John Hony Oswald (1829–1899) was a 19th-century Scottish marine and landscape artist.
His father was a Scottish coachman presumably working in the Limerick area at the time.
[1] His father is thought to be the Rev John Oswald who was a teacher at George Heriot's School in Edinburgh from around 1832.
[2] He lived for many years at 28 London Street, a large Georgian townhouse in Edinburgh's Second New Town.
He was the uncle of John Hoy Oswald who was born in Edinburgh in 1875 He is presumed the father of John Henry Oswald born in Edinburgh around 1885 who emigrated to New South Wales and fought in the First World War.