Peter Osborne (Keeper of the Privy Purse)

Peter Osborne, Esquire,^[1] (1521–1592) was an English officer of state who was Keeper of the Privy Purse to King Edward VI, at a time when great constitutional changes affected the management of public finance.^[2]^[3] Of reformist sympathies in religion, his career was in abeyance during the reign of Queen Mary but regained momentum as Remembrancer in the Exchequer under Elizabeth, working usually to his marital kinsman Lord Burghley. He also sat in seven parliaments between 1559 and 1589.^[4]

^ Incorrectly styled 'Sir' in some genealogy websites, possibly by confusion with his grandson.
^ J.G. Elzinga, 'Osborne, Peter (1521–1592)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004) accessed 11 May 2005.
^ Cite error: The named reference DNB was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ N.M. Fuidge, 'Osborne, Peter (1521–92), of South Fambridge, Essex, Chicksands, Beds. and Ivy Lane, London', in P.W. Hasler (ed.), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558–1603 (from Boydell & Brewer, 1981), History of Parliament online, accessed 29 October 2011.

[1] Incorrectly styled 'Sir' in some genealogy websites, possibly by confusion with his grandson.

[2] J.G. Elzinga, 'Osborne, Peter (1521–1592)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004) accessed 11 May 2005.

[DNB-3] Cite error: The named reference DNB was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[4] N.M. Fuidge, 'Osborne, Peter (1521–92), of South Fambridge, Essex, Chicksands, Beds. and Ivy Lane, London', in P.W. Hasler (ed.), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558–1603 (from Boydell & Brewer, 1981), History of Parliament online, accessed 29 October 2011.

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