Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds

Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds (February 20,1631 - July 26,1712), English statesman, commonly known also by his earlier title of Earl of Danby, served in a variety of offices under Kings Charles II and William III of England.

Early Life

The son of Sir Edward Osborne, Bart., of Kiveton, Yorkshire, Danby was born in 1631. He was great-grandson of Sir Edward Osborne (d. 1591), Lord Mayor of London, who, according to the accepted account, while apprentice to Sir William Hewett, clothworker and lord mayor in 1559, made the fortunes of the family by leaping from London Bridge into the river and rescuing Anne (d. 1585), the daughter of his employer, whom he afterwards married. Thomas Osborne, the future Lord Treasurer, succeeded to the baronetcy and estates in Yorkshire on his father's death in 1647, and after unsuccessfully courting his cousin Dorothy Osborne, married Lady Bridget Bertie, daughter of the Earl of Lindsey.

Related Topics:
Kiveton - Yorkshire - 1591 - Lord Mayor of London - 1559 - London Bridge - 1585 - Lord Treasurer - 1647 - Earl of Lindsey

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