Osman Ricardo (25 May 1795 – 2 January 1881)[1] was a British Liberal and Whig politician.
[2][3] Ricardo was born on 25 May 1795 into the wealthy family of Portuguese origin.
[4] He was a son of the political economist David Ricardo and Quaker, Priscilla Anne Wilkinson.
[5] The Ricardo family were Sephardic Jews of Portuguese origin who had recently relocated from the Dutch Republic.
[13] In his 1830 book Rural Rides, William Cobbett reports being frightened by a life-sized cross atop the porter's lodge at "Osmond Ricardo's" estate at "Broomsborough" (i.e. Bromsberrow), Worcestershire, on Monday 24 September 1826.