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

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Francis George Godolphin D'Arcy D'Arcy-Osborne, 7th Duke of Leeds (21 May 1798 – 4 May 1859) was a British peer and politician. He was styled Earl of Danby from birth until 1799 and Marquess of Carmarthen from 1799 until 1838.

Osborne was the son of George Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds and his wife, Charlotte, a daughter of George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend. As Marquess of Carmarthen, he held the parliamentary seat of Helston from 1820-30 and on 2 July 1838, was summoned to the House of Lords in his father's barony of Osborne. A few weeks later, he inherited his father's dukedom and added the name of D'Arcy to his surname by Royal Licence in 1849.

On 24 April 1828, the duke had married Lousia Hervey-Bathurst (the widow of Sir Felton Hervey-Bathurst, 1st Baronet and third daughter and co-heiress of Richard Caton of Maryland). The couple had no children and on his death in 1859, his titles passed to other members of his family: the dukedom of Leeds to his cousin, The Lord Godolphin and the baronies of Darcy de Knayth and Conyers and the Portuguese countship of Mértola to his nephew, Sackville Lane-Fox.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Lord James Townshend Harrington Hudson	Member of Parliament for Helston with Lord James Townshend 1820 – 1830	Succeeded by Lord James Townshend Sir Samuel Brooke-Pechell
Peerage of England
Preceded by George Osborne	Duke of Leeds 1838 – 1859	Succeeded by George Osborne
	Baron Darcy de Knayth 1838 – 1859	Succeeded by Sackville Lane-Fox
	Baron Osborne (writ of acceleration) 1838 – 1859
Titles of nobility
Preceded by George Osborne	Count of Mértola 1838 – 1859	Succeeded by Sackville Lane-Fox