Charlotte Osborne, Duchess of Leeds explained

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.

Personal life

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.

Arms

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Heathcote, Tony. The British Field Marshals, 1736–1997: A Biographical Dictionary . Leo Cooper. Barnsley. 1999. 0-85052-696-5. 278.
  2. L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 174.
  3. Book: Debrett's Peerage . 1838.