Peregrine Osborne, 2nd Duke of Leeds

Sir Peregrine Osborne, 2nd Duke of Leeds was born circa 1659. He was the son of Sir Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds and Lady Bridget Bertie.1 He married Bridget Hyde, daughter of Sir Thomas Hyde, Bt., on 25 April 1682.1 He died on 25 June 1729.1

    Sir Peregrine Osborne, 2nd Duke of Leeds succeeded to the title of 2nd Viscount Oseborne of Dunblane [S., 1673] on 5 December 1674, after his father surrendered it in his favour.1 He succeeded to the title of 2nd Baron Osborne of Kiveton, co. York [E., 1673] before 26 July 1712.1 He succeeded to the title of 3rd Baronet Osborne, of Kiveton, co. York [E., 1620] on 26 July 1712.1 He succeeded to the title of 2nd Viscount Latimer of Danby, co. York [E., 1673] on 26 July 1712.1 He succeeded to the title of 2nd Duke of Leeds [E., 1694] on 26 July 1712.1 He succeeded to the title of 2nd Marquess of Carmarthen [E., 1689] on 26 July 1712.1 He succeeded to the title of 2nd Earl of Danby, co. York [E., 1674] on 26 July 1712.1

Children of Sir Peregrine Osborne, 2nd Duke of Leeds and Bridget Hyde

Lady Mary Osborne b. 14 Aug 1688, d. 4 Feb 1722.2

Sir Peregrine Hyde Osborne, 3rd Duke of Leeds+ b. 11 Nov 1691, d. 9 May 1731.1

Citations

[S21] L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 174. Hereinafter cited as The New Extinct Peerage.

[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 53. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

Peregrine Osborne, 2nd Duke of Leeds (1659 – 25 June 1729), styled Lord 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 Thomas Osborne (later 1st Duke of Leeds) and his wife, Bridget, a daughter of the 2nd Earl of Lindsey. In 1673, his father was created Viscount Osborne in the Peerage of Scotland, but surrendered the title in favour of Peregrine when the former was created Viscount Latimer in the Peerage of England later that year.

Political career In 1677, Osborne sat in Parliament as MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed and then briefly for Corfe Castle when he succeeded his brother to the seat in 1679. In 1689, he briefly sat in Parliament again, this time for York. He held the seat for almost a year when he left the Commons in 1689 after being called up to House of Lords in his father's barony of Osborne.

From them on, however, he did not take an active role in the Lords, instead choosing a career in the Royal Navy and eventually becoming Vice Admiral of the Red in 1702/03. He was involved in the Attack on Brest on 18 June 1694. As a ship designer he served as liaison with the Russian Tsar Peter the Great on his visit to London in 1698. He also helped negotiate a proposal of tobacco merchants to ship their products to Russia.

Family On 25 April 1682, he married Bridget Hyde (the only daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas Hyde, 2nd Baronet) and they had three children:

William Henry, 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 (14 August 1688-d. 1721/2), married (1) the 2nd Duke of Beaufort (2) the 4th Earl of Dundonald.

Danby inherited his father's titles in 1712 and upon his own death in 1729, was succeeded in them by his second son, Peregrine.

Peregine Osborne married Bridget Hyde,daughter of Sir Thomas Hyde (Bt) on 25th April 1682