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
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]