Sir George Francis Osborne, 16th Baronet

Sir George Francis Osborne, 16th Baronet, MC (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.

Lieutenant Colonel

Sir George Francis Osborne

Bt MC
Captain G.F. Osborne, in 1915
Born(1894-07-27)27 July 1894
Died21 July 1960(1960-07-21) (aged 65)
EducationRepton School
Alma materRoyal Military Academy Sandhurst
OccupationMilitary officer
Spouse
Mary Grace Horn
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(m. 1938)​
Children4
Parent(s)Sir Francis Osborne, 15th Baronet
Kathleen Eliza Whitfield

Biography
Repton School, Derbyshire

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.[1]

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.[2]

Wounded in combat twice,[3] 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

Osborne married on 27 February 1938 Mary Grace Horn (1903–1987), daughter of Clement Samuel Horn (1871–1946) of Goring-by-Sea, Worthing, West Sussex, Sussex, and Juliet Ivy Horn née Sceales (1881–1969). Mary Grace had previously been married, before 1926, to Dr. Robert Stavali Aspinall, a British Army surgeon, by whom she had had a son, private zoo and gambling club owner John Victor Aspinall.

Mary Grace and Osborne had four children:

  • Jennifer Jane Osborne (29 March 1939 – 8 September 2022),[4] married on 20 May 1966 Antony Rufus Little
  • Caroline Mary Osborne (b. 12 November 1941), married before 1966 Michael J. Dodd, (issue).
  • Sir Peter Osborne, 17th Baronet of Vinnicks, Highclere, Hampshire, 17th Baronet (b. 29 June 1943) married on 16 October 1968 Felicity Alexandra Loxton-Peacock of Belgravia, London (who married subsequently in 1979 Sir Anthony Grover, Chairman of Lloyd's Register of Shipping, who died in 1981, and married thirdly in 1983 Sir James Dunnett,[5]) and had four children:
  • James Francis Osborne (b. 18 February 1946), educated at Seaford College, Petworth, West Sussex, Sussex, and at the Sorbonne University, Paris, married on 9 October 1971 Felicity Jane Boutwood, daughter of Peter Boutwood of West Wittering, Chichester, West Sussex, Sussex, and adopted two sons and had one son:
    • (adopted) Toby James Robert Osborne (b. 1977), twin with the below
    • (adopted) George Dominic Peter Osborne (b. 1977), twin with the above
    • Harry Lucas Osborne (b. 1988)

Osborne died on 21 July 1960.[6]

Coat of arms of Osborne of Ballentaylor and Ballylemon
Crest
A sea lion sejant proper holding the dexter paw a trident sable, headed or
Escutcheon
Gules, on a fess or cotised argent two fountains proper, over all a bend of the last
Motto
Pax in bello ("Peace in war")[7]
Other elements
Red Hand of Ulster

References
  1. www.roll-of-honour.com
  2. Rachel Sylvester and Alice Thomson (22 July 2005). "The future belongs to us, predicts Tory party's young star". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 23 August 2009.
  3. "Framfield officer wounded". Sussex Agricultural Express. British Newspaper Archive. 10 September 1915. p. 5 col.7. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  4. "Osborne, Jennifer Jane". The Telegraph. 26 September 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  5. Announcements, The Daily Telegraph, London, U.K., 28 July 2004.
  6. "17-yr-old is new baronet". Coventry Evening Telegraph. British Newspaper Archive. 22 July 1960. p. 13 col.4. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  7. Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. pp. 3030–3032. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.

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.

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