History and chronology of Thomas Osbourne Danby, 1st in England

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Thomas Osbourne Danby, 1st History of England


1631	Birth
20th Feb Birth of Thomas Osbourne, son of Sir Edward Osborne
1665	Election
York Elected Member of Parliament for York, supporter of the restored Charles II
1668	Treasurer Navy
Appointed Joint Treasurer of the Navy with Sir Thomas Lyttelton
1669	Commissioner
Appointed Commissioner for the State Treasury
1671	Secretary Navy
Appointed Secretary of the Navy
1673	Commissioner
Appointed Commissioner for the Admiralty
1673	Lord High Treasurer
Appointed Lord High Treasurer
1673	Peerage
Created Baron Osborne of Kiveton and Viscount Latimer in the peerage of England
2nd Feb Created Viscount Osborne in the Scottish peerage
1673	Privy Council
3rd May Appointed Privy Councillor
1674	Diplomacy
Ends the war with Holland & maintanes a friendly correspondence with William
1674	Lord Lieutenant
Appointed Lord-Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire
1674	Peerage
Created Earl Danby, when he surrenders his Scottish peerage of Osborne to his 2nd son Peregrine Osborne
1675	Declaration of Indulgence
Opposes Charles II's Royal Declaration of Indulgence, supports the Test Act
1675	Legislation
Passes the Test Act through the House of Commons
1675	Reform
Opposes Charles II's Royal Declaration of Indulgence, supports the Test Act
Passes the Test Act through the House of Commons
1676	Coffee Houses
Makes a proclamation for the suppression of coffee-houses because of the "defamation of His Majesty's Government"
1677	Award Garter
Awarded the Garter
1677	Diplomacy
Effects the marriage between William & Mary that was the germ of the Revolution & the Act of Settlement
1677	Marriage
Helps arrange the marriage between William of Orange & Mary
1677	Succession
Effects the marriage between William & Mary that was the germ of the Revolution & the Act of Settlement
1678	Arrest
Tower of London Although pardoned by Charles II, Danby is imprisoned in the Tower
Tower of London Imprisoned until 1684
1678	Impeachment
London Betrayed by Montagu as Charles II's secret negotiator with Louis XIV
London Tried for accepting bribes & negotiations with foreign powers & Popish plots
1684	Arrest
Tower of London Released from prison
1688	Succession
Signs the invitation for William of Orange to come to England
1689	Lord President
Appointed Lord President of the Council & virtually becomes Prime Minister
1689	Succession
Signs the invitation to William of Orange to succeed to the throne
1694	Peerage
Created Duke of Leeds
1695	Impeachment
London Charges are not pressed
London Impeached a 2nd time for accepting a bribe from the East India Company
1699	Dismissal
London Dismissed from all offices
1712	Death
Death of Thomas Osbourne