Biography of Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds 1751-1799

Paternal Family Tree: Osborne

Maternal Family Tree: Susanna Temple 1600

On 09 May 1731 [his grandfather] Peregrine Osborne 3rd Duke Leeds (age 39) died. His son [his father] Thomas Osborne 4th Duke Leeds (age 17) succeeded 4th Duke Leeds, 4th Earl of Danby, 4th Viscount Osborne, 4th Viscount Latimer, 4th Baron Osborne of Kinderton, 5th Baronet Osborne of Kiveton.

On 26 Jun 1740 [his father] Thomas Osborne 4th Duke Leeds (age 26) and [his mother] Mary Godolphin Duchess Leeds were married. She by marriage Duchess Leeds. She the daughter of Francis Godolphin 2nd Earl Godolphin (age 61) and Henrietta Churchill 2nd Duchess Marlborough. He the son of Peregrine Osborne 3rd Duke Leeds.

On 29 Jan 1751 Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds was born to Thomas Osborne 4th Duke Leeds (age 37) and Mary Godolphin Duchess Leeds.

Around 1763 Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds (age 11) educated at Westminster School [Map].

In 1764 [his mother] Mary Godolphin Duchess Leeds died.

Around 1768 Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds (age 16) educated at Christ Church College, Oxford University.

Around 1769 Benjamin West (age 30). Portrait of Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds (age 17).

On 29 Nov 1773 Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds (age 22) and Amelia Darcy 12th Baroness Darcy 9th Baroness Conyers (age 19) were married. She the daughter of Robert Darcy 4th Earl Holderness (age 55). He the son of Thomas Osborne 4th Duke Leeds (age 60) and Mary Godolphin Duchess Leeds. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

In 1774 Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds (age 22) was elected MP Eye.

In 1774 Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds (age 22) was elected MP Helston.

On 21 Jul 1775 [his son] George William Frederick Osborne 6th Duke Leeds was born to Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds (age 24) and [his wife] Amelia Darcy 12th Baroness Darcy 9th Baroness Conyers (age 20).

On 07 Sep 1776 [his daughter] Mary Henrietta Juliana Osborne Countess Chichester was born to Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds (age 25) and [his wife] Amelia Darcy 12th Baroness Darcy 9th Baroness Conyers (age 21) at Grosvenor Square, Belgravia.

In 1777 Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds (age 25) was appointed Captain Deal Castle.

On 18 Oct 1777 [his son] Francis Osborne 1st Baron Godolphin was born to Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds (age 26) and [his wife] Amelia Darcy 12th Baroness Darcy 9th Baroness Conyers (age 23).

On 16 May 1778 [his father-in-law] Robert Darcy 4th Earl Holderness (age 59) died. Earl Holderness, Baron Darcy of Meinhill extinct. His daughter [his wife] Amelia Darcy 12th Baroness Darcy 9th Baroness Conyers (age 23) succeeded 12th Baroness Darcy of Knayth, 9th Baroness Conyers.

In 1779 John "Mad Jack" Byron (age 22) and [his wife] Amelia Darcy 12th Baroness Darcy 9th Baroness Conyers (age 24) were married. She the daughter of Robert Darcy 4th Earl Holderness. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

In 1779 Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds (age 27) divorced [his wife] Amelia Darcy 12th Baroness Darcy 9th Baroness Conyers (age 24) since she had run off with John "Mad Jack" Byron (age 22) the year before.

In 1780 Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds (age 28) was appointed Lord Lieutenant of East Riding Yorkshire.

On 27 Jan 1784 [his wife] Amelia Darcy 12th Baroness Darcy 9th Baroness Conyers (age 29) died. Her son [his son] George William Frederick Osborne 6th Duke Leeds (age 8) succeeded 13th Baron Darcy of Knayth, 10th Baron Conyers.

In 1788 Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds (age 36) and Catherine Anguish Duchess Leeds (age 23) were married. He the son of Thomas Osborne 4th Duke Leeds (age 74) and Mary Godolphin Duchess Leeds.

On 23 Mar 1789 [his father] Thomas Osborne 4th Duke Leeds (age 75) died at St James' Square. He was buried at the Osborne Family Chapel at All Hallows' Church Harthill [Map]. His son Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds (age 38) succeeded 5th Duke Leeds, 5th Earl of Danby, 5th Viscount Osborne, 5th Viscount Latimer, 5th Baron Osborne of Kinderton, 6th Baronet Osborne of Kiveton. [his wife] Catherine Anguish Duchess Leeds (age 25) by marriage Duchess Leeds.

1790 Creation of Garter Knights

In 1790 King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 51) created new Garter Knights as follows:

611th Duke Ernest of Saxe Coburg Altenburg (age 44),

612th Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds (age 38),

613th John Pitt 2nd Earl Chatham (age 33).

On 17 Aug 1797 [his son] George William Frederick Osborne 6th Duke Leeds (age 22) and [his daughter-in-law] Charlotte Townshend Duchess Leeds (age 21) were married. She by marriage Baroness Darcy of Knayth, Baroness Conyers. She the daughter of George Townshend 1st Marquess Townshend (age 73) and Anne Montgomery Marchioness Townshend (age 45). He the son of Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds (age 46) and Amelia Darcy 12th Baroness Darcy 9th Baroness Conyers. He a great x 5 grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

On 31 Jan 1799 Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds (age 48) died. His son [his son] George William Frederick Osborne 6th Duke Leeds (age 23) succeeded 6th Duke Leeds, 6th Earl of Danby, 6th Viscount Osborne, 6th Viscount Latimer, 6th Baron Osborne of Kinderton, 7th Baronet Osborne of Kiveton. [his daughter-in-law] Charlotte Townshend Duchess Leeds (age 22) by marriage Duchess Leeds.

On 09 Oct 1837 [his former wife] Catherine Anguish Duchess Leeds (age 73) died.

The Times. 24 Dec 1895. The Duke of Leeds (deceased) died at Hornby Castle [Map], yesterday morning at 5 o'clock. He recently contracted a severe chill, which led to an attack of bronchitis. He took to his bed about a week ago and gradually sank. George Godolphin Osborne, ninth Duke of Leeds (deceased) in the peerage of England, Marquis of Carmarthen, Earl of Danby, Viscount Latimer, and Baron Osbome of Kiveton, all in the peerage of England; Viscount Osbome and Viscount Dunblane in the peerage of Scotland; and Baron Godolphin of Paraham Royal, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, a baronet, and a Prince or the Holy Roman Empire, was born in Paris in 1828, the eldest son of the eighth duke. He married, in 1861, the Hon. Fanny Georgiana Pitt (age 58), daughter of the fourth Baron Rivers, who was born in 1836 and was Lady of the Bedchamber to the Princess of Wales from 1863 to 1873. He was appointed captain in the North Yorks Militia in 1852, and resigued in 1859, but was reappoined in 1861. He succeeded to the family honours in 1872, and has issue living three sons and five daughters. The family descends from Sir Edward Osborne, knight, who was Vice-President of the Council of the North in 1629 and Lieutenant-General of the forces raised there against the Parliamentary Army in 1841. His son was Treasurer of the Navy and Lord High Chancellor, and as Earl of Danby was impeeched by the Commons in 1679. The fifth duke married [his former wife] Amelia, in her own right Baroness Conyers, but this title left the main line in 1859 on the death of the seventh duke. The late duke was nephew of the late Rev. Lord Sydney Godolphin Osborne, who wrote much over the familiar signature "S.G.O.," and brother of Lord Francis George Godolphin Osborne (age 65), who was rector of Great Elm, but joined the Church of Rome in 1875. The Duke of Leeds is succeeded by his eldest surviving son (age 33), the Marquis of Carmarthen, who was born in 1862, was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, and was formerly a lieutenant in the Yorkshire Hussars. Lord Carmarthen unsuccessfully contested the Newmarket Division of Cambridgeshire as a Conservative in 1886, and has sat since July, 1887, for the Brixton Division of Lambeth, in which constituency his sucoession to the peerage now creates a vacancy. Lord Carmarthen was an assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary for the Colonies (Lord Knutsford) from 1886 to 1888. He was appointed Treasurer of the Household on the formation of the present Ministry. He married, in 1884, Lady Katherine Frances Lambton (age 33), daughter of the second Earl of Durham, and has issue four daughters.

Royal Ancestors of Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds 1751-1799

Kings Wessex: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Son of William "Lion" I King Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 17 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 13 Grand Son of Philip "The Fair" IV King France

Ancestors of Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds 1751-1799

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hewett Osborne

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Osborne 1st Baronet

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joyce Fleetwood

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Osborne 1st Duke Leeds 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Walmesley

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Walmesley Lady Osborne 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Danvers 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Peregrine Osborne 2nd Duke Leeds 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Bertie 1st Earl Lindsey 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Montagu Countess Lindsey 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Bridget Bertie Duchess Leeds 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cockayne

Great x 3 Grandmother: Martha Cockayne Countess Lindsey and Holderness

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Morris Countess Dover

GrandFather: Peregrine Osborne 3rd Duke Leeds 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Hyde 1st Baronet

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Hyde 2nd Baronet

Great x 1 Grandmother: Bridget Hyde Duchess Leeds

Father: Thomas Osborne 4th Duke Leeds 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Godolphin

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Godolphin

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Killigrew

Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Godolphin

Great x 1 Grandfather: Sidney Godolphin 1st Earl Godolphin 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Berkeley 10 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Berkeley of Bruton 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Lygon 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Berkeley 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Neville of Billingbear 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Neville 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Killigrew 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

GrandFather: Francis Godolphin 2nd Earl Godolphin 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Blagge

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Blagge

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry North of Mildenhall, Suffolk

Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger North of Mildenhall

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Knevit

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary North

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Gilbert of Great Finborow, Suffolk

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Gilbert

Mother: Mary Godolphin Duchess Leeds 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Winston Churchill

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Churchill 1st Duke Marlborough 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Drake

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Drake

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Drake 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Boteler 1st Baron Boteler 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Helen Boteler 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

GrandMother: Henrietta Churchill 2nd Duchess Marlborough 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Jennings

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Jennings

Great x 1 Grandmother: Sarah Jennings Duchess Marlborough

Great x 3 Grandfather: Gifford Thornhurst 1st Baronet

Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Thornhurst

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Temple

Great x 3 Grandmother: Susanna Temple