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About Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds
Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, was an English Tory statesman. During the reign of Charles II of England, he was the leading figure in the English government for roughly five years in the mid-1670s. Osborne fell out of favour due to corruption and other scandals. He was impeached and eventually imprisoned in the Tower of London for five years until James II of England acceded in 1685. In 1688, he was one of the Immortal Seven who invited William of Orange to depose James II during the Glorious Revolution. Osborne was again the leading figure in England's government for a few years in the early 1690s before dying in 1712.
Everything about Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1661-79 Parliament, Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Born
- February 20, 1632
- Died
- July 12, 1712, July 26, 1712