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Sir George Francis Osborne, 16th Baronet

Irish Baronet

Field	Value
honorific_prefix	Lieutenant Colonel
name	Sir George Francis Osborne
honorific_suffix	Bt, MC
image	Sir George Francis Osborne 16th baronet (2a).jpg
caption	Captain G.F. Osborne, in 1915
birth_date
death_date
education	Repton School
alma mater	Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
occupation	Military officer
spouse
children	4
parents	Sir Francis Osborne, 15th Baronet
Kathleen Eliza Whitfield

Kathleen Eliza Whitfield Sir George Francis Osborne, 16th Baronet, (27 July 1894 – 21 July 1960) was an Anglo-Irish baronet and British Army officer. He was decorated for gallantry during the First World War.

Biography

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, Derbyshire before entering the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Berkshire.

Career

Osborne fought with distinction in the First World War, receiving mentions in despatches.

Wounded in combat twice, Osborne was awarded the Military Cross in 1917 and was promoted major in 1932 before retiring from regular service with the Royal Sussex Regiment in the rank of lieutenant-colonel.

Osborne of Ballintaylor arms

Osborne succeeded to the family title, the Osborne Baronetcy of Ballentaylor and Ballylemonon, on 23 October 1948.

Personal life and death

On 27 February 1938 Osborne married Mary Grace Horn (1903–1987), daughter of Clement Samuel Horn (1871–1946) and Juliet Ivy Sceales (1881–1969), of Goring-by-Sea, Sussex. His wife had previously been married to Robert Stavali Aspinall, a British Army surgeon, by whom she had had a son, the zoo and casino owner John Victor Aspinall.

Osborne and his wife had four children:

Jennifer Jane Osborne (1939–2022)
Caroline Mary Osborne (b. 1941)
Sir Peter Osborne, 17th Baronet, of Highclere, Hampshire (b. 1943), father of George Osborne, former Chancellor of the Exchequer
James Francis Osborne (b. 1946)

He 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.

References

[http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Sussex/Framfield.html www.roll-of-honour.com]
[[Rachel Sylvester]] and Alice Thomson. (22 July 2005). "The future belongs to us, predicts Tory party's young star". The Telegraph.
(10 September 1915). "Framfield officer wounded". Sussex Agricultural Express.
(26 September 2022). "Osborne, Jennifer Jane". The Telegraph.
(22 July 1960). "17-yr-old is new baronet". Coventry Evening Telegraph.
(2003). "Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood". Burke's Peerage & Gentry.

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