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
Portrait by Johann Kerseboom, c. 1704
Osborne's coat of arms
Thomas Osborne, Lord Danby, painted in Charles II's reign by Peter Lely (1618–1680)
Thomas Osborne, after Peter Lely, depicted as Lord High Treasurer of England
Invitation to William
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The Invitation to William was a letter sent by seven Englishmen, later referred to as "the Immortal Seven", to stadtholder William III, Prince of Orange, dated 30 June 1688. In England, the heir appar
Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds
…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…
Henry Sydney, author of the letter