Peregrine Osborne, 2nd Duke of Leeds
His Grace The Duke of Leeds | |
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 The Duke of Leeds. Stipple engraving after Jean Petitot, c.1710 | |
| Born | Baptised 29 December 1659 Harthill, Yorkshire |
| Died | 25 June 1729 |
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| Allegiance | Kingdom of England Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Service/ | Royal Navy |
| Years of service | c.1691–1712 |
| Rank | Admiral of the Red |
| Commands held | HMS Suffolk HMS Royal William |
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Admiral Peregrine Osborne, 2nd Duke of Leeds (1659 – 25 June 1729), styled Viscount Osborne between 1673 and 1689, Earl of Danby between 1689 and 1694 and Marquess of Carmarthen between 1694 and 1712, was an English Tory politician.
Background
Osborne was the second son of the
Viscount Latimer in the Peerage of England
later that year.
Political career
In 1677, Osborne sat in Parliament as
barony of Osborne
.
From then on, however, he did not take an active role in the Lords, instead choosing a career in the
Vice Admiral of the Red
on 8 May 1702 and became a full admiral on 21 December 1708.
Family
On 25 April 1682, he married Bridget Hyde (the only daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas Hyde, 2nd Baronet) and they had four children:
- William Henry Osborne, Viscount Latimer and later Earl of Danby(1690–1711)
- Lord Peregrine Hyde, briefly Earl of Danby, then Marquess of Carmarthen and later 3rd Duke of Leeds (1691–1731)
- Lady Mary Osborne (1688–1722), who married Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort. After his death, she married John Cochrane, 4th Earl of Dundonald
- Lady Bridget Osborne, who married Rev. William Williams, Prebendary of Chichester Cathedral.
Danby inherited his father's titles in 1712 and upon his own death in 1729, was succeeded in them by his second son, Peregrine. He was buried in the Osborne family chapel at
All Hallows Church, Harthill, South Yorkshire
.
See also
References
- Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 42. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Further reading
- Murdoch, Tessa (ed.). OCLC 78044620. For inventories of Kiveton and of Thorp Salvin, both houses in Yorkshire belonging to the duke, see pp. 246–65 and pp. 266–9.
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