| Honorific Prefix: | Lieutenant Colonel Sir |
| George Francis Osborne | |
| Honorific Suffix: | Bt MC |
| Birth Date: | 27 July 1894 |
| Education: | Repton School |
| Alma Mater: | Royal Military Academy Sandhurst |
| Occupation: | Military officer |
| Children: | 4 |
| Parents: | Sir Francis Osborne, 15th Baronet Kathleen Eliza Whitfield |
Sir George Francis Osborne, 16th Baronet, (27 July 1894 - 21 July 1960) was an Anglo-Irish baronet and British Army officer. He was decorated for gallantry during the First World War.
Osborne was born on 27 July 1894. He was the eldest son of Sir Francis Osborne, 15th Baronet and wife Kathleen Eliza née Whitfield, of Framfield Grange, Sussex.[1]
Osborne was educated at Repton School, Derbyshire before entering the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Berkshire.
Osborne fought with distinction in the First World War, receiving mentions in despatches.[2]
Wounded in combat twice,[3] Osborne was awarded the Military Cross in 1917 and was promoted major in 1932 before retiring from regular service with the Royal Sussex Regiment in the rank of lieutenant-colonel.
Osborne succeeded to the family title, the Osborne Baronetcy of Ballentaylor and Ballylemonon, on 23 October 1948.
On 27 February 1938 Osborne married Mary Grace Horn (1903–1987), daughter of Clement Samuel Horn (1871–1946) and Juliet Ivy Sceales (1881–1969), of Goring-by-Sea, Sussex. His wife had previously been married to Robert Stavali Aspinall, a British Army surgeon, by whom she had had a son, the zoo and casino owner John Victor Aspinall.
Osborne and his wife had four children:
He died on 21 July 1960.[5]
| Osborne of Ballentaylor and Ballylemon | |
| Crest: | A sea lion sejant proper holding the dexter paw a trident sable, headed or |
| Escutcheon: | Gules, on a fess or cotised argent two fountains proper, over all a bend of the last |
| Motto: | Pax in bello ("Peace in war")[6] |
| Other Elements: | Red Hand of Ulster |