Francis Osborne, 1st Baron Godolphin

Francis Godolphin Osborne, 1st Baron Godolphin (18 October 1777 – 15 February 1850), styled Lord Francis Osborne from 1789 to 1832, was a British politician.

Background

Osborne was the second son of Francis Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds and his wife, Amelia. His grandmother was Lady Mary Godolphin, daughter of the 2nd Earl of Godolphin, who had married the 4th Duke of Leeds.

Political career

Osborne sat as Member of Parliament for Helston between 1799 and 1802, for Lewes between 1802 and 1806 and for Cambridgeshire between 1810 and 1831. On 14 May 1832 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Godolphin, of Farnham Royal in the County of Buckingham.

Family

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Elizabeth Charlotte Eden, Lady Godolphin (1780-1847) (William Beechey)

Lord Godolphin married the Honourable Elizabeth Eden, third daughter of William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland, on 31 March 1800. They had five children:

• The Hon. George Godolphin Osborne (1802–1872); later 2nd Baron Godolphin, 8th Duke of Leeds from 1859 to 1872
• The Hon. William Godolphin Osborne (1804–1888)
• The Hon. Sidney Godolphin Osborne (1808–1889); became a religious minister. He was the grandfather of the 12th (and last) Duke of Leeds.
• The Hon. D'Arcy Godolphin Osborne (1814–1846).
• The Hon. Charlotte Godolphin Osborne (d. 1838); married Sir Theodore Brinckman, 1st Baronet, becoming Lady Brinckman.

The 8th Duke's surviving siblings, William and Sydney, were granted the rank of a younger son of a duke in 1859, becoming Lord William Osborne and Lord Sydney Osborne respectively. This is because their father, Lord Godolphin, would have inherited the dukedom had he not died in 1850; nine years prior to the death of the 7th Duke of Leeds. On Lord Godolphin's death in 1850, his title of Baron Godolphin passed to his eldest son, George, who became the 2nd Baron Godolphin. George later inherited the dukedom of Leeds from his cousin in 1859.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord Godolphon

References

• Burke's Peerage & Gentry, 107th edition

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Charles Abbot Richard Richards	Member of Parliament for Helston 1799–1801 With: Charles Abbot	Succeeded by Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Parliament of Great Britain	Member of Parliament for Helston 1801–1802 With: Charles Abbot	Succeeded by Viscount FitzHarris John Penn
Preceded by Thomas Kemp John Cressett-Pelham	Member of Parliament for Lewes 1802–1806 With: Henry Shelley	Succeeded by Henry Shelley Thomas Kemp
Preceded by Charles Philip Yorke Lord Charles Manners	Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire 1810–1831 With: Lord Charles Manners 1802-1830 Henry John Adeane 1830-1831	Succeeded by Henry John Adeane Richard Greaves Townley
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baron Godolphin 1832–1850	Succeeded by George Osborne