Peregrine Hyde Osborne, 3rd Duke of Leeds (11 November 1691 – 9 May 1731) was a

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peer.

Early life

He was the second son of Peregrine, Earl of Danby and his wife, the former Bridget Hyde, only daughter of Sir Thomas Hyde, 2nd Baronet. In 1694, when his grandfather, the 1st Marquess of Carmarthen, was created

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, and his father assumed the title Marquess of Carmarthen, he became Lord Peregrine Osborne.

Career

In 1709, he began his

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together with his older brother William, Earl of Danby, who died of

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in 1711, at which point Osborne assumed the title Earl of Danby. In 1712, when his father succeeded as 2nd Duke of Leeds, he became Marquess of Carmarthen. Lord Carmarthen was summoned to the

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in his father's most junior title as 3rd Baron Osborne by a

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in January 1713 and succeeded to his father's other titles in 1729. From 1712 to 1713, he served as

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Personal life

On 16 December 1712, he married firstly Lady Elizabeth Harley, youngest daughter of the 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer. She died in the childbed only a year later. *

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(1713–1789), who married Lady Mary Godolphin, second daughter of

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and his wife Henrietta Godolphin (''née'' Churchill), 2nd Duchess of Marlborough, in 1740. On 17 September 1719, he married secondly to Lady Anne Seymour, third daughter of

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by his first wife, Lady Elizabeth Thynne, ''styled'' Baroness Percy (only child of

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). A son, who originated from this marriage, died young. After her death in 1722, he married finally, on 9 April 1725 at

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, Devon. Risdon, Tristram (d.1640), Survey of Devon, 1811 edition, London, 1811, with 1810 Additions, pp. 387–8 Lord Leeds died, aged 40, and was buried in the Osborne family chapel at

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. He was succeeded in his titles by his only surviving child, Thomas, Marquess of Carmarthen, born by his first wife.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Leeds, Peregrine Osborne, 3rd Duke of 1691 births 1731 deaths Peregrine 103 Burials at Osborne family chapel, All Hallows' Church (Harthill)