George Osborne, 10th Duke of Leeds explained

Honorific-Prefix:His Grace
The Duke of Leeds
Honorific-Suffix:JP
Office1:Treasurer of the Household
Term Start1:1895
Term End1:1896
Predecessor1:Arthur George Brand
Successor1:The Viscount Curzon
Office2:Member of Parliament for Brixton
Term Start2:1887
Term End2:1895
Predecessor2:Ernest Baggallay
Successor2:Evelyn Hubbard
Birth Name:George Godolphin Osborne
Birth Date:18 September 1862
Residence:Hornby Castle
Alma Mater:Trinity College, Cambridge
Parents:George Osborne, 9th Duke of Leeds
Hon. Frances Georgiana Pitt-Rivers

George Godolphin Osborne, 10th Duke of Leeds, JP (18 September 1862 – 10 May 1927),[1] styled Earl of Danby from birth until 1872 and subsequently Marquess of Carmarthen until 1895, was a British peer and Conservative politician.

Early life

He was the second and oldest surviving son of The 9th Duke of Leeds and his wife, The Hon. Frances Georgiana Pitt-Rivers, daughter of The 4th Baron Rivers.[2] Leeds was educated at Eton College and then at Trinity College, Cambridge.[3]

Career

He entered the British House of Commons, as Marquess of Carmarthen, in 1887, representing Brixton until December 1895, when he succeeded his father in his titles.[4] In his first three years as Member of Parliament (MP), Lord Carmarthen was assistant secretary to The 1st Baron Knutsford.[5]

He served as Treasurer of the Household in 1895 and 1896,[5] and sat in the London County Council.[6] Leeds was a Justice of the Peace for the North Riding of the County of York.[3] He was a lieutenant in the Yorkshire Hussars and an honorary captain in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.[2] Leeds commanded the Royal Yacht Squadron and was a naval aide-de-camp to the King.[3]

At the end of the nineteenth century, the Duke of Leeds was initiated into the fraternal society of the Ancient Order of Druids and was present in Stonehenge in August 1905 for the first massive ceremony organized by the A.O.D.[7]

The Duke was noted for his racing greyhounds. His gambling debts played a part in the sale of the family seat Hornby Castle by his heir.

Personal life

On 13 February 1884 he married Lady Katherine Frances Lambton, second daughter of The 2nd Earl of Durham and Lady Beatrix Frances Hamilton, at St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, and had by her, four daughters and one son.[2]

Leeds died in London[8] on 10 May 1927, aged sixty-four, and was buried on 14 May. He was succeeded in the peerage by his only son, John.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Leigh Rayment – Peerage . https://web.archive.org/web/20080608045335/http://www.leighrayment.com/peers/peersL1.htm . 8 June 2008 . usurped . 25 August 2009 .
  2. Book: Cokayne, George Edward . George Bell & Sons . Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom . V . 1887 . London . 39 .
  3. Book: Walford, Edward . The County Families of the United Kingdom . 1919 . Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. Ltd . London . 793 .
  4. Web site: Leigh Rayment – British House of Commons, Brixton . 25 August 2009 . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20181106092824/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Bcommons6.htm . 6 November 2018 .
  5. Book: Whitaker's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companioage . J. Whitaker & Sons . 1923 . 371 .
  6. Book: Who is Who 1914 . Adam & Charles Black . London . 66th . 1914 . 1227 .
  7. Ronald Hutton, Blood and Mistletoe: The History of the Druids in Britain, New Haven, Yale University Press, 2009, p.321.
  8. News: Duke of Leeds . The Yorkshire Post . 11 May 1927 . 5 May 2024 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  9. Book: Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles . Armorial Families . London . Hurst & Blackett . II . 1929 . 1476 .