Sir George Francis Osborne, 16th Baronet, (27 July 1894 – 21 July 1960) was an
Anglo-Irish
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baronet
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and
British Army
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officer
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. He was decorated for
gallantry during the
First World War
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.
Biography
![ReptonSchool2007](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/ReptonSchool2007.JPG)
Osborne was born on 27 July 1894. He was the eldest son of
Sir Francis Osborne, 15th Baronet and wife Kathleen Eliza ''née'' Whitfield, of
Framfield Grange, Sussex.
Osborne was educated at
Repton School
Repton School is a 13–18 co-educational, independent, day and boarding school in the English public school tradition, in Repton, Derbyshire, England.
Sir John Port of Etwall, on his death in 1557, left funds to create a grammar school whi ...
,
Derbyshire
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before entering the
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS or RMA Sandhurst), commonly known simply as Sandhurst, is one of several military academies of the United Kingdom and is the British Army's initial officer training centre. It is located in the town o ...
,
Berkshire
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.
Career
Osborne fought with distinction in the
First World War
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...
, receiving
mentions in despatches.
Wounded in combat twice, Osborne was awarded the
Military Cross
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The MC ...
in 1917 and was promoted
major
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in 1932 before retiring from
regular service with the
Royal Sussex Regiment
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in the rank of
lieutenant-colonel
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.
![Osborne of Ballintaylor arms](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Osborne_of_Ballintaylor_arms.svg)
Osborne succeeded to the
family title, the
Osborne Baronetcy of Ballentaylor and Ballylemonon, on 23 October 1948.
Personal life and death
Osborne married on 27 February 1938 Mary Grace Horn (1903–1987), daughter of Clement Samuel Horn (1871–1946) of
Goring-by-Sea
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,
Worthing
Worthing () is a seaside town in West Sussex, England, at the foot of the South Downs, west of Brighton, and east of Chichester. With a population of 111,400 and an area of , the borough is the second largest component of the Brighton and Ho ...
,
West Sussex
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,
Sussex
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, and Juliet Ivy Horn née Sceales (1881–1969). Mary Grace had previously been married, before 1926, to
Dr. Robert Stavali Aspinall, a
British Army
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surgeon
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, by whom she had had a son, private zoo and gambling club owner
John Victor Aspinall.
Mary Grace and Osborne had four children:
* Jennifer Jane Osborne (29 March 1939 – 8 September 2022), married on 20 May 1966 Antony Rufus Little
* Caroline Mary Osborne (b. 12 November 1941), married before 1966 Michael J. Dodd, (issue).
*
Sir Peter Osborne, 17th Baronet
Sir Peter George Osborne, 17th Baronet (born 29 June 1943) is a British businessman, who co-founded the interior design firm Osborne & Little in 1968. He is the father of George Osborne, the Conservative politician and former Chancellor of the E ...
of
Vinnicks,
Highclere
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,
Hampshire
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, 17th Baronet (b. 29 June 1943) married on 16 October 1968 Felicity Alexandra Loxton-Peacock of
Belgravia
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Belgravia was known as the 'Five Fields' during the Tudor Period, and became a danger ...
,
London
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(who married subsequently in 1979 Sir
Anthony Grover,
Chairman
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of
Lloyd's Register of Shipping, who died in 1981, and married thirdly in 1983 Sir
James Dunnett Sir Ludovic James Dunnett, GCB, CMG (12 February 1914 – 30 December 1997) was an English civil servant. Born in India, he was the son of Sir James Macdonald Dunnett, a senior official in the Indian Civil Service. He grew up in Edinburgh before ...
,) and had four children:
**
The Rt. Hon. George Gideon Oliver Osborne (b. 23 May 1971)
** Benedict George Osborne (b. 25 July 1973)
** Adam Peter Osborne (b. 25 March 1976)
** Theodore "Theo" Grantley Osborne (b. 28 March 1985)
* James Francis Osborne (b. 18 February 1946), educated at
Seaford College
(Aim High)
, established = 1884
, closed =
, type = Public schoolIndependent day and boarding school
, religion = Church of England
, president =
, head_label = Headmaster
, head = John Green
, r_head_l ...
,
Petworth
Petworth is a small town and civil parish in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England. It is located at the junction of the A272 east–west road from Heathfield to Winchester and the A283 Milford to Shoreham-by-Sea road. Some twe ...
, West Sussex, Sussex, and at the
Sorbonne University
Sorbonne University (french: Sorbonne Université; la Sorbonne: 'the Sorbonne') is a public research university located in Paris, France. The institution's legacy reaches back to 1257 when Sorbonne College was established by Robert de Sor ...
,
Paris
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, married on 9 October 1971 Felicity Jane Boutwood, daughter of Peter Boutwood of
West Wittering
West Wittering is a village and civil parish situated on the Manhood Peninsula in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. It lies near the mouth of Chichester Harbour on the B2179 road southwest of Chichester close to the border with Ha ...
,
Chichester
Chichester () is a cathedral city and civil parish in West Sussex, England.OS Explorer map 120: Chichester, South Harting and Selsey Scale: 1:25 000. Publisher:Ordnance Survey – Southampton B2 edition. Publishing Date:2009. It is the only ci ...
, West Sussex, Sussex, and adopted two sons and had one son:
** (adopted) Toby James Robert Osborne (b. 1977), twin with the below
** (adopted) George Dominic Peter Osborne (b. 1977), twin with the above
** Harry Lucas Osborne (b. 1988)
Osborne died on 21 July 1960.
References
Sources
* Charles Mosley, editor, ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes'' (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, pages 3031 and 3032.
External links
* http://www.thepeerage.com/p31486.htm#i314853
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1894 births
20th-century Anglo-Irish people
People educated at Repton School
Recipients of the Military Cross
1960 deaths
Osborne baronets
Royal Sussex Regiment officers
British Army personnel of World War I