Sir William Osborne, 8th Baronet


Sir William Osborne, 8th Baronet, was an Irish baronet and politician.

Biography

The son of Sir John Osborne, 7th Baronet and wife Editha Proby, he succeeded in the baronetcy on 11 April 1743.
Osborne served as High Sheriff of County Waterford in 1750 and served as a Member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons for Carysfort between 1761 and 1768, for Dungarvan between 1768 and 1783 and for Carysfort again in 1783, and was sworn of the Irish Privy Council in 1770.

Marriage and issue

Sir William Osborne married Elizabeth Christmas, daughter of Thomas Christmas MP, of Whitfield, Co. Waterford and had eight children: