George Osborne, 10th Duke of Leeds

His Grace The Duke of Leeds JP
Treasurer of the Household
In office 1895–1896
Preceded by	Arthur George Brand
Succeeded by	The Viscount Curzon
Member of Parliament for Brixton
In office 1887–1895
Preceded by	Ernest Baggallay
Succeeded by	Evelyn Hubbard
Personal details
Born	George Godolphin Osborne (1862-09-18)18 September 1862 Mayfair, London, England
Died	10 May 1927(1927-05-10) (aged 64)
Spouse	Lady Katherine Frances Lambton ​ ​ (after 1884)​
Parent(s)	George Osborne, 9th Duke of Leeds Hon. Frances Georgiana Pitt-Rivers
Residence	Hornby Castle
Education	Eton College
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge

The Duke of Leeds was born at 13 Hertford Street, Mayfair

George Godolphin Osborne, 10th Duke of Leeds, JP (18 September 1862 – 10 May 1927), styled Earl of Danby from birth until 1872 and subsequently Marquess of Carmarthen until 1895, was a British peer and Conservative politician.

Early life

Osborne was born at 13 Hertford Street in Mayfair,^[1] the second and oldest surviving son of The 9th Duke of Leeds and his wife, The Hon. Frances Georgiana Pitt-Rivers, daughter of The 4th Baron Rivers.^[2] Leeds was educated at Eton College and then at Trinity College, Cambridge.^[3][4][5]

Career

He entered the British House of Commons, as Marquess of Carmarthen, in 1887, representing Brixton until December 1895, when he succeeded his father in his titles.^[3][6] In his first three years as Member of Parliament (MP), Lord Carmarthen was assistant secretary to The 1st Baron Knutsford.^[7]

He served as Treasurer of the Household in 1895 and 1896,^[3][7] and sat in the London County Council.^[8] Leeds was a Justice of the Peace for the North Riding of the County of York.^[5] He was a lieutenant in the Yorkshire Hussars and an honorary captain in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.^[3][2] Leeds commanded the Royal Yacht Squadron and was a naval aide-de-camp to the King.^[5]

At the end of the nineteenth century, the Duke of Leeds was initiated into the fraternal society of the Ancient Order of Druids and was present in Stonehenge in August 1905 for the first massive ceremony organized by the A.O.D.^[9]

The Duke was noted for his racing greyhounds. His gambling debts played a part in the sale of the family seat Hornby Castle by his heir.^[10]

Personal life

Ancestral arms of the Osborne family, Dukes of Leeds

On 13 February 1884 he married Lady Katherine Frances Lambton, second daughter of The 2nd Earl of Durham and Lady Beatrix Frances Hamilton, at St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, and had by her, four daughters and one son.^[3][2]

• Lady Gwendolen Fanny Godolphin Osborne (1885–1933), who married Algernon Gascoyne-Cecil (son of Lt.-Col. Lord Eustace Brownlow Henry Gascoyne-Cecil) on 17 July 1923.
• Lady Olga Katherine Godolphin Osborne (1886–1929)
• Lady Dorothy Beatrix Godolphin Osborne (1888–1946), who married The 15th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne on 21 November 1908. They had four children and three grandchildren.
• Lady Moira Godolphin Osborne (1892–1976), who married The 1st Viscount Chandos on 30 January 1920. They have four children.
• John Francis Godolphin Osborne, 11th Duke of Leeds (1901–1963), who married Irma de Malkhozouny on 27 March 1933 and they were divorced in 1948. He remarried Audrey Young on 21 December 1948 and they were divorced in 1955. They have one daughter. He remarried, again, Caroline Fleur Vatcher on 22 February 1955.

Leeds died in London^[11] on 10 May 1927, aged sixty-four, and was buried on 14 May. He was succeeded in the peerage by his only son, John.^[12]

References

1. "Births". The Times. 19 September 1862. p. 1.
2. Cokayne, George Edward (1887). Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom. Vol. V. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 39.
3. (Hesilrige 1921, p. 549)
4. "Osborne, George Godolphin, Marquess of Carmarthen (OSBN882GG)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
5. Walford, Edward (1919). The County Families of the United Kingdom. London: Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. Ltd. p. 793.
6. "Leigh Rayment – British House of Commons, Brixton". Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
7. Whitaker's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companioage. J. Whitaker & Sons. 1923. p. 371.
8. Who is Who 1914 (66th ed.). London: Adam & Charles Black. 1914. p. 1227.
9. Ronald Hutton, Blood and Mistletoe: The History of the Druids in Britain, New Haven, Yale University Press, 2009, p.321.
10. Historic England. "Hornby Castle Park (1420079)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
11. "Duke of Leeds". The Yorkshire Post. 11 May 1927. Retrieved 5 May 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
12. Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1929). Armorial Families. Vol. II. London: Hurst & Blackett. p. 1476.

External links

• Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. 160A, Fleet street, London, UK: Dean & Son. p. 549.
• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by George Osborne, Marquess of Carmarthen

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Ernest Baggallay	Member of Parliament for Brixton 1887–1895	Succeeded by Evelyn Hubbard
Political offices
Preceded by Arthur George Brand	Treasurer of the Household 1895–1896	Succeeded by Viscount Curzon
Peerage of England
Preceded by George Osborne	Duke of Leeds 1895–1927	Succeeded by John Osborne