OSBORNE-ELPHINSTONE, LORD WILLIAM GODOLPHIN, brother of George Godolphin Osborne, 8th Duke of Leeds (qv); b. 29 Mar 1804; adm. 14 Jun 1814; left 17 Jul 1817; Ensign, 26th Foot 11 Sep 1835; Lieut., 4 Aug 1837; retd. 1842; Military Secretary and ADC to his cousin Lord Auckland, Governor-Gen. of India, 1836-41; served in China expedition 1839-41; assumed additional surname of Elphinstone; obtained patent of precedency 28 Jun 1859; a great proficient of hop-scotch, as played under the rules at the School in his day (Emily Eden, Up the Country, 1866, ii, 214); m. 1st, 1832 E. Smith; m. 2nd, 7 Jun 1843 Hon. Caroline Montagu, sixth dau. of Matthew, 4th Baron Rokeby (I); m. 3rd, 10 May 1870 Hon. Georgina Auguste Henrietta Elphinstone, widow of Hon. Augustus John Villiers, and dau. of George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith GCB, Admiral, Royal Navy; d. 28 Dec 1888.
OSBORNE, THOMAS, MARQUIS OF CARMARTHEN, elder son of Thomas Osborne, 4th Duke of Leeds (qv); b. 5 Oct 1747; adm. (Morel's); at school under Markham (Bentham, Works x, 31); a friend and contemporary of Jeremy Bentham (qv), who greeted his recovery from illness with a copy of fourteen Latin couplets (Elizabethan xiv, 29); d. at school of smallpox 15 Aug 1761.
OSBORNE, THOMAS, 4TH DUKE OF LEEDS, only son of Peregrine Osborne, 3rd Duke of Leeds, and his first wife Lady Elizabeth Harley, sister of Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford (qv); b. 6 Nov 1713; adm. Oct 1722; took part of Julius Caesar in Shakespeare’s play of that name which was acted by the boys “at the Theatre over against the Opera House” in Jan 1727/8 (Life and Correspondence of Mrs Delany, 1st series, i, 158); in school list 1729; succ. father as 4th Duke of Leeds 9 May 1731; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 6 Jul 1731; DCL 9 Apr 1733; Grand Tour (Italy) 1734-5, with cousin Hon. Robert Hay-Drummond (qv); Warden and Chief Justice in Eyre of the Forests south of the Trent 12 Nov 1748 – 13 Jan 1756; Cofferer of the Household 1 Jan 1756 – Mar 1761; Warden and Chief Justice in Eyre of the Forests north of the Trent 22 Apr 1761 – 15 Mar 1774; KG 22 Jun 1749; Privy Councillor 26 Mar 1757; FRS 20 Dec 1739; DL Yorkshire West Riding 1757; Busby Trustee 18 Apr 1758; m. 26 Jun 1740 Lady Mary Godolphin, second dau. of Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin; d. 23 Mar 1789.
OSBORNE, NICHOLAS, son of Sir John Osborne, Bart., MP (I), and Editha, dau. of William Proby, EICS Madras; b. co. Tipperary; adm. (aged 12) Feb 1736/7 (Wynniate's); KS 1738; left 1742; Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. pens. 28 Jan 1740/1; BA 1745; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 28 Dec 1749. [perhaps of Kensington, Middlesex, will PCC 13 Jun 1786]
OSBORNE, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 10) Nov 1718; in under school list 1722.
OSBORNE, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 10) Mar 1715/6; in under school list 1718. [“bracketed with William Purnell for his admission fee”]
OSBORNE, HENRY; b.; adm. (aged 15) Jan 1735/6; left 1738. [Perhaps brother or close kin to William Osborn (sic), adm. same month]
OSBORNE, GEORGE GODOLPHIN, 8TH DUKE OF LEEDS, eldest son of Francis Godolphin Osborne, 1st Baron Godolphin, and Hon. Elizabeth Charlotte Eden, third dau. of William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland PC, diplomat and politician; grandson of Francis Godolphin Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds (qv); b. 16 Jul 1802; adm. 25 May 1812; left 1 Aug 1818; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 Nov 1819; Assistant Secretary, Railway Dept., Board of Trade Jul 1847 – Feb 1850; succ. father as 2nd Baron Godolphin 15 Feb 1850 and cousin as 8th Duke of Leeds 4 May 1859; m. 21 Oct 1824 Harriet Emma Arundel Stewart, illegitimate dau. of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville PC GCB, Ambassador to Paris, and Harriet, Countess of Bessborough; d. 8 Aug 1872.
OSBORNE, FRANCIS GODOLPHIN, 5TH DUKE OF LEEDS, youngest son of Thomas Osborne, 4th Duke of Leeds (qv); b. 29 Jan 1750/1; styled Marquis of Carmarthen 1761-89; in school list 1764; left Whitsun 1767; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 11 Jun 1767; MA 1769; DCL 7 Jul 1773; Grand Tour (Italy) 1769-71; MP Eye 22 Mar – 30 Sep 1774, Helston 1774 – 15 Mar 1775; called up to House of Lords in father’s barony as Baron Osborne of Kiveton 15 May 1776; a Lord of the Bedchamber 5 Jun 1776 – Dec 1777; Lord Chamberlain to Queen Charlotte Dec 1777-80; Privy Councillor 24 Dec 1777; opposed elevation of Lord George Germain (qv) to the peerage Feb 1782; appointed Ambassador to Paris 9 Feb 1783, but resigned on change of ministry; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 23 Dec 1783 – 21 Apr 1791; succ. father as 5th Duke of Leeds 23 Mar 1789; FRS 1 Apr 1773; member, Society of Dilettanti 1774; FSA 20 Jun 1776; Lord Lieut., Yorkshire East Riding 1 Aug 1778 – 22 Mar 1780, and from 8 Apr 1782; Busby Trustee 22 Apr 1790; his Political Memoranda were edited by Oscar Browning, 1884 (Camden Soc. Pub., 2nd series, vol. xxxv); m. 29 Nov 1773 (divorced 31 May 1779) Amelia D’Arcy, Baroness Conyers, only dau. of Robert D’Arcy, 4th Earl of Holdernesse (qv); m. 2nd, 11 Oct 1788 Catherine, Mistress of the Robes to Queen Adelaide, dau. of Thomas Anguish, Accountant-Gen., Court of Chancery; d. 31 Jan 1799. DNB.
Osborne, Eric Nathan, son of Frederic Louis Osborne of Ealmg and Irene Eulalie Augustine, d. of Arthur van Humbeck of St Helier, Jersey; b. 16 Nov. 1913; adm. Sept. 1927 (R); left Dec. 1930; RAFVR in WW2 (Flt Lieut.), despatches Jan. 1945; an insurance broker, ACII FCIB; m. 25 Mar. 1937 Peggy, d. of Walter le Seelleur of St Helier; d. 27 Feb. 1979