Biography of Francis Godolphin Osborne 7th Duke Leeds 1798-1859

Paternal Family Tree: Osborne

On 27 Jan 1784 [his grandmother] Amelia Darcy 12th Baroness Darcy 9th Baroness Conyers (age 29) died. Her son [his father] George William Frederick Osborne 6th Duke Leeds (age 8) succeeded 13th Baron Darcy of Knayth, 10th Baron Conyers.

On 17 Aug 1797 [his father] George William Frederick Osborne 6th Duke Leeds (age 22) and [his mother] Charlotte Townshend Duchess Leeds (age 21) were married. She by marriage Baroness Darcy of Knayth, Baroness Conyers. She the daughter of [his grandfather] George Townshend 1st Marquess Townshend (age 73) and [his grandmother] Anne Montgomery Marchioness Townshend (age 45). He the son of [his grandfather] Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds (age 46) and [his grandmother] Amelia Darcy 12th Baroness Darcy 9th Baroness Conyers. He a great x 5 grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

On 21 May 1798 Francis Godolphin Osborne 7th Duke Leeds was born to George William Frederick Osborne 6th Duke Leeds (age 22) and Charlotte Townshend Duchess Leeds (age 22).

On 31 Jan 1799 [his grandfather] Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds (age 48) died. His son [his father] George William Frederick Osborne 6th Duke Leeds (age 23) succeeded 6th Duke Leeds, 6th Earl of Danby, 6th Viscount Osborne, 6th Viscount Latimer, 6th Baron Osborne of Kinderton, 7th Baronet Osborne of Kiveton. [his mother] Charlotte Townshend Duchess Leeds (age 22) by marriage Duchess Leeds.

                    On 24 Apr 1817 Felton Elwell Hervey-Bathurst 1st Baronet (age 35) and [his future wife] Louisa Catharine Caton Duchess Leeds (age 24) were married.
                
                    She one of the four Caton sisters, daughters of [his future father-in-law] Richard Caton (age 54), a merchant from Baltimore, the three eldest, known as the "The Three American Graces", married European husbands husbands. Only the fourth daughter [his future sister-in-law] Emily Caton (age 22) had children.
                
                    [his future sister-in-law] Marianne Caton Marchioness Wellesley (age 29) married Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley (age 56),
                
                    [his future sister-in-law] Elizabeth Caton Baroness Stafford (age 27) married George William Stafford-Jerningham 8th Baron Stafford (age 45),
                
                    Louisa Catharine Caton Duchess Leeds married firstly Felton Elwell Hervey-Bathurst 1st Baronet and secondly Francis Godolphin Osborne 7th Duke Leeds (age 18).
                
                    Emily Caton married Consul John MacTavish (age 30).

In 1820 Francis Godolphin Osborne 7th Duke Leeds (age 21) was elected MP Helston.

                    On 24 Apr 1828 Francis Godolphin Osborne 7th Duke Leeds (age 29) and Louisa Catharine Caton Duchess Leeds (age 35) were married. He the son of George William Frederick Osborne 6th Duke Leeds (age 52) and Charlotte Townshend Duchess Leeds (age 52).
                
                    She one of the four Caton sisters, daughters of Richard Caton (age 65), a merchant from Baltimore, the three eldest, known as the "The Three American Graces", married European husbands husbands. Only the fourth daughter Emily Caton (age 33) had children.
                
                    Marianne Caton Marchioness Wellesley (age 40) married Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley (age 67),
                
                    Elizabeth Caton Baroness Stafford (age 38) married George William Stafford-Jerningham 8th Baron Stafford (age 56),
                
                    Louisa Catharine Caton Duchess Leeds married firstly Felton Elwell Hervey-Bathurst 1st Baronet and secondly Francis Godolphin Osborne 7th Duke Leeds.
                
                    Emily Caton married Consul John MacTavish (age 41).

On 10 Jul 1838 [his father] George William Frederick Osborne 6th Duke Leeds (age 62) died. His son Francis Godolphin Osborne 7th Duke Leeds (age 40) succeeded 7th Duke Leeds, 7th Earl of Danby, 7th Viscount Osborne, 7th Viscount Latimer, 7th Baron Osborne of Kinderton, 8th Baronet Osborne of Kiveton, 14th Baron Darcy of Knayth, 11th Baron Conyers. [his wife] Louisa Catharine Caton Duchess Leeds (age 45) by marriage Duchess Leeds.

On 17 Dec 1853 [his sister-in-law] Marianne Caton Marchioness Wellesley (age 65) died.

On 30 Jul 1856 [his mother] Charlotte Townshend Duchess Leeds (age 80) died.

On 04 May 1859 Francis Godolphin Osborne 7th Duke Leeds (age 60) died. He was buried at the Osborne Family Chapel All Hallows' Church Harthill [Map]. His first cousin George Godolphin Osborne 8th Duke Leeds (age 56) succeeded 8th Duke Leeds, 8th Earl of Danby, 8th Viscount Osborne, 8th Viscount Latimer, 8th Baron Osborne of Kinderton, 9th Baronet Osborne of Kiveton. Harriet Emma Arundel Stewart Duchess Leeds by marriage Duchess Leeds. His nephew Sackville George Lane-Fox 15th Baron Darcy of Knayth 12th Baron Conyers (age 31) succeeded 15th Baron Darcy of Knayth, 12th Baron Conyers.

In 1874 [his former wife] Louisa Catharine Caton Duchess Leeds (age 81) died.

The Times. 24 Dec 1895. 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 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 eighth duke. He married, in 1861, the Hon. Fanny Georgiana Pitt (age 58), daughter of the 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 [his grandfather] fifth duke married [his grandmother] 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 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 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, Lady Katherine Frances Lambton (age 33), daughter of the second Earl of Durham, and has issue four daughters.

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Ancestors of Francis Godolphin Osborne 7th Duke Leeds 1798-1859

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Osborne 1st Duke Leeds 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Peregrine Osborne 2nd Duke Leeds 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Bridget Bertie Duchess Leeds 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Peregrine Osborne 3rd Duke Leeds 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Hyde 2nd Baronet

Great x 3 Grandmother: Bridget Hyde Duchess Leeds

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Osborne 4th Duke Leeds 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Godolphin

Great x 3 Grandfather: Sidney Godolphin 1st Earl Godolphin 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Berkeley 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Godolphin 2nd Earl Godolphin 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Blagge

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Blagge

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary North

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Godolphin Duchess Leeds 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Winston Churchill

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Drake 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Henrietta Churchill 2nd Duchess of Marlborough 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Jennings

Great x 3 Grandmother: Sarah Jennings Duchess of Marlborough

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Thornhurst

Father: George William Frederick Osborne 6th Duke Leeds 5 x Great Grand Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Conyers Darcy 2nd Earl Holderness 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Darcy 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Howard 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Darcy 3rd Earl Holderness 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Sutton 1st Baron Lexinton

Great x 3 Grandmother: Bridget Sutton 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary St Leger Baroness Lexington 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Darcy 4th Earl Holderness 3 x Great Grand Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Schomberg 1st Duke Schomberg 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Meinhart Schomberg 3rd Duke Schomberg 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Frederica Schomberg Countess Holderness and Fitzwalter 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Louis Palatinate Simmern Grand Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Karoline von der Pfalz Great Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maria Susanne Luise von Degenfeld

GrandMother: Amelia Darcy 12th Baroness Darcy 9th Baroness Conyers 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland

Francis Godolphin Osborne 7th Duke Leeds 6 x Great Grand Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Townshend 1st Baronet 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Horatio Townshend 1st Viscount Townsend 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townsend 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Joseph Ashe 1st Baronet

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Ashe Viscountess Townshend

Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Townshend 3rd Viscount Townsend 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Pelham 3rd Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Pelham 1st Baron Pelham of Laughton 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Sidney Baroness Pelham Laughton 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Pelham Viscountess Townsend 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Jones

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Jones

GrandFather: George Townshend 1st Marquess Townshend 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Harrison

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Harrison 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Villiers 4th Viscount Grandison 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Audrey Villiers 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Leigh Viscountess Grandison 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Audrey aka Etheldreda Harrison 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Mother: Charlotte Townshend Duchess Leeds 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Montgomery 1st Baronet

GrandMother: Anne Montgomery Marchioness Townshend

Great x 1 Grandmother: Hannah Tomkyns

Royal Ancestors of Francis Godolphin Osborne 7th Duke Leeds 1798-1859

Ancestors of Francis Godolphin Osborne 7th Duke Leeds 1798-1859