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

The Duke of Leeds, 1841.
Ancestral arms of the Osborne family, Dukes of Leeds

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

Background

Osborne was the son of George Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds and his wife, Charlotte, a daughter of George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend.

Political career

As Marquess of Carmarthen, he held the parliamentary seat of Helston from 1820 to 1830 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.

Family

On 24 April 1828, the duke married Louisa Catharine 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 2nd Lord Godolphin and the baronies of Darcy de Knayth and Conyers and the Portuguese countship of Mértola to his nephew, Sackville Lane-Fox.

The 7th Duke of Leeds and his Duchess are buried in the Osborne family chapel at All Hallows Church, Harthill, South Yorkshire.

References

    Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 2)

    Parliament of the United Kingdom
    Preceded by
    Lord James Townshend
    Harrington Hudson
    Member of Parliament for Helston
    1820–1830
    With: Lord James Townshend
    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

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