John Wright (1831–1876)
John Osmaston (1876–1901)

Landowner and breeder of dogs, horses, and cattle. Of Yeldersley House and Osmaston Manor, Derbyshire, and Hawkhurst Court, Sussex. JP for Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Sussex. Assumed the name Osmaston in lieu of Wright by deed poll in 1876. Correspondent of George Cupples.

Sources

Burke’s landed gentry (1952), p. 1938

Correspondence vol. 16, letter from George Cupples, 26 May 1868

Correspondence vol. 22, letter from George Cupples, 21 February 1874, enclosure 5.