Sir William Osborne, 8th Baronet

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Sir William Osborne, 8th Baronet, PC, MP (d. 30 September 1783) was an Irish baronet and politician.

Biography

The son of Sir John Osborne, 7th Baronet and wife Editha Proby, he succeeded in the baronetcy on 11 April 1743.

Osborne served as High Sheriff of County Waterford in 1750 and served as a Member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons for Carysfort between 1761 and 1768, for Dungarvan 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 MP, of Whitfield, Co. Waterford and had eight children:

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Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by
Sir Richard Hull
Stephen Trotter
Member of Parliament for Carysfort
1761–1769
With: William Mayne
Succeeded by
Sir Robert Deane
William Mayne
Preceded by
Robert Boyle-Walsingham
Thomas Carew
Member of Parliament for Dungarvan
1768–1783
With: Robert Carew
John Bennett
Captain Godfrey Greene
Succeeded by
Marcus Beresford
Captain Godfrey Greene
Preceded by
Warden Flood
Sir Thomas Osborne
Member of Parliament for Carysfort
October 1783 – November 1783
With: Sir Thomas Osborne
Succeeded by
John Proby Osborne
Sir Thomas Osborne
Baronetage of Ireland
Preceded by
Sir John Osborne
Baronet
(of Ballentaylor and Ballylemon)
1743–1783
Succeeded by
Sir Thomas Osborne
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