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Henry Osborn (Royal Navy officer)

Royal Navy officer and colonial administrator

Summary

Royal Navy officer and colonial administrator

Field	Value
honorific_prefix	Admiral
name	Henry Osborn
image	Captain Henry Osborn by Claude Arnulphy.jpg
caption	Portrait by Claude Arnulphy
birth_date	1694
death_date
birth_place	Campton, Bedfordshire
death_place	London, England
allegiance	Great Britain
branch	Royal Navy
serviceyears	1710–1771
rank	Admiral
commands	HMS Weazle
HMS Squirrel
Newfoundland station
HMS Portland
HMS Salisbury
HMS Prince of Orange
HMS Chichester
HMS Princess Caroline
Nore Command
Leeward Islands Station
Portsmouth Command
Mediterranean Fleet
battles

HMS Squirrel Newfoundland station HMS Portland HMS Salisbury HMS Prince of Orange HMS Chichester HMS Princess Caroline Nore Command Leeward Islands Station Portsmouth Command Mediterranean Fleet

War of the Spanish Succession
War of the Quadruple Alliance
- Battle of Cape Passaro
War of the Austrian Succession
- Battle of Toulon
Seven Years' War
- Battle of Cartagena

Admiral Henry Osborn (1694 – 4 February 1771) was a Royal Navy officer and colonial administrator who served as Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland. He was a younger son of Sir John Osborn, 2nd Baronet.

Naval career

Osborn joined the Royal Navy as a volunteer in 1710. He was promoted lieutenant in 1717, and his first command was HMS Squirrel in 1728.

On 14 May 1729, Osborn was appointed the first commodore-governor of Newfoundland, when Lord Vere Beauclerk, the naval commander of Newfoundland had declined. He visited all of the notable places on the island and divided it into six districts. Within each of the districts he appointed magistrates and constables.

In 1757, he was promoted Admiral of the Blue and appointed Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet.

Battle of Cartagena

Main article: Battle of Cartagena (1758)

In late 1757 Osborn besieged the neutral port of Cartagena in Spain where a French squadron designed to go to the relief of Louisbourg had taken shelter. While there he attacked a small French squadron under Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville which was coming to the aid of the trapped force. Two French ships were captured, including Duquesne's flagship and it indirectly led to the successful British capture of Louisbourg later that year. The battle helped to restore the Royal Navy's reputation following the failed attempt to relieve Minorca two years earlier which had led to Admiral Byng's execution.

On 1 January 1763, he received the honorific post of Vice-Admiral of Great Britain. He entered Parliament in late 1758 for Bedfordshire in a by-election, sitting until 1761.

Notes

References

(30 October 2012). "Osborn, Henry (1694-1771): Governor, 1729-1730". Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Web Site Project.
"Port admirals". History in Portsmouth.
{{London Gazette. (1 January 1763)

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