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
OSBORNE, EDWARD, VISCOUNT LATIMER, eldest son of Thomas Osborne, 1st Earl of Danby PC (afterwards 1st Duke of Leeds), Lord Treasurer and Lord President of the Council, and Lady Bridget Bertie, sister of Hon. Charles Bertie (qv); b. 3 Apr 1654; adm.; Grand Tour (France) 1671; styled Viscount Latimer from 1674; a Gentleman of the Bedchamber to Charles II 31 Oct 1674 – 6 Feb 1685; MP Corfe Castle 5 Apr 1677-9, Buckingham 1679-81; Col., Militia Foot, Yorkshire West Riding, from 1677; DL Yorkshire, West and North Ridings 1688; m. 4 May 1674 Elizabeth, dau. of Simon Bennet, Beachampton, Bucks; d. of syphilis 16 Feb 1689.
Osborne, Douglas John, son of John Osborne, of Wanstead, Essex; b. Dec. 15, 1903; adm. Sept. 26, 1918 (G); left Easter 1921; d. Aug. 1990.
OSBORNE, CHARLES, son of Edward Osborne, Seething, Norfolk, and Blanche, dau. of Robert Suckloing, Barsham, Suffolk; b.; adm.; KS 1688; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1692, adm. pens. 23 Jun 1692, aged 17, scholar 28 Apr 1693; BA 1695/6; MA 1699; ordained deacon (Norwich) Jun 1699; Rector of Langhale, Norfolk 1701-28; Rector of Siseland, Norfolk 1713-28.
OSBORN, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 13) Jan 1735/6 (Wynniate's); left 1738. [Perhaps brother or close kin to Henry Osborne (sic), adm. same month, left same year]
OSBORN, WILLIAM, brother of Henry Osborn (qv); b. 10 Dec 1751; in school lists 1764, 1765 (as Osborne); at school 1766; cadet, Royal Naval Academy, Portsmouth 1766; Cornet, 7th Light Dragoons 18 Nov 1774; Lieut., 2 Nov 1777; Capt., 29 Nov 1780; Maj., 7 Mar 1787; Lieut. -Col., 1 Mar 1794; retd. 1797; d. unm. 20 Apr 1814.
Osborn, William Stanley, son of George William Osborn, of Heathfield, Sussex, by Isabella, daughter of William Lawrence, of Chelsea; b. Aug. 25, 1882; adm. Jan. 17, 1895 (G); left July 1900; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1900; m. Oct. 28, 1909, Winifred, daughter of Albert Wadman, of Firle, Sussex.
OSBORN, THOMAS, youngest son of Sir John Osborn, Bart., and his second wife Martha, dau. of Sir John Kelynge, Bart., Serjeant at Law; b.; adm. (aged 15) Sep 1717; Sidney Sussex Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 25 Aug 1719, matr. 1719; LLB 1725; LLD 1730; ordained deacon 20 Dec 1724, priest 5 Jun 1726 (both Lincoln); Rector of South Fambridge, Essex 1726-7; Rector of Campton with Shefford, Beds., from 1727; Vicar of Offley, Herts., 1727-32; Vicar of Hawnes, Beds., 1732-9; Rector of Clifton, Beds., from 1738/9; Prebendary of Lincoln from 15 Aug 1766; m. 1st, Mary, widow of Edward Snagg, Marston, Beds., and dau. of Sir John Willys, Bart.; m. 2nd, Elizabeth, dau. of Right Rev. Thomas Green DD, Bishop of Ely; d. 12 Mar 1790.
OSBORN, MONTAGU FRANCIS FINCH, fourth son of Sir John Osborn, Bart. (qv); b. 20 May 1824; adm. 12 Jun 1838 (G); Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 24 Mar 1841; BA 1845; MA 1848; Fellow, Merton Coll. Oxford 1847-52, Librarian 1848, Dean 1850; ordained deacon and priest 1850 (both Oxford); Rector of Kibworth Beauchamp, Leics., 1851-84; Vicar of Embleton, Northumberland, from 1884; Hon. Canon, Newcastle 1891; m. 5 Jun 1861 Catharine, dau. of John Marriott, Kibworth Harcourt, Leics.; d. 14 Dec 1895.