Biography of Fanny Georgiana Pitt-Rivers Duchess Leeds 1836-1896

On 23 Jan 1831 [her grandfather] Horace Beckford aka Pitt-Rivers 3rd Baron Rivers (age 53) drowned himself in The Serpentine, Hyde Park having reneged on a pledge to never play cards again. His son [her father] George Pitt-Rivers 4th Baron Rivers (age 20) succeeded 4th Baron Rivers of Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire.

On 26 Dec 1836 Fanny Georgiana Pitt-Rivers Duchess Leeds was born to George Pitt-Rivers 4th Baron Rivers (age 26) and Susan Georgiana Leveson-Gower Baroness Rivers (age 26).

On 16 Jan 1861 George Godolphin Osborne 9th Duke Leeds 1828-1895 (age 32) and Fanny Georgiana Pitt-Rivers Duchess Leeds (age 24) were married. He the son of George Godolphin Osborne 8th Duke Leeds (age 58) and Harriet Emma Arundel Stewart Duchess Leeds. They were half first cousins.

On 04 Nov 1861 [her son] George Frederick Osborne Osborne was born to [her husband] George Godolphin Osborne 9th Duke Leeds 1828-1895 (age 33) and Fanny Georgiana Pitt-Rivers Duchess Leeds (age 24). Coefficient of inbreeding 3.94%.

On 06 Nov 1861 [her son] George Frederick Osborne Osborne died.

On 18 Sep 1862 [her son] George Godolphin Osborne 10th Duke Leeds was born to [her husband] George Godolphin Osborne 9th Duke Leeds 1828-1895 (age 34) and Fanny Georgiana Pitt-Rivers Duchess Leeds (age 25). Coefficient of inbreeding 3.94%.

On 11 Mar 1864 [her son] Francis Granville Godolphin Osborne was born to [her husband] George Godolphin Osborne 9th Duke Leeds 1828-1895 (age 35) and Fanny Georgiana Pitt-Rivers Duchess Leeds (age 27). Coefficient of inbreeding 3.94%.

On 22 Jun 1864 Henry John Milbank (age 40) and [her sister-in-law] Susan Georgina Osborne (age 34) were married. She the daughter of George Godolphin Osborne 8th Duke Leeds (age 61) and Harriet Emma Arundel Stewart Duchess Leeds.

In 1866 [her mother] Susan Georgiana Leveson-Gower Baroness Rivers (age 56) died.

On 10 Apr 1866 [her son] Albert Edward Godolphin Osborne was born to [her husband] George Godolphin Osborne 9th Duke Leeds 1828-1895 (age 37) and Fanny Georgiana Pitt-Rivers Duchess Leeds (age 29). Coefficient of inbreeding 3.94%.

On 28 Apr 1866 [her father] George Pitt-Rivers 4th Baron Rivers (age 55) died. His son [her brother] Henry Peter Pitt-Rivers 5th Baron Rivers (age 17) succeeded 5th Baron Rivers of Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire.

On 28 Jul 1867 [her daughter] Harriet Castalia Godolphin Osborne was born to [her husband] George Godolphin Osborne 9th Duke Leeds 1828-1895 (age 38) and Fanny Georgiana Pitt-Rivers Duchess Leeds (age 30). Coefficient of inbreeding 3.94%.

On 17 May 1869 [her daughter] Alice Susan Godolphin Osborne was born to [her husband] George Godolphin Osborne 9th Duke Leeds 1828-1895 (age 40) and Fanny Georgiana Pitt-Rivers Duchess Leeds (age 32). Coefficient of inbreeding 3.94%.

On 30 May 1870 [her daughter] Ada Charlotte Godolphin Osborne was born to [her husband] George Godolphin Osborne 9th Duke Leeds 1828-1895 (age 41) and Fanny Georgiana Pitt-Rivers Duchess Leeds (age 33). Coefficient of inbreeding 3.94%.

On 20 Feb 1872 [her daughter] Alexandra Louisa Godolphin Osborne was born to [her husband] George Godolphin Osborne 9th Duke Leeds 1828-1895 (age 43) and Fanny Georgiana Pitt-Rivers Duchess Leeds (age 35). Coefficient of inbreeding 3.94%.

On 08 Aug 1872 [her father-in-law] George Godolphin Osborne 8th Duke Leeds (age 70) died. His son [her husband] George Godolphin Osborne 9th Duke Leeds 1828-1895 (age 43) succeeded 9th Duke Leeds, 9th Earl of Danby, 9th Viscount Osborne, 9th Viscount Latimer, 9th Baron Osborne of Kinderton, 10th Baronet Osborne of Kiveton, 3rd Baron Godolphin of Farnham Royal in Buckinghamshire. Fanny Georgiana Pitt-Rivers Duchess Leeds (age 35) by marriage Duchess Leeds.

On 08 Jun 1875 [her daughter] Constance Blanche Godolphin Godolphin Osborne was born to [her husband] George Godolphin Osborne 9th Duke Leeds 1828-1895 (age 46) and Fanny Georgiana Pitt-Rivers Duchess Leeds (age 38). Coefficient of inbreeding 3.94%.

On 13 Feb 1884 [her son] George Godolphin Osborne 10th Duke Leeds (age 21) and [her daughter-in-law] Katherine Frances Lambton Duchess Leeds 1862-1952 (age 21) were married. She the daughter of George Frederick D'Arcy Lambton 2nd Earl Durham 1828-1879 and Beatrix Frances Hamilton Countess Durham 1835-1871. He the son of George Godolphin Osborne 9th Duke Leeds 1828-1895 (age 55) and Fanny Georgiana Pitt-Rivers Duchess Leeds 1836-1896 (age 47). She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 28 Dec 1888 [her brother-in-law] William Osborne (age 53) died.

In or before 1892 [her son-in-law] Henry Frederick Compton Cavendish (age 37) and [her daughter] Harriet Castalia Godolphin Osborne (age 24) were married. She the daughter of George Godolphin Osborne 9th Duke Leeds 1828-1895 (age 63) and Fanny Georgiana Pitt-Rivers Duchess Leeds 1836-1896 (age 55). They were third cousin once removed.

On 20 Mar 1895 [her brother-in-law] Darcy Osborne (age 60) died.

Times Newspaper Obituaries. 24 Dec 1895. [her former husband] The Duke of Leeds (deceased) died at Hornby Castle [Map], yesterday morning at 5 o'clock. He recently contracted a severe chill, which led to an attack of bronchitis. He took to his bed about a week ago and gradually sank. George Godolphin Osborne, ninth Duke of Leeds (deceased) in the peerage of England, Marquis of Carmarthen, Earl of Danby, Viscount Latimer, and Baron Osbome of Kiveton, all in the peerage of England; Viscount Osbome and Viscount Dunblane in the peerage of Scotland; and Baron Godolphin of Paraham Royal, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, a baronet, and a Prince or the Holy Roman Empire, was born in Paris in 1828, the eldest son of the [her former father-in-law] eighth duke. He married, in 1861, the Hon. Fanny Georgiana Pitt (age 58), daughter of the [her father] fourth Baron Rivers, who was born in 1836 and was Lady of the Bedchamber to the Princess of Wales from 1863 to 1873. He was appointed captain in the North Yorks Militia in 1852, and resigued in 1859, but was reappoined in 1861. He succeeded to the family honours in 1872, and has issue living three sons and five daughters. The family descends from Sir Edward Osborne, knight, who was Vice-President of the Council of the North in 1629 and Lieutenant-General of the forces raised there against the Parliamentary Army in 1841. His son was Treasurer of the Navy and Lord High Chancellor, and as Earl of Danby was impeeched by the Commons in 1679. The fifth duke married Amelia, in her own right Baroness Conyers, but this title left the main line in 1859 on the death of the seventh duke. The late duke was nephew of the late Rev. Lord Sydney Godolphin Osborne, who wrote much over the familiar signature "S.G.O.," and brother of [her former brother-in-law] Lord Francis George Godolphin Osborne (age 65), who was rector of Great Elm, but joined the Church of Rome in 1875. The Duke of Leeds is succeeded by his [her son] eldest surviving son (age 33), the Marquis of Carmarthen, who was born in 1862, was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, and was formerly a lieutenant in the Yorkshire Hussars. Lord Carmarthen unsuccessfully contested the Newmarket Division of Cambridgeshire as a Conservative in 1886, and has sat since July, 1887, for the Brixton Division of Lambeth, in which constituency his sucoession to the peerage now creates a vacancy. Lord Carmarthen was an assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary for the Colonies (Lord Knutsford) from 1886 to 1888. He was appointed Treasurer of the Household on the formation of the present Ministry. He married, in 1884, [her daughter-in-law] Lady Katherine Frances Lambton (age 33), daughter of the second Earl of Durham, and has issue four daughters.

On 26 Oct 1896 Fanny Georgiana Pitt-Rivers Duchess Leeds (age 59) died.

Family Trees of Fanny Georgiana Pitt-Rivers Duchess Leeds 1836-1896

Paternal Family Tree: Beckford

Maternal Family Tree: Anna Maria Mordaunt 1771

Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of Fanny Georgiana Pitt-Rivers Duchess Leeds 1836-1896

Kings Wessex: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd 1100-1170

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 26 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys 1047-1132

Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of Robert "The Bruce" I King Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Ancestors of Fanny Georgiana Pitt-Rivers Duchess Leeds 1836-1896

Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Beckford

Great x 3 Grandfather: Peter Beckford

Great x 2 Grandfather: Julines Beckford

Great x 1 Grandfather: Peter Beckford

GrandFather: Horace Beckford aka Pitt-Rivers 3rd Baron Rivers 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Pitt 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Pitt of Stratfield Saye 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Pitt 1st Baron Rivers 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Louisa Pitt 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Father: George Pitt-Rivers 4th Baron Rivers 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Hale Rigby

GrandMother: Frances Rigby

Fanny Georgiana Pitt-Rivers Duchess Leeds 1836-1896 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Leveson-Gower 4th Baronet

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Leveson-Gower 1st Baron Gower

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Granville Baroness Gower

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Manners 1st Duke Rutland 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Manners Baroness Gower 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Noel Duchess Rutland 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Pierrepont 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Evelyn

Great x 2 Grandmother: Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Feilding 2nd Earl Desmond 3rd Earl Denbigh 1640-1685 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull 1668-1697 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Carey Countess Desmond and Denbigh 1632-1682 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Granville 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: James Stewart 5th Earl Galloway 1670-1746 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Douglas Countess Galloway 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Alexander Stewart 6th Earl Galloway 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Montgomerie 9th Earl Eglinton 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Montgomerie Countess Galloway 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Cochrane

Great x 1 Grandmother: Susanna Stewart Marchioness Stafford -1805 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Mother: Susan Georgiana Leveson-Gower Baroness Rivers 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 2nd Duke Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cavendish 3rd Duke Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Son of Henry IV King England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Rachel Russell Duchess Devonshire 1674-1725 9 x Great Grand Daughter of Henry IV King England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Cavendish 4th Duke Devonshire 11 x Great Grand Son of Henry IV King England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hoskins of Oxted

Great x 3 Grandmother:

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Cavendish 5th Duke Devonshire 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Boyle 2nd Earl Burlington 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Boyle 3rd Earl Burlington 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandmother: Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle Marchioness Hartington 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Savile 2nd Marquess Halifax 1665-1700 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Savile Countess Burlington 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Finch Duchess Roxburghe 1677- 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandMother: Harriet Cavendish Countess Granville 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Spencer 3rd Earl of Sunderland 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Spencer 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Churchill Countess Sunderland 1683-1716 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Spencer 1st Earl Spencer 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Carteret 2nd Earl Granville 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Georgiana Caroline Carteret 1716-1780 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Worsley Countess Granville 1693-1743 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 1 Grandmother: Georgiana Spencer Duchess Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Poyntz 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Stephen Poyntz 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Georgiana Poyntz Countess Spencer 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Lewis Mordaunt 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anna Maria Mordaunt 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England