The arms of the Osborne of Ballentaylor baronets: Gules, on a fess or cotised argent two fountains proper, over all a bend of the last

Sir Thomas Osborne, 5th Baronet, of Tichenor, County Waterford (1639 – 10 October 1715) was an Irish baronet and landowner.

Biography

He was the eldest son of Nicholas Osborne (1620 – 18 April 1696), Clerk of the Crown of Ireland, who was seated at Cappagh, County Tyrone.

After serving as High Sheriff of County Waterford for 1672–73, Thomas Osborne was knighted in 1679.[1] The senior patrilineal grandson of Sir Richard Osborne, 1st Baronet and wife Mary Dalton, Sir Thomas was heir presumptive to the baronetcy from April until October 1713 when he succeeded his cousin, the 4th baronet, in the title.[2]

Family

Sir Thomas Osborne married firstly Katherine Butler, and had one son (and daughters including):

Sir Thomas Osborne married secondly on 9 October 1703 his first cousin Anne Ussher, sister of John Ussher MP, and youngest daughter of Colonel Beverley Ussher, of Ballyfin, County Cork and of Kilmeadan, County Waterford.

Sources

  • Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 3031.
  • Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, editor, Burke's Irish Family Records (London, U.K.: Burkes Peerage Ltd, 1976), pages 27, 136 and 1156.

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