George Osbaldeston

(1786-1866)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Osbaldeston, George, 1786-1866 DNB: Osbaldeston, George (1786–1866), sportsman LBT ID: GeOsbal1866 VIAF ID: 20050658 LOC ID: nr2004001061	B/BAP: 1786-12-26 DIED: 1866-08-01
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The son of George Osbaldeston (d. 1793); educated at Brasenose College, Oxford, he was a Whig MP for East Retford (1812-18) and high sheriff for Yorkshire (1829) but remembered for his horseracing exploits.
REFERENCES TO George Osbaldeston: Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 18 March 1829 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1: ¶ 1 Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch. VIII: 1829