Peregrine Osborne
Peregrine Osborne (1658–1729), second Duke of Leeds was born in 1658 and baptised at Harthill, Yorkshire, the third son of Thomas Osborne, first Duke of Leeds. He received private education including nine months in France.
In April 1682 he married Bridget Hyde, daughter of Thomas Hyde of Hertfordshire. They had four children:
- William Henry Osborne, born 21st July, 1690. Died of small-pox in 16th August 1711
- Peregrine Hyde Osborne, born 11th November, 1691.
- Bridget Osborne( 1688-1721). Married twice:
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- Henry Somerset, Duke of Beaufort, on 14th Septembrer 1711.
- John Cochrane,Earl of Dundonald on 15th October, 1715.
- Mary Osborne, Mary, born 14th August 1688
Peregrine Butler He was, officially, the younger son of Sir Walter Butler, Baronet of Polestown, Kilkenny. It is recorded that he was, in fact, almost certainly the illegitimate son of his mother’s kinsman, Peregrine Osborne, 2nd Duke of Leeds, at whose London house he was born in 1715. The connection meant he received patronage of the Osborne family and in 1780, this patronage secured for William the appointment of Surgeon General to the Forces in Minorca, at that time a British naval base.
On the death of Thomas Hyde, in 1665, Peregrine and his wife Bridget succeeded to the manor of North Mimms, Hertford.
The Manor of Aldbury also passed to Bridget, his only daughter. The manor was sold in 1736 by Thomas the 4th Duke of Leeds to Scroop Egerton, Earl of Bridgewater
He was created Viscount Osborne of Dunblane in the peerage of Scotland in 1674.
In 1689, he became Earl of Danby (his father being made Marquis of Carmarthen)
He was summoned to parliament as Baron Osborne of Kiveton on 20th March, 1690.
Naval Officer. In 1690, he was appointed Colonel of the first regiment of marines, was Captain of the Suffolk, a 70-gun ship. He soon transferred to the Resolution, which he commanded in the fleet under Russell. In 1692 he was appointed to the 90-gun ship Windsor Castle, in which he took part in the Battle of Barfleur. In 1693 he commanded the 100-gun ship Royal William, and on the death of Sir John Ashby he was promoted to Rear Admiral.
Peter the Great(1682-1725) - He became a close friend of Peregrine Osborne, during his three month stay in the country. King William had allowed him the use of several small yachts. He gave the ship Royal Transport to Peter as a gift. Peter met the ship's designer, Peregrine Osborne, Marquis of Carmarthen, and the two became good friends. Osborne, then an Admiral, oversaw his introduction to English shipbuilding practice at Deptford, arranged sailing lessons on the Thames and visits to the Woolwich Arsenal, Royal Observatory and Royal Mint.
The Royal Yacht, Peregrine Built in the late 1690s, the Peregrine was named after its designer Peregrine Osborne. In 1711, the vessel was converted into a royal yacht for Queen Anne. Five years later, George I renamed it the Royal Caroline.
By the death of his father on 26th July 1712 he became Duke of Leeds.
He served as Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire until the death of Queen Anne.
In 1716–7 he was consorting with the Jacobites in France and the Netherlands, and received from James III a commission as admiral and commander-in-chief at sea.
He died on 25 June 1729 aged 71 and his son Peregrine Hyde, succeeded as third duke.
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