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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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.