Sir Peter Osborne, Lt. Governor of Guernsey, MP

of Chicksands Abbey, Governor of Guernsey

Biographical Summary

"OSBORNE, Sir Peter (1585-1654), of Chicksands Priory, Beds. and Castle Cornet, Guernsey -

• b.1585,[1] 1st son of Sir John Osborne of Ivy Lane, London and Chicksands, and Dorothy, daughter of Richard Barlee of Elsenham, Essex.[2]
• educ. Emmanuel, Cambridge 1603;[3]
• embassy, Madrid 1617.[4]
• marriage settlement 14 Nov. 1614,[5] Dorothy (d.1650), daughter of Sir John Danvers of Dauntsey, Wiltshire, 8 sons (5 d.v.p.) 4 daughter [6]
• knighted 7 Jan. 1611;[7]
• succeeded father 1628.[8]
• buried 13 Mar. 1654.

Offices Held

• Lt.-gov. Guernsey 1621-46.
• Treas.’s remembrancer, Exch. 1628-42.
• Justice of the Peace, Bedfordshire 1630-?43,
• Commissioner oyer and terminer, Norfolk circuit 1630-42,
• Bedfordshire 1640,
• Commissioner of sewers 1636,
• Commissioner of assessment 1641-2,
• Commissioner of array 1642."

SOURCE: The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010

Family

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Osborn-104

Children of Sir Peter Osborne and Dorothy Danvers

1. Thomas Osborne b. 1609, d. 1637
2. Elizabeth Osborne b. 1610
3. Ann Osborne b. 1613
4. Lt.-Col. Henry Osborne b. 1614, d. 1645
5. Sir John Osborne, 1st Bt.+ b. c 1615, d. 5 Feb 1698/99
6. Sir Henry Osborne b. 1619, d. 1675
7. Charles Osborne b. 1620, d. 1642
8. Robin Osborne b. 1626, d. c 1653
9. Dorothy Osborne b. 1627

References

• The Visitations of Bedfordshire 1566, 1582 and 1634 page 205. The Harleian Society 1884. link
• http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/os...
• http://thepeerage.com/p54708.htm#i547078
• Wikipedia Sir Peter Osborne (1584 – 14 April 1653.) link
• Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 42 Osborne, Peter (DNB00). link

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"The Bailiwick of Guernsey is a British crown dependency off the coast of France.
Holders of the post of Governor of Guernsey, until the role was abolished in 1835. Since then, only Lieutenant-Governors have been appointed (see Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey).
A roll of honour of the Governors and Lieutenant Governors of Guernsey from 1198 to date has been installed at Government House."
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