OSBORNE, Sidney Godolphin (3 son of 1 baron Godolphin 1777–1850). b. Stapleford, Cambs. 5 Feb. 1808; educ. Rugby and Brasenose coll. Oxf., B.A. 1830; R. of Stoke-Pogis, Bucks. 1832–41; R. of Durweston-with-Bryanstown, Dorset 1841–75; inspected the hospitals at Scutari during the Crimean war 1855; granted the rank of a duke’s son 28 June 1859; wrote letters in the Times, all signed with the initials S. G. O. 1844–88; author of A word or two about the new poor law 1835, 8 ed. 1836; Hints to the charitable 1838; Hints for the amelioration of the moral condition of village populations 1839; Gleanings in the west of Ireland 1850; Lady Eva, her last days, a tale 1851; Scutari and its hospitals 1855. d. Lewes, Sussex 9 May 1889. Letters of S. G. O. edited by Arnold White, 2 vols. (1888) portrait; The Mask (1868) 42 portrait; I.L.N. 25 May 1889 p. 647 portrait; Punch 18 May 1889 p. 235.
OSBORNE, William Alexander (son of William Osborne of Worcester). b. Clapham, Surrey 1814; educ. St. Paul’s sch. 1824, captain of the school 1831–2; Camden exhibitioner to Trin. coll. Camb. 1832; Craven scholar 1836, senior chancellor’s medalist 1836, B.A. 1836, M.A. 1839; ordained 1838; head master Macclesfield gram. sch. 1836–49; head master of Rossall sch. 1849, retired on £400 a year 1869; English chaplain Wiesbaden 1870–75; R. of Doddington, Somerset 1876–88; prebendary of Wells 1876 to death; author of The revised version of the New Testament, a critical commentary 1882; with C. Girdleston Horace with notes 1848. d. Melrose house, Hampton road, Teddington, Middlesex 4 Jany. 1891. The Little Journal i 219–21 (1884).
OSCROFT, John. b. Arnold, Notts. 21 July 1807; a frame work knitter; played in Nottingham cricket matches many seasons; in Nottingham v. England match 1845 he was 3½ hours at the wicket; bowler to various clubs in England and Scotland; kept a public house at Nottingham 1854 to death. d. of dysentery Nottingham 28 Sept. 1857. Lillywhite’s Cricket Scores ii 85 (1862).
OSCROFT, John. b. Arnold, Notts. 24 March 1846; a frame work knitter; professional cricketer at the Old Trafford ground, Manchester 1864, at Lord’s 1865, at Bradford 1866–7; played in Gentlemen of Yorkshire v. M.C.C. at Lord’s 18 and 19 May 1865; played with the All England eleven 1868; engaged with the East Lanarkshire club at Blackburn 1870–3, and at Burnley 1874–5; a good hitter and fine medium pace bowler. d. Arnold 16 June 1885. Marylebone club cricket scores ix 25 (1877); Bell’s Life in London 17 June 1885 p. 4.
OSGOOD, James Ripley. b. Fryeburg, Maine, U.S. of America 1836; graduated at Bowdoin college, Maine; a manager for Charles Dickens in America 1867; agent for Harper brothers, publishers at 30 Fleet st. London 1888–90; head of the firm of Osgood, Mc Ilvaine and co. publishers 45 Albemarle st. London 1890 to death; compiled Massachusetts Artists’ centennial album 1876; Osgood’s Pocket guide to Europe 1882. d. 161A Piccadilly, London 18 May 1892. J. Forster’s Charles Dickens iii 391, 395 (1874).
O’SHANASSY, Sir John (son of Denis O’Shanassy, land surveyor, d. 1831). b. Henry street, Tipperary 1818; landed in Port Philip bay, Victoria 15 Nov. 1839; a draper in Melbourne 1846; a promoter of the Colonial bank 1856, chairman of the board of directors 14 years; founded the St. Patrick’s society; one of the members for Melbourne in the first legislative council of Victoria 29 Oct. 1851; leader of the opposition in the council; a member of the gold commission 1855, and of the crown land commission 1855; member for Kilmore of the first legislative assembly Sept. 1856 to 1866; premier and chief secretary 11 March to 29 April 1857, premier again 10 March 1858 to 27 Oct. 1859, and 14 Nov. 1861 to 27 June 1863; negotiated the first Victorian loan of eight millions; created knight of the order of St. Gregory the Great by pope Pius IX in 1866; member for Central province of the legislative council Feb. 1868 to 1874; member of the assembly for Belfast May 1877 to death; C.M.G. 15 Jany. 1870, K.C.M.G. 9 March 1874; author of Primary education in Victoria, speeches, Melbourne 1878. d. Tara hall, near Melbourne 8 May 1883. Irish Monthly xvii 586–90 (1889); James F. Hogan’s The Irish in Australia (1887) 13, 265–8, 271–4.
O’SHAUGNESSY, Arthur William Edgar. b. London 14 March 1844; a junior assistant in the British Museum library 27 June 1861, assistant in the zoological department 5 Aug. 1863 to death, prepared the part of the annual zoological record devoted to herpetology; an authority on Reptilia; author of An epic of women and other poems 1870; Lays of France 1872; Music and moonlight 1874; Songs of a worker 1881; author with his wife of Toyland 1875, a book of tales for children; m. 1873 Eleanor, dau. of Westland Marston, the dramatist, she d. 8 Feb. 1879; he d. 163 Goldborne road, Kensal Green, London 30 Jany. 1881. bur. Kensal Green cemet. 3 Feb. L. C. Moulton’s Arthur O’Shaugnessy, his life and his work (1894), memoir pp. 13–46 portrait; E. C. Stedman’s Victorian poets (1887) 284, 440; A. H. Miles’s Poets of the century viii 171–92 (1893); H. B. Forman’s Our living poets (1871) 508–12; T. H. Ward’s English poets, 2 ed. iv 629–32 (1883).
O’SHAUGHNESSY, Michael. b. 1797; called to Irish bar 1828; Q.C. 16 June 1859. d. Stonehenge, Killiny, co. Dublin 28 Sept. 1884.
O’SHAUGHNESSY, Sir William Brooke, afterwards Sir William O’Shaughnessy Brooke (son of Daniel O’Shaughnessy of Limerick). b. Limerick Oct. 1809; educ. univ. of Edinb., M.D. 1830; entered service of the East India company 1830; assistant surgeon in Bengal 8 Aug. 1833, surgeon 1848, surgeon major 1861; professor of chemistry in the medical college, Calcutta; laid down an experimental line of telegraphs in India 1847, director-general of telegraphs in India 1852, constructed the line between Calcutta and Agra Nov. 1853 to March 1854; connected Calcutta with Agra, Bombay, and Madras 1854–5, retired 1861; F.R.S. 16 March 1843; knighted at Windsor castle 28 Nov. 1856; assumed by R.L. name of Brooke 1861; translated J. G. A. Lugol’s Essay on the effects of iodine in scrofulous diseases 1831; author of A manual of chemistry Calcutta 1841, 2 ed. 1842; The Bengal dispensatory 1842; The Bengal pharmacopæia, Calcutta 1844. d. Southsea 10 Jany. 1889. Laurie’s Distinguished Anglo-Indians, 1st series (1887) 281–2.
OSLER, Edward (eld. son of Edward Osler). b. Falmouth 30 Jany. 1798; educ. Guy’s hospital, London, M.R.C.S. 1818; resident house surgeon to Swansea infirmary about 1819–25; a surgeon in the navy 1825; visited the West Indies; on the staff in London and Bath of the Society for the promotion of Christian knowledge about 1836; edited at Truro the Royal Cornwall gazette 1841 to death; published with rev. W. J. Hall Psalms and hymns, adapted to the services of the church of England 1836, to which he contributed 15 versions of the psalms and 50 hymns, including the well known hymn O God unseen yet ever near; author of The voyage 1830, a poem; Life of admiral viscount Exmouth 1835, revised editions 1841 and 1854; Church and dissent considered in their practical influence 1836. d. The Parade, Truro 7 March 1863. bur. Kenwyn where is memorial window. Julyan’s Hymnology (1892) 873.