Modern English biography

tennis court, London 19 April 1889, portrait by J. R. Hodgson exhibited at the R.A. 1877. _Academy xxxv_ 304 (1889); _Athenæum i_ 538 (1889). OSBORN, SAMUEL (brother of Marmaduke Clark Osborn 1827–91). _b._ Sheffield Aug. 1826; a file maker Brook hill, Sheffield 1851; a manufacturer of steel railway materials in the Wicker, Sheffield, took J. E. Fawcett into partnership; head of firm of Samuel Osborn and co., Clyde steel and iron works, Sheffield; master cutler 1873; suspended payment April 1873 with heavy liabilities, bought back the business paying a composition of 12s. in the pound, paid all his creditors in full 9 Feb. 1884, and was presented with a testimonial April 1884; mayor of Sheffield 1890; removed to the Rutland works, Sheffield 1885. _d._ Blackpool 7 July 1891. _bur._ Ecclesall 11 July. _Sheffield Independent 8 July 1891 p._ 5, _10 July p._ 6, _13 July pp._ 5–6. OSBORN, SHERARD (eld. son of Edward Osborn, colonel Madras army). _b._ 25 April 1822; entered navy Sept. 1837; commanded the Pioneer steam tender in the Arctic expedition under captain Austin 1850–1; commanded the Pioneer again in the Arctic expedition under sir Edward Belcher 30 Oct. 1852, all the ships were abandoned 20 Aug. 1854; commanded the Vesuvius in the Black Sea 1855; senior officer in Sea of Azov June 1855 to end of the war; commanded the Furious in the Chinese war 1857, and the Donegal in the Gulf of Mexico during the Mexican war 1861–2; commanded the Royal Sovereign 1864; agent at Bombay to the Great Indian Peninsular railway 1865–6; managing director of the Telegraph construction and maintenance company 1867–71; R.A. 29 May 1873; C.B. 4 Feb. 1856; contested Birkenhead 18 Nov. 1868; wrote many papers in Blackwood’s Mag.; F.R.S. 2 June 1870; author of Stray leaves from an Arctic journal 1852, 2 ed. 1865; Quedah, or stray leaves from a journal in Malayan waters 1857, 2 ed. 1865; A cruise in Japanese waters 1859; The career, last voyage and fate of sir John Franklin 1860; The past and future of British relations in China 1860; Japanese fragments with facsimiles of illustrations 1860; edited The discovery of a north-west passage by captain M’Clure 1856, 3 ed. 1865. _d._ 33 Charles st. Berkley sq. London 6 May 1875. _bur._ Highgate cemet. 10 May. _Geographical Mag. ii_ 161 (1875); _Colburn’s United service mag._ 1875 _part_ 2, _p._ 254; _I.L.N. xx_ 336 (1852) _portrait_, _lxvi_ 475, 489, 495, 571 (1875) _portrait_; _Graphic xi_ 486, 492 (1875) _portrait_. OSBORNE, CATHERINE REBECCA (eld. dau. of Robert Smith, major R.E.). _b._ 1795; _m._ 4 April 1816 sir Thomas Osborne, 8 baronet, _b._ 1757, _d._ 3 June 1821. She _d._ Newton Anner, co. Tipperary 10 Oct. 1856. _Memorial of life of Lady Osborne_, _edited by her daughter Mrs. Osborne_ 2 _vols._ (1870). OSBORNE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (3 son of the organist of Limerick cathedral). _b._ Limerick 24 Sept. 1806; studied music at Brussels 1824–6; chapel master to the prince of Orange 1826–31; wrote with Charles A. de Bériot 33 duets for violin and pianoforte; served as a volunteer on the royalist side during Belgian revolution of 1830; resided in Paris 1831–44, and in London 1844 to death; made tours of the provinces with other musicians; a popular teacher of the piano, noted for his performances of Bach’s music; member of the Philharmonic Society and of the Musical Association and a director of the Royal academy of music; wrote Sylvia and another opera; La pluie de perles, valse brillante 1848; Classical pianoforte works 1851–2, thirty numbers; Fallen leaves, twelve short pieces 1861; The reapers, a part song 1862; The communion service 1878; his name is attached to upwards of 250 pieces of music 1834–84. _d._ 5 Ulster terrace, Regent’s park, London 17 Nov. 1893. _Musical times Dec. 1893 and Jany. 1894._ OSBORNE, GEORGE WILLOUGHBY. _b._ 1808; second lieut. Madras army 6 April 1820; lieut. 19 Madras N.I. 17 July 1823, captain 25 May 1830, major 14 March 1843, lieut. col. 31 Oct. 1850 to 1855; lieut. col. of 46 N.I. 1855–7, of 31 light infantry 1857–8, of 32 N.I. 1858–60, of 48 N.I. 1860–1, and of 33 N.I. 1861 to 31 Dec. 1861; commandant Thayat Mew 22 March 1859 to 31 Dec. 1861; retired M.G. 31 Dec. 1861. _d._ 5 Lower Seymour st. London 21 Oct. 1880. OSBORNE, HUGH STACEY. _b._ 1770; entered Bombay army 1788; lieut. 1 Oct. 1790; captain European infantry 6 March 1800, major 25 Feb. 1807 to 6 July 1811, lieut. col. 1813–15; lieut. col. 1 Bombay N.I. 1815; col. 14 N.I. 27 May 1825 to death; M.G. 10 Jany. 1837; L.G. 9 Nov. 1846; general 20 June 1854. _d._ Brighton 15 Sept. 1855. OSBORNE, JOHN. _b._ Yorkshire; hunting groom to Mr. Taylor of Kirton; trained Ararat for Liverpool races; trained horses in the North; trained for the marquis of Westminster 1842; trained some horses which his son rode; ran Exact and Lambton at York 1852; had 40 brood mares; ran Brown Brandy. Cherry Brandy, and Lord Alford; trained for lord Zetland, lord Londesborough, and sir Charles Monk. _d._ Aug. 1865. _bur._ Coverham ch. yard. _Sporting Review Sept. 1865 pp._ 165–8. OSBORNE, JOHN (son of Jeremiah Osborne of Bristol). _b._ 10 Oct. 1810; educ. Shrewsbury and Trin. coll. Oxf., B.A. 1831, M.A. 1834; barrister L.I. 16 June 1835; Q.C. 29 Nov. 1862; judge of county courts circuit S. Lancashire 26 Jany. 1871 to death. _d._ Bent house, near Prestwich, Lancs. 23 Nov. 1872. _Law Times liv_ 122 (1872). OSBORNE, JOHN WILLIAM WILLOUGHBY. _b._ 25 Sept. 1833; ensign Indian army 1 Jany. 1850; executive engineer Mhow division July 1855; political agent at Réwah 1857, defeated the mutineers near Réwah in nine actions 1857, and preserved Bandalkhand during the mutiny; lieut. Madras staff corps 18 Feb. 1861, lieut. col. 1 Jany. 1876 to death; hon. aide-de-camp to the governor general Feb. 1858; C.B. 18 May 1860; adviser to the Begum of Bhopal 1860; administered the Gwalier state to death, where he was in much favor with Scindhia; colonel in the army 2 April 1877; hon. A.D.C. to the viceroy of India; author of A pilgrimage to Mecca by Sikandar Begam, followed by a sketch of the reigning family of Bhopal 1870. _d._ Mussoree 4 Oct. 1881. _Army and navy mag. iii_ 539–45 (1882); _Kaye and Malleson’s Indian mutiny v_ 75–7, 134, _vi_ 167 (1889). OSBORNE, SIDNEY GODOLPHIN (3 son of 1 baron Godolphin 1777–1850). _b._ Stapleford, Cambs. 5 Feb. 1808; educ. Rugby and Brasenose coll. Oxf., B.A. 1830; R. of Stoke-Pogis, Bucks. 1832–41; R. of Durweston-with-Bryanstown, Dorset 1841–75; inspected the hospitals at Scutari during the Crimean war 1855; granted the rank of a duke’s son 28 June 1859; wrote letters in the Times, all signed with the initials S. G. O. 1844–88; author of A word or two about the new poor law 1835, 8 ed. 1836; Hints to the charitable 1838; Hints for the amelioration of the moral condition of village populations 1839; Gleanings in the west of Ireland 1850; Lady Eva, her last days, a tale 1851; Scutari and its hospitals 1855. _d._ Lewes, Sussex 9 May 1889. _Letters of S. G. O. edited by Arnold White_, 2 _vols._ (1888) _portrait_; _The Mask_ (1868) 42 _portrait_; _I.L.N. 25 May 1889 p._ 647 _portrait_; _Punch 18 May 1889 p._ 235. OSBORNE, WILLIAM ALEXANDER (son of William Osborne of Worcester). _b._ Clapham, Surrey 1814; educ. St. Paul’s sch. 1824, captain of the school 1831–2; Camden exhibitioner to Trin. coll. Camb. 1832; Craven scholar 1836, senior chancellor’s medalist 1836, B.A. 1836, M.A. 1839; ordained 1838; head master Macclesfield gram. sch. 1836–49; head master of Rossall sch. 1849, retired on £400 a year 1869; English chaplain Wiesbaden 1870–75; R. of Doddington, Somerset 1876–88; prebendary of Wells 1876 to death; author of The revised version of the New Testament, a critical commentary 1882; with C. Girdleston Horace with notes 1848. _d._ Melrose house, Hampton road, Teddington, Middlesex 4 Jany. 1891. _The Little Journal i_ 219–21 (1884). OSCROFT, JOHN. _b._ Arnold, Notts. 21 July 1807; a frame work knitter; played in Nottingham cricket matches many seasons; in Nottingham _v._ England match 1845 he was 3½ hours at the wicket; bowler to various clubs in England and Scotland; kept a public house at Nottingham 1854 to death. _d._ of dysentery Nottingham 28 Sept. 1857. _Lillywhite’s Cricket Scores ii_ 85 (1862). OSCROFT, JOHN. _b._ Arnold, Notts. 24 March 1846; a frame work knitter; professional cricketer at the Old Trafford ground, Manchester 1864, at Lord’s 1865, at Bradford 1866–7; played in Gentlemen of Yorkshire v. M.C.C. at Lord’s 18 and 19 May 1865; played with the All England eleven 1868; engaged with the East Lanarkshire club at Blackburn 1870–3, and at Burnley 1874–5; a good hitter and fine medium pace bowler. _d._ Arnold 16 June