Sir John Osborn, 5th Baronet

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Early life

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Osborn's wife Frederica, c. 1810

He was the only son of Sir George Osborn, 4th Baronet, who he succeeded in 1818, and Elizabeth Bannister.[2] After his mother's death, his father married Lady Heneage Finch, the daughter of Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea. His father was a Groom of the Bedchamber to King George III.[3]

His paternal grandparents were Sir Danvers Osborn, 3rd Baronet and Lady Mary Montagu (a daughter of the 1st Earl of Halifax). His maternal grandfather, John Bannister, was born in Antiqua and lived at Hill Street in Mayfair, London.[3]

He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford.[1][4]

Career

Osborn was Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire, 1794–1807; for Cockermouth, 1807–1808; for Queenborough, 1812–1818; again for Bedfordshire, 1818–1820 and for the Wigtown Burghs 1821–1824. He served as a Lord of the Admiralty from 1812 to 1824 and as one of the Commissioners of Audit from 1824 until his death.[1][4]

In 1797 he served as a Captain in the Bedfordshire Yeomanry and in 1803–05 in the Bedford Volunteers.[1] On 12 January 1805 the Earl of Upper Ossory as Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire appointed him as Colonel of the Bedfordshire Militia after his predecessor was removed following a court of enquiry.[5] As a young man Osborn's father had been an officer in the regiment when it was reformed in 1759, before joining the regular army and rising to the rank of General.[1][4][6][7] In March 1805 Col Osborn joined the regiment and marched it to barracks at Berry Head near Brixham for its summer training, but thereafter direct command was usually exercised by the lieutenant-colonel.[8] Osborn retained the command of the regiment until his death.[9]

Personal life

On 14 September 1809 at Westminster St James he married Augusta Frederica Louisa Valentina Davers, the illegitimate daughter of Sir Charles Davers, 6th Baronet. Together, they were the parents of at least five sons and three daughters, including:[10]

Sir John died in 1848. He was succeeded in the baronetcy and family estates by his eldest son George Robert.[1][4]

References

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  2. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 100th Edn, London, 1953.
  3. a b c d e f g h i j Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, vol. 1, p. 91.
  4. a b c d Burke's: 'Osborn'.
  5. Lt-Col Sir John M. Burgoyne, Bart, Regimental Records of the Bedfordshire Militia 1759–1884, London: W.H. Allen, 1884.
  6. Burgoyne, pp. 2–4, 56, 106.
  7. War Office List 1805.
  8. War Office, A List of the Officers of the Militia, the Gentlemen & Yeomanry Cavalry, and Volunteer Infantry of the United Kingdom, 11th Edn, London: War Office, 14 October 1805/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 2005, ISBN 978-1-84574-207-2.
  9. Burgoyne, pp. 58, 67, 106.
  10. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999, volume 1, page 91.

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