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| WICKINS (post OSBALDESTON), GEORGE. Adm. pens. (age 16) at ST JOHN'S, May 5, 1770; re-adm. Fell.-Com., as Osbaldeston, July 3, 1770. S. of the Rev. John (1726), (and Philadelphia dau. of Robert Mitford). B. at Petworth, Sussex . School Maribon ( sic ). Matric. Michs. 1773; M.A. ( per Litt. Reg. ) 1773. Took the name of Osbaldeston, July 30, 1770, on succeeding to the estates of his maternal uncle Fountayne Wentworth Osbaldiston (1712). Of Hutton-Buscel, near Scarborough. M.P. for Scarborough, 1784-90. Married, Jane, dau. of Sir Thomas Head, of Langley Hall, Berkshire . Father of the celebrated 'Squire Osbaldeston.' Died July 14, 1793. Benefactor to St John's. ( St John's Coll. Adm., IV. 402; Boase, II. 1263; Index to Changes of Names; G. Mag., 1793, II. 677 b .) | George WICKINS post George OSBALDESTON Approx. lifespan: 1754–1793 pens. aged 16 St John's College adm1770:05:05 Fell.-Com. as Osbaldeston re-adm1770:07:03 s. of Rev. John WICKINS (1726) (and Philadelphia MITFORD dau. of Robert MITFORD ) b. Petworth, Sussex School Sch: Maribon ( sic ) [XXX] Matric 1773:10MT: MA per Litt. Reg. 1773 Took the name of Osbaldeston 1770:07:30 on succeeding to the estates of his maternal uncle Fountayne Wentworth OSBALDISTON (1712) Of Hutton-Buscel near Scarborough, [ North Riding of Yorkshire ] M.P. for: : Scarborough, [ North Riding of Yorkshire ] 1784-90 m., Jane HEAD dau. of Sir Thomas HEAD of Langley Hall, Langley, Berkshire father of the celebrated 'Squire' George OSBALDESTON d. 1793:07:14 Benefactor to St John's College ( St John's College Adm. IV. 402; Boase II. 1263; Index to Changes of Names; G. Mag 1793, II. 677 b .) |