Sir John Osborn, 5th Baronet (3 December 1772 – 28 August 1848), of

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, was an English politician.

Early life

He was the only son of

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, who he succeeded in 1818, and Elizabeth Bannister.''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage,'' 100th Edn, London, 1953. After his mother's death, his father married Lady Heneage Finch, the daughter of

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. His father was a

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. 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

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. He was educated at

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and

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.''Burke's'': 'Osborn'.

Career

Osborn was Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire, 1794–1807; for

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, 1807–1808; for

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, 1812–1818; again for Bedfordshire, 1818–1820 and for the Wigtown Burghs 1821–1824. He served as a

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from 1812 to 1824 and as one of the

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from 1824 until his death. In 1797 he served as a

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in the

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and in 1803–05 in the Bedford

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. On 12 January 1805 the

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appointed him as

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of the

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after his predecessor was removed following a court of enquiry. 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

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.''War Office List'' 1805. In March 1805 Col Osborn joined the regiment and marched it to barracks at

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for its summer training, but thereafter direct command was usually exercised by the lieutenant-colonel.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. Osborn retained the command of the regiment until his death.Burgoyne, pp. 58, 67, 106.

Personal life

On 14 September 1809 at

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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: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. * Elizabeth Heneage Osborn (1811–1871), who died unmarried. * Louisa Anne Osborn (1812–1864), who married Rev. Brook Edward Bridges, son of Rev. Brook Edward Bridges (a son of Sir Brook Bridges, 3rd Baronet), in 1843. * Sir George Robert Osborn, 6th Baronet (1813–1892), who married Lady Charlotte Kerr, daughter of

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Lord Mark Robert Kerr (the third son of 5th Marquess of Lothian) and Charlotte MacDonnell, ''suo jure'' 3rd Countess of Antrim (eldest daughter of the 1st Marquess of Antrim), in 1835.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, vol. 1, p. 91. * Charles Davers Osborn (1819–1846), who married Louisa Atherley, daughter of Rev. A. Atherley, in 1845. * John Brownlow Osborn (1822–1853), who died unmarried. * Montagu Francis Finch Osborn (1824–1895), a Reverend who was Canon of Newcastle; he married Catherine Barbara Marriott, daughter of John Marriott, in 1861. * Danvers Henry Osborn (1827–1898), a Lt.-Col. in the

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Service; he married Annette Wilson, daughter of Thomas Watkins Wilson, in 1862. * Frederica Lucy Osborn (1835–1906), who died unmarried. Sir John died in 1848. He was succeeded in the baronetcy and family estates by his eldest son George Robert.

References

External links

History of Parliament Online
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