Sir Thomas Osborne, 5th Baronet
Sir Thomas Osborne, 5th Baronet, of Tichenor, County Waterford was an Irish baronet and landowner.
Biography
He was the eldest son of Nicholas Osborne, Clerk of the Crown of Ireland, who was seated at Cappagh, County Tyrone.After serving as High Sheriff of County Waterford for 1672–73, Thomas Osborne was knighted in 1679.
The senior patrilineal grandson of Sir Richard Osborne, 1st Baronet and wife Mary Dalton, Sir Thomas was heir presumptive to the baronetcy from April until October 1713 when he succeeded his cousin, the 4th baronet, in the title.
Family
Sir Thomas Osborne married firstly Katherine Butler, and had one son :- Nicholas Osborne, married 3 July 1684 Anne Parsons, daughter of Sir Laurence Parsons, 1st Baronet, of Birr Castle and wife Frances Savage daughter of William Savage, of Castle Rheban, County Kildare, and had two sons and four daughters:
- * Sir Nicholas Osborne, 6th Baronet, succeeded in the baronetcy on 10 October 1715, married in 1709 Mary Smyth, daughter of the Rt Revd Thomas Smyth, Bishop of Limerick, and had two daughters:
- ** Anne Osborne, married on 15 October 1733 Henry Vereker, of Roxborough, son of Connel Vereker, High Sheriff of Limerick, and wife Mary Godsell, having issue
- ** Dorothy Osborne, married William Taylor, of Mallow and Sheriff of Cork City
- * Sir John Osborne MP, 7th Baronet
- * Frances Osborne married John Jephson, of Carrick, County Tipperary
- * Mary Osborne, married on 22 December 1716 William Moore, Deputy Muster-Master General
- * Arabella Osborne, married in 1753 Robert Marshall, Justice of the Irish Court of Common Pleas
- Alice Osborne, married firstly Thomas Warter, of Cullen, County Tipperary, without issue, and married secondly Robert Blennerhassett MP, and had issue.