William Osbaldeston

William Osbaldeston (1631–1707) was an English politician who served as Member of Parliament for Scarborough.

Osbaldeston was the son of Sir Richard Osbaldeston, Attorney-General for Ireland, and his wife Eleanor, daughter of William Westropp. and to King's Inns in Dublin in 1654.

In Yorkshire, Osbaldeston served as a justice of the peace, a commissioner, and a deputy lieutenant. He was nominated an alderman in Scarborough in 1684, and elected MP for Scarborough at the 1685 general election. The History of Parliament describes him as a "totally inactive Member". In 1687, King James II demanded that all justices of the peace answer whether they would consent to the repeal of the Test Act and Penal Laws, as the king wished; Osbaldeston gave evasive answers, was removed as deputy lieutenant, and is not known to have stood for Parliament again. Richard (1655–1728), knighted in 1681, (2) 1680 Sir William Hustler Elizabeth (1658–1693/4), married 1677 Sir Matthew Wentworth [3rd Baronet] Charles (died 1660), died in infancy Everald (born 1662), married 1689 Richard Norris Eleanor (1664–1665), died in infancy