Henry Osborn (governor)

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Admiral Henry Osborn (baptized August 27, 1694 – February 4, 1771) naval officer and Commodore Governor of Newfoundland, born England died London, England.

Osborn volunteered for the Royal Navy in 1716. He was promoted lieutenant in 1717, and his first command was HMS Squirrel in 1728. On 14 May 1729, Osborn was appointed the first commodore governor of Newfoundland, when Lord Vere Beauclerk, the naval commander of Newfoundland had declined. He visited all of the notable places on the island and divided it into six districts. Within each of the districts he appointed magistrates and constables.

On 1757, he was promoted Admiral of the Blue, and in 1763, received the honorific post of Vice-Admiral of Great Britain. He entered Parliament in late 1758 for Bedfordshire in a by-election, sitting until 1761.

[edit] See also

• List of people of Newfoundland and Labrador

[edit] External link

• Biography at Government House The Governorship of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online

[edit] References

• Beatson, Robert (1807). A chronological register of both houses of the British Parliament, Volume II. 

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Thomas Alston The Earl of Upper Ossory	Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire with Sir Thomas Alston, Bt 1758–1761	Succeeded by Marquess of Tavistock Robert Henley-Ongley
Political offices
Preceded by Philippe de Pastour de Costebelle	Commodore Governor of Newfoundland 1729–1730	Succeeded by George Clinton
Honorary Titles
Preceded by The Lord Anson	Vice-Admiral of Great Britain 1763–1765	Succeeded by Edward Hawke