthill, South Yorkshire.Historical inscriptions inside All Hallows Church
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Edward Edward is an English male name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortunate; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-S ...

English MPs 1628–1629 English MPs 1640 (April) Burials at Osborne family chapel, All Hallows' Church (Harthill)