Peerage Record – 54710

     Sir John Osborne, 1st Bt. was born circa 1615. He was the son of Sir Peter Osborne and Dorothy Danvers.² He married Eleanor Danvers, daughter of Sir Charles Danvers, on 22 December 1647.¹ He died on 5 February 1698/99.¹
     He was presented with the famous ‘warming pan’ bed from St. James’s Palace in which the titular James III, the Old Pretender, was said by his enemies to have been smuggled into the reigning family.¹ He was created 1st Baronet Osborne, of Chicksands Priory, co. Bedford [England] on 11 February 1661/62.¹ He was Treasurer’s Remembrancer between 1674 and 1698.¹

     Sir Henry Osborne was born in 1619.¹ He was the son of Sir Peter Osborne and Dorothy Danvers.² He died in 1675.¹
     He was founder and treasurer at Royal Hospital, Greenwich, Kent, England.¹

     Charles Osborne was born in 1620.¹ He was the son of Sir Peter Osborne and Dorothy Danvers.² He died in 1642, killed on active service.¹
     He fought in the English Civil War, as a Royalist.¹

     Robin Osborne was born in 1626.¹ He was the son of Sir Peter Osborne and Dorothy Danvers.² He died circa 1653, unmarried.¹

     Elizabeth Osborne was born in 1610.¹ She was the daughter of Sir Peter Osborne and Dorothy Danvers.² She married Edward Duncombe in 1631.¹
     From 1631, her married name became Duncombe.

     Edward Duncombe married Elizabeth Osborne, daughter of Sir Peter Osborne and Dorothy Danvers, in 1631.¹
     He lived at Battlesden, Bedfordshire, England.¹

     Ann Osborne was born in 1613.¹ She was the daughter of Sir Peter Osborne and Dorothy Danvers.² She married Sir Thomas Peyton, 2nd Bt., son of Sir Samuel Peyton, 1st Bt..¹
     Her married name became Peyton.

     Sir Thomas Peyton, 2nd Bt. is the son of Sir Samuel Peyton, 1st Bt. He married Ann Osborne, daughter of Sir Peter Osborne and Dorothy Danvers.¹ He married, secondly, Cecilia Clerke. He married, thirdly, Jane Monins, daughter of Sir William Monins, 1st Bt. and Jane Twisden, on 2 March 1667.²
     He had three daughters.¹ He lived at Knowlton, Kent, England.¹ He gained the title of 2nd Baronet Peyton.

     Dorothy Osborne was born in 1627.¹ She was the daughter of Sir Peter Osborne and Dorothy Danvers.³ She and Henry Cromwell were engaged.¹ She married Sir William Temple, 1st and last Bt., son of Sir John Temple and Mary Hammond, on 31 January 1654/55.^1,4
     From 31 January 1654/55, her married name became Temple.

     Sir William Temple, 1st and last Bt. was baptised on 20 April 1626.³ He was born at Blackfriars, London, England.⁴ He was the son of Sir John Temple and Mary Hammond.⁴ He married Dorothy Osborne, daughter of Sir Peter Osborne and Dorothy Danvers, on 31 January 1654/55.^1,4 He died on 27 January 1698/99 at age 72.⁴
     He was educated at Bishops Stortford College, Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, England.³ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Carlow [Ireland] in 1660.³ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for County Carlow [Ireland] between 1661 and 1663.³ He was Envoy to Brussels to negotiate the Triple Alliance of England, United Provinces and Sweden in 1665.³ He was created 1st Baronet Temple [England] on 31 January 1665/66.¹ He held the office of Ambassador to Holland between 1668 and 1670.⁴ He held the office of Ambassador to Holland in 1674.³ He held the office of Master of teh Rolls [Ireland] between 1677 and 1696.³ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Northampton in 1678.³ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Cambridge University between 1679 and 1681.³ He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) from 1679 to January 1680/81.⁵ He employed Jonathan Swift as his secretary.³ The letters between William and Dorothy form one of the great monuments of epistolary literature of the 17th century.¹