Sir Henry Osborne, 11th Baronet

Sir Henry Osborne, 11th Baronet, MP (aft. 1758 – 27 October 1837), was an Irish baronet and politician.

Biography

He was a son of the Rt. Hon. Sir William Osborne, 8th Baronet and wife Elizabeth Christmas, and succeeded in the baronetcy to his nephew on 23 May 1824. He was a member of parliament in the Irish House of Commons for Carysfort in 1798 and for Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, in 1800. He voted against the Act of Union in 1799 in order to retain Ireland's independence from Great Britain and, refusing Government bribes, voted against it again in 1800 when the legislation was finally enacted.^[1]

Marriages and issue

Sir Henry Osborne married firstly Harriet Toler, daughter of Daniel Toler of Beechwood, County Tipperary, Member of Parliament for Beechwood, and wife (m. November 1760) Rebecca Minchin (? – September 1800), and had three children:

• Eliza Osborne (? – 3 August 1853), married in 1804 Thomas Gibbon Fitzgibbon of Ballyseeda, County Limerick, son of Gibbon Fitzgibbon of Ballyseeda, County Limerick (? – August 1781) and wife Barbara Lynch of Rafiladown, and had issue
• Harriet Osborne (? – Luc-sur-Mer, Caen, 10 December 1865), married unknown Costy of Luc-sur-Mer, Caen
• Sir Daniel Toler Osborne, 12th Baronet (10 December 1783 – 25 March 1853), succeeded in the baronetcy on 27 October 1837, married in January 1805 Lady Harriet Le Poer Trench (September 1785 – 17 November 1855), daughter of William Power Keating Trench, 1st Earl of Clancarty and wife Anne Gardiner, and had seven children:
  • Thomas Frederick Osborne (? – from Asiatic cholera, 18 February 1846), who gained the rank of Major in the service of the Madras Army, married on 25 July 1842 his cousin Anne Letitia Trench (? – from Asiatic cholera, 18 February 1846), daughter of The Venerable Hon. Charles Le Poer Trench and wife Frances Elwood, and had one son:
    • unknown son Osborne (? – 16 October 1862), unmarried and without issue
  • Emily Osborne (? – 31 December 1866), married on 1 July 1851 as his second wife Philip Jocelyn Newton, DL, JP (23 March 1818 – 20 April 1895), educated at Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, High Sheriff in 1846, Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace, who lived at Dunleckney Manor, Bagenalstown, County Carlow, and had female issue
  • Anne Osborne (? – 29 May 1864), married on 16 December 1834 General George Wynne (? – 27 June 1890), Colonel Commandant of the Royal Engineers
  • Harriette Osborne, married on 27 December 1836 John Scott Russell (d. 1 June 1882), who was given the name John Russell at birth, natural son of Agnes Clarke Scott
  • Frances Osborne (? – February 1840), married on 5 February 1829 The Rev. Joseph Forde Leathley
  • Sir William Osborne, 13th Baronet, DL, JP (16 October 1805 – 2 July 1875), succeeded in the baronetcy on 25 March 1853, Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace, married on 22 July 1842 Maria Thompson (? – 25 October 1875), daughter of William Thompson of Clonfin, County Longford, without issue
  • Sir Charles Stanley Osborne of Beechwood Park, County Tipperary, 14th Baronet (30 June 1825 – 16 July 1879), succeeded in the baronetcy on 2 July 1875, married firstly on 13 July 1846 Emilie de Reuilly (? – 20 December 1869), daughter of Geantz de Reuilly of the Ardennes, France, without issue, and married secondly on 8 July 1873 Emma Webb (? – 17 May 1909), daughter of Charles Webb of Clapham Common, London, without issue

Sir Henry Osborne married secondly on 12 June 1813 Elizabeth Harding (? – 9 January 1864), daughter of William Harding of Ballyduff, County Tipperary, and had one son:

• Charles Osborne (13 July 1816 – 15 June 1871), married on 26 August 1852 Ann Geary (c. 1832 – 30 November 1923), daughter of Stephen Geary of Euston Place, London, and had seven children:
  • Catherine Alice Osborne (? – 18 January 1941), married on 13 September 1890 Charles Edward Commin (? – 3 May 1947)
  • Eleanor Osborne (? – 15 March 1960), married on 2 April 1890 Eugene Sully (? – 7 June 1938)
  • Isabella Henrietta Osborne (13 July 1853 – 8 January 1939), married firstly on 25 May 1880 Samuel Alfred Probart of Graaff-Reinet, Cape Province (? – 20 June 1881), Justice of the Peace (JP), and married secondly on 15 January 1887 Weedon Dawes (? – March 1946)
  • Elizabeth Emily Osborne (9 February 1855 – 17 January 1933), unmarried and without issue
  • Sir Francis Osborne, 15th Baronet, JP (1 November 1856 – 23 October 1948), succeeded in the baronetcy on 16 July 1879, Member of the Executive committee of the Standing Council of the Baronetage and Justice of the Peace for Sussex, married on 1 July 1890 Kathleen Eliza Whitfield of Modreeny, County Tipperary, and of South Kensington, London (? – 22 January 1953), daughter of George Whitfield, JP, and had five children:
    • Dorothy Eileen Osborne of Littlebourne House, Littlebourne, Kent (3 May 1891 – ?)
    • Kathleen Muriel Osborne (9 March 1893 – ?), married on 17 October 1922 John "Jack" Chambers of Minnesota, son of W. Chambers of Winnipeg, Winnipeg Capital Region, Manitoba
    • Sir George Francis Osborne, 16th Baronet (27 July 1894 – 21 July 1960)
    • Derrick Osborne (9 December 1897 – k.i.a., World War I, France, 21 March 1918), Lieutenant in the Durham Light Infantry, unmarried and without issue
    • Rosemary Estelle Osborne (23 July 1907 – 8 June 1968), married on 7 November 1935 Donald McEwen McIntyre, son of William McIntyre of Comrie, Perthshire
  • Constance Osborne (9 August 1859 – 30 September 1938), unmarried and without issue
  • Edward Osborne (21 January 1861 – 21 January 1939)

Sources

• Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, USA: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, pages 2904 and 3031.
• Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, editor, Burke's Irish Family Records (London, UK: Burkes Peerage Ltd, 1976), Minchin, pages 47, 48, 431 and 842.
• 2nd Earl of Clancarty Richard Le Poer Trench, Memoir of the Le Poer Trench Family (Dublin, Ireland: privately, 1874), page 27.
• Bernard, Sir Burke, editor, Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland, 4th ed. (London, UK: Burkes Peerage Ltd, 1958), pages 411 and 412.

References

External links

• Darryl Lundy, Sir Henry Osborne, 11th Bt., "The Peerage: A genealogical survey..." (website)