Charlotte Osborne | |
Succession: | Duchess consort of Leeds |
Tenure: | 1799 - 1838 |
Birth Name: | Lady Charlotte Townshend |
Birth Date: | 16 March 1776 |
Death Date: | 30 July 1856 (aged 80) |
Noble Family: | Townshend |
Spouse: | George Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds |
Issue: | Francis D'Arcy-Osborne, 7th Duke of Leeds Lady Charlotte Mary Anne Georgiana Osborne Lord Conyers George Thomas William Osborne |
Father: | George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend |
Mother: | Anne Montgomery |
Charlotte Osborne, Duchess of Leeds (16 March 1776 - 30 July 1856), formerly Lady Charlotte Townshend, was the wife of George Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds.[1]
She was the daughter of George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, by his second wife, the former Anne Montgomery.
On 17 August 1797, Osborne married the duke, then Marquess of Carmarthen, at East Raynham in Norfolk[2] In 1799 Osborne's husband became duke, and therefore, she became a duchess. They had three children:
The Duke of Leeds died in 1838, aged 62, to be succeeded by their son, Francis. The Duchess of Leeds died in July 1856, aged 80.
Escutcheon: | George Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds (Quarterly 1st & 4th Ermine & Azure a cross Or 2nd Gules an eagle displayed between three fleurs-de-lis two and one Argent 3rd Sable a lion rampant Argent on a canton Argent a cross Gules) impaling George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend (Azure a chevron Ermine between three escallops Argent). |
Supporters: | Dexter a griffin Or sinister an heraldic tiger Argent both ducally gorged Azure.[3] |