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.
OSMENT, DAVID. _b._ 24 June 1775; initiated in the Lodge of
benevolence, No. 459, at Sherborne Jany. 1820; J.D. and S.D.,
tyler for 20 years and janitor to the chapter for five years; an
annuitant on the Royal masonic benevolent fund 1850 to death.
_d._ Sherborne, Dorset 21 March 1875. _I.L.N. 10 April 1875 p._
345 _portrait_.
OSSINGTON, JOHN EVELYN DENISON, 1 Viscount (eld. son of John
Wilkinson, who took name of Denison of Ossington, Notts., M.P.
Chichester, _d._ 6 May 1820). _b._ Ossington 27 Jany. 1800;
educ. Eton and Ch. Ch. Oxf., B.A. 1823, M.A. 1828, hon. D.C.L.
22 June 1870; M.P. Newcastle-under-Lyne 1823–6; M.P. Hastings
1826–30; M.P. Notts. 1831–2; M.P. South Notts. 1832–7; M.P.
Malton 1841–57; M.P. North Notts. 1857–72; counsel to the lord
high admiral 2 May 1827 to 4 Feb. 1828; speaker of house of
commons 30 April 1857 to 8 Feb. 1872, when he retired, but
refused the usual pension; mainly instrumental in passing 18
and 19 Vict. c. 34, ‘1855 An act to provide for the education
of children in the receipt of outdoor relief,’ which is known
as Denison’s act; P.C. 6 May 1857; cr. viscount Ossington of
Ossington, co. Nottingham 13 Feb. 1872. _d._ Ossington hall,
Newark, Notts. 7 March 1873. _C. Brown’s Nottinghamshire
worthies_ (1882) 366–68 _portrait_; _Cartoon portraits_ (1873)
20–21 _portrait_; _Illust. news of the world iii_ 65 (1859)
_portrait_; _I.L.N. xxx_ 455, 456 (1857) _portrait_, _lxii_ 259,
297, 355 (1873) _portrait_.
OSTEN, WILHELM, Baron Osten. Lieutenant first regiment of light
dragoons king’s German legion 10 Nov. 1803; lieutenant 16
lancers 17 Nov. 1808; major 25 Oct. 1827, sold out 7 March 1834;
K.H. 1823; a general in Hanoverian service. _d._ Rufford abbey,
Notts. 24 Jany. 1852. _G.M. xxxvii_ 299 (1852).
OSTREHAN, GEORGIANA AUGUSTA (dau. of rev. Joseph Ostrehan).
_b._ 15 Jany. 1834; mother abbess of Franciscan convent of the
Immaculate conception, Portobello road, Bayswater, London, under
name of Mother Mary Magdalen to death. _d._ at the Convent 5
Jany. 1884. _Peter Gallwey’s Salvage from the wreck_ (1890)
221–32 _portrait_.
O’SULLIVAN, MICHAEL. _b._ 3 Oct. 1823; educ. Oscott and at
English coll. at Rome; matric. univ. of London; a priest in
Birmingham, Brewood, and Stafford; canon of St. Chad’s cath.
Birmingham; vicar general of Birmingham diocese to 1879; member
of Birmingham school board Nov. 1870 to death; resided at
Solihull from 1879. _d._ Solihull, Birmingham 12 Jany. 1892.
O’SULLIVAN, MORTIMER (2 son of a schoolmaster at Clonmel,
Tipperary). _b._ Clonmel 1791 or 1792; educ. Trin. coll. Dublin,
B.A. 1816, M.A. 1832; second master of Tipperary endowed school
and curate of parish of Tipperary about 1820; the first master
of the royal school at Dungannon; chaplain of St. Stephen’s
chapel, Dublin; prebendary of St. Patrick’s cathedral, Dublin 20
Dec. 1827 to 24 Aug. 1830; R. of Killyman, co. Armagh 24 Aug.
1830; gave evidence before committees of lords and commons on
the state of Ireland 1825, and on Orange lodges 1835; Donellan
lecturer at Trin. coll. Dublin 1851; R. of Tanderagee, near
Ballymore 1853 to death; prebendary of Armagh to death; author
of Captain Rock detected, or the origin and character of the
recent disturbances. By A Munster farmer 1824; A guide to an
Irish gentleman in his search for a religion, Dublin 1833; The
case of the protestants of Ireland stated 1836; Of the apostasy
predicted by St. Paul, Dublin 1842; Theory of developments in
Christian doctrine 1846; The hour of the Redeemer 1853. _d._
Dublin 30 April 1859. _bur._ Chapelizod churchyard.
O’SULLIVAN, SAMUEL (brother of the preceding). _b._ Clonmel
13 Sept. 1790; educ. Trin. coll. Dublin, scholar 1814, B.A.
1818, M.A. 1825, D.D.; C. of St. Catherine’s, Dublin 1818,
and chaplain of the Marshalsea, Dublin 1819; chaplain to the
royal Hibernian military school in Phœnix park, Dublin 1827 to
death; contributed to Blackwood’s Mag., Fraser’s Mag., and the
Dublin Univ. review; author of The agency of divine providence
manifested in the principal transactions connected with the
history of Great Britain from the reformation to the revolution
in 1688, Dublin 1816; The catechism of the united church of
England and Ireland explained and confirmed, Dublin 1850. _d._
Royal Hibernian school, Dublin 6 Aug. 1851. _bur._ churchyard
of Chapelizod, Dublin 9 Aug. _Dublin univ. mag. Oct. 1851 pp._
504–8; _Remains of rev. S. O’Sullivan_, 3 _vols._ (1853) _memoir
vol. i pp. i–xlviii_.
O’SULLIVAN, WILLIAM HENRY (only son of Thomas Luke O’Sullivan
of Rathkeale, co. Limerick). _b._ 1829; merchant Kilmallock,
co. Limerick; under strict police surveillance, his house at
Kilmallock being the rendezvous of the Fenians down to 1867,
when they resorted to arms; imprisoned in Limerick gaol some
months, but never brought to trial 1867; sat as a home rule M.P.
for co. Limerick 1874–85; a follower of C. Parnell for some
time; chairman of Kilmallock board of guardians. _d._ Kilmallock
27 April 1887.
OSWALD, ALEXANDER HALDANE (son of Richard Alexander Oswald, _d._
1822). _b._ 1811; educ. Ch. Ch. Oxf., B.A. 1836, M.A. 1839; M.P.
Ayrshire 1843–52; contested Weymouth 10 July 1852, and Ayrshire
30 Dec. 1854; inherited Aunchincruive estate near Ayr, from his
uncle James Oswald, M.P. in 1853; assumed the name of Haldane.
_d._ Aunchincruive house 6 Sept. 1868. _I.L.N. 19 Sept. 1868 p._
283.
OSWELL, WILLIAM COTTON (elder son of Wm. Oswell of Shrewsbury).
_b._ Leytonstone, Essex 27 April 1818; educ. Rugby and
Haileybury; served in Madras civil service 1837–47, ordered to
South Africa for his health, where he spent two years hunting
and exploring; discovered Lake Ngami with Dr. Livingstone 1849,
and the Zambesi 1851; the Knabaõba or straight-horned rhinoceros
was named Oswellii after Oswell; returned to England 1853;
served as a volunteer, in the trenches and hospitals, during war
in the Crimea; carried secret service money from lord Raglan
to sir Lintorn Simmons at Shumla; resided at Groombridge, Kent
1860 to death; contributed four chapters on South Africa to C.
P. Woolley’s Big game shooting 1894. _d._ Hillside, Groombridge
1 May 1893. _C. P. Woolley’s Big game shooting_ (1894) _memoir
vol. i_ 28–34; _Macmillan’s Mag. Aug. 1894 pp._ 307–12; _Daily
Graphic 9 May 1893 p._ 14 _portrait_.
OSWIN, CHARLES HANNAY. A member of the Marylebone literary and
scientific institution, established April 1832, where he was
known as Alphabet Owen; a writer on the Dispatch 1838; a writer
of verses; was residing in Harley st. London in 1842; author of
Elsdale hall, or the days of Oliver Cromwell, a play in 3 acts,
with the pirate’s bride and other poems 1843. _The Town ii_ 513
(1838).
NOTE.--Elsdale hall was produced by Miss Kelly in 1842.
OTLEY, JONATHAN. _b._ Loughrigg, Westmoreland 11 Jany 1766;
resided at Keswick; author of A concise description of the
English lakes, with observations on mineralogy and geology,
Keswick 1825, 6 ed. 1837, 8th ed. to which is added an excursion
through Lonsdale to the caves 1849. _d._ Keswick 7 Dec. 1856.
OTTAWAY, CUTHBERT JOHN (only son of James Cuthbert Ottaway of
Inverness terrace, Bayswater). _b._ Dover 20 July 1850; educ.
Eton and Brasenose coll. Oxf., scholar 1869–74, B.A. 1874; in
the Eton eleven 1867–69, in the Oxford eleven 1870–3, secretary
of the Oxford univ. cricket club 1872, president 1873; played
for the Gentlemen against the Players 1870; one of Fitzgerald’s
eleven in America 1872; played for Middlesex 1872, making an
average of 89 runs; the Oxford racquet and tennis champion
1870–2; played in the football team against Scotland 1872,
and in the first match Oxford against Cambridge 3 Dec. 1873;
barrister I.T. 1876. _d._ 34 Westbourne place, Harrow road,
London 2 April 1878. _Grace’s Cricket_ (1891) 350; _Marylebone
club cricket scores x_ 177 (1878).
OTTER, FRANCIS (1 son of Francis Otter of Ranby hall, Louth).
_b._ 4 Nov. 1832; educ. Rugby and Corpus Christi coll. Oxf.,
scholar 1850–61, fellow 1861–75, tutor, vice-president 1871;
B.A. 1854, M.A. 1856; mathematical moderator 1859, 1861, and
1869; barrister L.I. 26 Jany. 1867; returned as a liberal for
Louth division of Lincolnshire Dec. 1885 to 1886; contested the
Sleaford division of Lincolnshire Sept. 1889; an intimate friend
of George Eliot. _d._ 37 Gordon sq., London 29 May 1895.
OTTER, HENRY CHARLES. _b._ 1807; entered R.N. 1822; commanded
the Sparrow, the Avon, the Porcupine and the Shamrock surveying
vessels 1844 etc.; capt. R.N. 8 Sept. 1854; retired R.A. 1
April 1870; compiled Scotland, North West coast, Little Minch,
its lights, buoys, etc. 1859; F.R.A.S. 11 Nov. 1842; published
Sailing directions for the west coast of Scotland 1867; and with
W. Stanton Western Hebrides, sailing directions for the sound
of Harris 1859. _d._ Clare park, Hants. 26 March 1876. _Monthly
Notices of R.A.S. xxxvii_ 152 (1877).
OTTER, WILLIAM BRUERE (eld. son of Wm. Otter, bishop of
Chichester 1768–1840). Educated St. Peter’s coll. Camb.,
B.A. 1828, M.A. 1838; V. of Cowfold, Horsham 1839 to death;
prebendary of Chichester cathedral 1850 to death; archdeacon
of Lewes 1855 to death; author of The ornaments of ministers,
Brighton 1866. _d._ Cowfold vicarage 25 June 1876.
OTTLEY, HENRY (son of William Young Ottley, F.A.S., 1771–1836).
_b._ 1811; author of Remarkable sieges, from the siege of
Constantinople in 1453 to that of Sebastopol 1854, 1854;
Fechter’s version of Othello critically analysed 1861; A
biographical and critical dictionary of painters and engravers,
forming a supplement to Bryan’s Dictionary of painters 1866;
On the errors of diplomacy, with reference to the treaty of
Washington 1872. _d._ Torquay 3 Feb. 1878. _Times 6 Feb. 1878
p._ 1.
OTTLEY, LAWRENCE. _b._ 1808; educ. at Trin. coll. Camb., B.A.
1833, M.A. 1836; R. of Richmond, Yorkshire 1850 to death; canon
of Ripon 1858 to death; proctor in convocation for Richmond;
revised W. Barne’s A selection of psalms and hymns 1852; and
printed some sermons. _d._ London 11 June 1861.
OTTON, GEORGE RALPH. _b._ 1825; entered the house of Simpkin,
Marshall and co. publishers, Stationers’ hall court 1837, where
he became the right hand man of the chief partner Mark Lockwood;
a partner in the firm 1859 to death. _d._ 34 Highbury hill,
London 24 Jany. 1878. _The Bookseller 1 Feb. 1876 p._ 84.
OTWAY, SIR GEORGE GRAHAM, 2 baronet (son of sir Robert Waller
Otway, bart. 1772–1846). _b._ Westwood, near Southampton Sept.
1816; entered navy 15 July 1828; succeeded his father 13 May
1846; captain 18 May 1846; commander of Virago steam sloop in
Mediterranean; admiral on h.p. 22 Jany. 1877. _d._ the Rione
Amadeo, Naples 22 Aug. 1881.
OTWAY, JOHN HASTINGS (eld. son of rev. Cæsar Otway 1768–1842).
_b._ Celbridge, co. Kildare 25 July 1808; educ. Trin. coll.
Dublin, B.A. 1829, M.A. 1832; called to Irish bar 1832;
professor of law of personal property at Dublin twice; Q.C. 9
Nov. 1852; judge of Antrim county court 1858 to death; recorder
of Belfast 1867 to death; author of Public opinion, a lecture