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{{short description|Dukedom in the Peerage of England}}
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{{Infobox nobility title
| name              = Dukedom of Leeds 
| image             = [[File:Coronet of a British Duke.svg|150px|center]][[File:Duke of Leeds arms.svg|180px]] 
| image_size        =  
| alt               =  
| caption           = ''Quarterly, 1st & 4th: quarterly ermine and azure, over all a cross or'' (for Osborne); ''2nd, gules, an eagle with two heads display, between three fleur-de-lis argent'' (for Godolphin); ''3rd, azure, semé of cross-crosslets and three cinquefoils argent'' (for D'Arcy)
| creation_date     = 4 May 1694 
| creation          =  
| monarch           = [[William III of England|William III]] and [[Mary II of England|Mary II]] 
| peerage           = [[Peerage of England]] 
| baronetage        =  
| first_holder      = [[Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds]] 
| last_holder       = [[D'Arcy Osborne, 12th Duke of Leeds]] 
| present_holder    =  
| heir_apparent     =  
| heir_presumptive  =  
| remainder_to      = the first Duke's [[heirs male]] [[heirs of the body|of the body]] lawfully begotten 
| subsidiary_titles = {{ubl|Marquess of Carmarthen|Earl of Danby|Viscount Osborne|Viscount Latimer|Viscount Dunblane|[[Baron Godolphin]]}}
| status            =  
| extinction_date   = 20 March 1964 
| family_seat       = [[Hornby Castle, Yorkshire|Hornby Castle]] 
| former_seat       = [[Kiveton Park|Kiveton Hall]] 
| motto             =  
| footnotes         =  
}}

[[File:Kiveton House - Front - Thomas Badeslade.jpg|thumb|250px|Kiveton Hall]]

'''Duke of Leeds''' was a title in the [[Peerage of England]]. It was created in 1694 for the prominent statesman [[Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds|Thomas Osborne, 1st Marquess of Carmarthen]], who had been one of the [[Immortal Seven]] in the [[Glorious Revolution|Revolution of 1688]]. He had already succeeded as 2nd Baronet, of Kiveton (1647)<ref name=Cockayne>George Edward Cokayne (1900), [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924092524374#page/n175/mode/2up ''Complete Baronetage''], Volume 1</ref> and been created '''Viscount Osborne''', of Dunblane (1673), '''Baron Osborne''', of Kiveton in the County of York (also 1673) and '''Viscount Latimer''', of Danby in the County of York (also 1673), '''Earl of Danby''', in the County of York (1674), and '''Marquess of Carmarthen''' (1689). All these titles were in the Peerage of England, except for the viscountcy of Osborne, which was in the [[Peerage of Scotland]].<ref group="note">Some sources indicate that Osborne held two Scottish viscountcies – "of Osborne" and "of Dunblane", although this may be a confusion of the full form "Osborne of Dunblane".</ref> He resigned the latter title in favour of his son in 1673. The Earldom of Danby was a revival of the title held by his great-uncle, [[Henry Danvers, 1st Earl of Danby]] (see [[Earl of Danby]]).<ref name="burkes">{{cite book|title=Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire|date=1914|publisher=[[Burke's Peerage]]|pages=1181–1183|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RVggAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1181|access-date=18 September 2017|language=en}}</ref>

==History==
The Dukedom was named for [[Leeds]] in [[Yorkshire]], and did not (as is sometimes claimed) refer to [[Leeds Castle]] in Kent. The principal ducal seat was [[Kiveton Park|Kiveton Hall]].<ref name="rotherhamweb">[http://www.rotherhamweb.co.uk/district/harthill.htm www.rotherhamweb.co.uk: Harthill] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224132913/http://www.rotherhamweb.co.uk/district/harthill.htm |date=24 December 2015 }}. Retrieved 18 December 2015</ref> After Kiveton Hall was demolished in 1811, [[Hornby Castle, Yorkshire|Hornby Castle]] became the main seat of the Dukes of Leeds.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectView.asp?ID=F10781&tabType=HISTORY|title= Osborne family, Dukes of Leeds| publisher= The National Archives|access-date = 12 February 2013}}</ref> The traditional burial place of the Dukes of Leeds was [[All Hallows Church, Harthill, South Yorkshire]].<ref name="burkes"/>

The [[Thomas Osborne, 4th Duke of Leeds|4th Duke]] married [[Mary Osborne, Duchess of Leeds|Mary Godolphin]], daughter of [[Henrietta Godolphin, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough|Henrietta Churchill Godolphin, ''suo jure'' Duchess of Marlborough]], and [[Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin|The 2nd Earl of Godolphin]], and assumed the arms of Godolphin and Churchill.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Courthope|first1=William|title=Debrett's Complete Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: With Additions to the Present Time and a New Set of Coats of Arms from Drawings by Harvey|date=1839|publisher=J. G. & F. Rivington|page=14|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v6u5S-H7BCUC&pg=PA14|access-date=19 September 2017|language=en}}</ref>

On 8 August 1849, [[Francis D'Arcy-Osborne, 7th Duke of Leeds|The 7th Duke of Leeds]] assumed by royal licence the additional surname and arms of D'Arcy, for the separate baronies of [[Baron Darcy de Knayth|D'Arcy]] (1322) and [[Baron Conyers|Conyers]] that he inherited through his grandmother.<ref>{{alox2|title=Osborne, Francis Godolphin D'Arcy D'Arcy, Marquis of Carmarthen}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Burke|first1=Sir Bernard|title=A Genealogical History of the Dormant: Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire|date=1866|publisher=Harrison|page=156|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K3MaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA156|access-date=19 September 2017|language=en}}</ref>

Upon the death of the 7th Duke in 1859, the dukedom passed to his cousin, [[George Osborne, 8th Duke of Leeds|The 2nd Baron Godolphin]], whose father (the second son of [[Francis Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds|The 5th Duke of Leeds]]) had been created '''Baron Godolphin''', of Farnham Royal in the County of Buckingham, in 1832.<ref name="burkes"/>

The 11th Duke was married three times; he had a daughter, [[Lady Camilla Osborne]], but no son. Upon his death in 1963, the dukedom passed to his cousin, [[D'Arcy Osborne, 12th Duke of Leeds|Sir D'Arcy Osborne]], a diplomat.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Duke of Leeds |work=[[The Times]] |page=19 |date=29 July 1963 }}</ref> Eight months later, the 12th Duke died in [[Rome]], unmarried, at which point the dukedom and the [[Baron Godolphin|Barony of Godolphin]] became extinct.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Duke of Leeds – Former Minister to the Holy See |work=[[The Times]] |page=12 |date= 21 March 1964 }}</ref>

The [[heir apparent]] to the Duke of Leeds was styled ''Marquess of Carmarthen''; Lord Carmarthen's heir apparent was styled ''Earl of Danby''; and Lord Danby's heir apparent was styled ''Viscount Latimer''.

==Osborne Baronets, of Kiveton (1620)==
*[[Sir Edward Osborne, 1st Baronet]] (1596–1647)
*Sir Thomas Osborne, 2nd Baronet (1632–1712) (created '''Viscount Osborne''' in 1673, '''Earl of Danby''' in 1674, '''Marquess of Carmarthen''' in 1689 and '''Duke of Leeds''' in 1694)

==Dukes of Leeds (1694)==
*[[Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds]] (1632–1712)
**[[Edward Osborne, Viscount Latimer]] (1655–1689), eldest son of the 1st Duke, died without surviving issue
*[[Peregrine Osborne, 2nd Duke of Leeds]] (1659–1729), second son of the 1st Duke
*[[Peregrine Osborne, 3rd Duke of Leeds|Peregrine Hyde Osborne, 3rd Duke of Leeds]] (1691–1731), only son of the 2nd Duke
*[[Thomas Osborne, 4th Duke of Leeds]] (1713–1789), only son of the 3rd Duke
**Thomas Osborne, Marquess of Carmarthen (1747), eldest son of the 4th Duke, died during his father's lifetime
*[[Francis Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds|Francis Godolphin Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds]] (1751–1799), third son of the 4th Duke
:''Other titles (6th & 7th Dukes):  [[Baron Darcy de Knayth]] (1322) and [[Baron Conyers]] (1509)''
*[[George Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds|George William Frederick Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds]] (1775–1838), eldest son of the 5th Duke
*[[Francis D'Arcy-Osborne, 7th Duke of Leeds|Francis George Godolphin D'Arcy D'Arcy-Osborne, 7th Duke of Leeds]] (1798–1859), eldest son of the 6th Duke, died without issue
:''Other titles (8th Duke onwards): [[Baron Godolphin]] (1832)''
*[[George Osborne, 8th Duke of Leeds|George Godolphin Osborne, 8th Duke of Leeds]] (1802–1872), eldest son of the 5th Duke's second son, [[Francis Osborne, 1st Baron Godolphin|The Lord Godolphin]]
*[[George Osborne, 9th Duke of Leeds|George Godolphin Osborne, 9th Duke of Leeds]] (1828–1895), eldest son of the 8th Duke
**George Osborne, Earl of Danby (1861), eldest son of the 9th Duke (then Lord Carmarthen), died in infancy during his grandfather's lifetime
*[[George Osborne, 10th Duke of Leeds|George Godolphin Osborne, 10th Duke of Leeds]] (1862–1927), second son of the 9th Duke
*[[John Osborne, 11th Duke of Leeds|John Francis Godolphin Osborne, 11th Duke of Leeds]] (1901–1963), only son of the 10th Duke, died without male issue
*[[D'Arcy Osborne, 12th Duke of Leeds|Francis D'Arcy Godolphin Osborne, 12th Duke of Leeds]] (1884–1964), grandson of Lord Godolphin's third son, died without issue, at which point all of his titles became extinct

==Family tree==
{{Duke of Leeds family tree}}

{{Gallery
|File:Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds by Johann Kerseboom.jpg|Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds
|File:All Hallows Church - geograph.org.uk - 1588900.jpg|[[All Hallows Church, Harthill, South Yorkshire]]
|File:Osborne arms.svg|Ancestral arms of the Osborne family: ''Quarterly ermine and azure, over all a cross or''
|File:Sign for the Duke of Leeds public house, Leedstown (geograph 5462629).jpg|The sign for the Duke of Leeds public house, Leedstown, Cornwall
}}

==Notes==
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==References==
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===Source===
*{{cite book | last=Hesilrige | first=Arthur G. M. | year=1921 | title=Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy | url=https://archive.org/details/debrettspeeraget00unse/page/549 | location=160A, [[Fleet street]], [[London]], UK | publisher=[[Dean & Son]] | page=549 }}


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