Thomas Osborne 1632-1712
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Thomas OSBORNE, Duke of Leeds 1632-1712
Biographical Note
Politician and courtier.
Characteristic Markings
Used engraved armorial bookplates dated 1701(Franks 22435/*14/*21). A catalogue of his library, made in 1686, is in British Library Egerton ms 3394.
Sources
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903. 22435/*14/*21.
- Knights, Mark. "Osborne, Thomas, first duke of Leeds (1632–1712), politician." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- Maggs (catalogues of the London booksellers Maggs Bros): 1272 (1999)/134.