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Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, KG (20 February 1632 – 26 July 1712) was an English Tory politician and peer. During the reign of Charles II of England , he was the leading figure in the English government for roughly five years in the mid-1670s.
Thomas Osborne, 1st duke of Leeds was an English statesman who, while chief minister to King Charles II, organized the Tories in Parliament. In addition, he played a key role in bringing William and Mary to the English throne in 1689. The son of a Royalist Yorkshire landowner, Osborne did not.
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Duke of Leeds was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1694 for the prominent statesman Thomas Osborne, 1st Marquess of Carmarthen, who had been one of the Immortal Seven in the Revolution of 1688.
Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, KG (20 February 1632 – 26 July 1712) was an English Tory politician and peer. During the reign of Charles II of England, he was the leading figure in the English government for roughly five years in the mid-1670s.
Osborne family, Dukes of Leeds. This page summarises records created by this Family. The summary includes a brief description of the collection (s) (usually including the covering dates...
NumberDescriptionHeld ByReference1Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical ...DD 52Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical ...DD 1923Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical ...DD 2254Sheffield City ArchivesSC 575-81Political career. Leeds was appointed Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire in 1802, a post he held until his death. [2] . In May 1827 he entered George Canning 's government as Master of the Horse. [3] .
Help. Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds ('Lord Danby') (1631-1712), Statesman. Early Stuart Portraits Catalogue Entry. Sitter associated with 12 portraits. Chief minister to King Charles II, created Earl of Danby 1674.
