Sir George Francis Osborne, 16th Baronet

Lieutenant Colonel
Sir George Francis Osborne
Bt, MC
Lieutenant Colonel Sir George Francis Osborne Bt, MC
	Captain G.F. Osborne, in 1915
Born	27 July 1894
Died	21 July 1960 (aged 65)
Education	Repton School
Alma mater	Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Occupation	Military officer
Spouse	Mary Grace Horn (m. 1938)
Children	4
Parent(s)	Sir Francis Osborne, 15th Baronet; Kathleen Eliza Whitfield

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.

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.^[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 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)^[4]
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.^[5]

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")^[6] Other elements Red Hand of Ulster

References

^ 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. London. Retrieved 23 August 2009.
^ "Framfield officer wounded". Sussex Agricultural Express. British Newspaper Archive. 10 September 1915. p. 5 col.7. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
^ "Osborne, Jennifer Jane". The Telegraph. 26 September 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
^ "17-yr-old is new baronet". Coventry Evening Telegraph. British Newspaper Archive. 22 July 1960. p. 13 col.4. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
^ 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.