1710 in Henry Sacheverell's case, he spoke in defence of hereditary rights. In November of this year he obtained a renewal of his pension of £3500 a year from the post office which he was holding in 1694, and in 1711 at the age of eighty was a competitor for the office of Lord Privy Seal. Leeds's long and eventful career, however, terminated soon afterwards by his death in Easton Neston, Northamptonshire, England on 26 July 1712. Osborne was buried in the Osborne family chapel at All Hallows Church, Harthill, South Yorkshire. He had purchased the Harthill estate while Earl of Danby, and had a fine mortuary chapel built in the north-east corner of All Hallows Church. Leeds's estates and titles passed to eldest surviving son and heir Peregrine (1659–1729), who had been in the house of Lords as Baron Osborne since 1690, but is best remembered as a naval officer in the Royal Navy, where he rose to the rank of vice admiral. See also List of deserters from James II to William of Orange Nathaniel Bladen, was Steward to Danby for almost 30 years from the 1660s to the 1690s. Family Thomas Osborne and his wife Bridget, daughter of Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey married in 1651. They had nine children: Lady Catherine Osborne,(1653 – 1702) married Hon. James Herbert and had issue Edward Osborne, Viscount Latimer (c.1655 – January 1689), married Elizabeth Bennet (d. 1680), without surviving issue son (b. c. 1657?), died an infant Lady Anne Osborne (1657–1722), married first Robert Coke of Holkham (d. 1679) and had issue, married second Horatio Walpole (d. 1717), without issue Peregrine Osborne, 2nd Duke of Leeds (1659–1729) Lady Sophia Osborne (1661 – 8 December 1746), married first Donough O'Brien, Lord Ibrackan without issue, married second William Fermor, 1st Baron Leominster and had issue Lady Bridget Osborne (1664 d. 9 May 1718), married first Charles FitzCharles, 1st Earl of Plymouth without issue, married second Rt. Rev. Philip Bisse Lady Martha Osborne (c.1664 – 11 September 1689), married, on 22 May 1678, Charles Granville, 2nd Earl of Bath without issue daughter (date unknown), died an infant Bridget, Duchess of Leeds, died at Wimbledon in June 1703. Notes Attribution |- |- |- |- External links The Danby Papers. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. 1632 births 1712 deaths 17th-century Royal Navy personnel People from Kiveton