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

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 politician.

Background

Osborne was the second son of Francis Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds

Francis Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds

Francis Godolphin Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds KG, PC , styled Marquess of Carmarthen until 1789, was a British politician...

 and his wife, Amelia

Amelia Osborne, Marchioness of Carmarthen

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. His grandmother was Lady Mary Godolphin, daughter of the 2nd Earl of Godolphin

Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin

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, who had married the 4th Duke of Leeds

Thomas Osborne, 4th Duke of Leeds

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.

Political career

Osborne sat as Member of Parliament

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 for Helston

Helston (UK Parliament constituency)

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 between 1799 and 1802, for Lewes

Lewes (UK Parliament constituency)

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 between 1802 and 1806 and for Cambridgeshire

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 between 1810 and 1831. On 14 May 1832 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Godolphin, of Farnham Royal

Farnham Royal

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 in the County of Buckingham

Buckinghamshire

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.

Family

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
  George Godolphin Osborne, 8th Duke of Leeds
  George Godolphin Osborne, 8th Duke of Leeds was a British peer.He was born the eldest son of Francis Osborne and his wife, The Hon. Elizabeth Eden. In 1832 his father was created Baron Godolphin, upon which George became known as The Hon. George Osborne. When the 1st Baron Godolphin died in 1850,...
  
   (1802-1872); later 2nd Baron Godolphin, 8th Duke of Leeds from 1859 to 1872
• The Hon. William Godolphin Osborne (1804-1888)
• The Hon. Sydney 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
  Sir Theodore Brinckman, 1st Baronet
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  , 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

Dukedom

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 had he not died in 1850; nine years prior to the death of the 7th Duke of Leeds

Francis D'Arcy-Osborne, 7th Duke of Leeds

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. 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

Duke of Leeds

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from his cousin in 1859.