Sir George Francis Osborne, 16th Baronet

Lt.-Col. Sir George Francis Osborne, 16th Baronet, MC (27 July 1894 21 July 1960), was an Anglo-Irish baronet and British Army officer, decorated for gallantry during World War I.

Biography

Repton School, Derbyshire

Osborne was educated at Repton School, Derbyshire before entering the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Berkshire. He then fought with distinction in the First World War, receiving mentions in despatches.[1]

Wounded in combat twice, 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.

The eldest son of Sir Francis Osborne, 15th Baronet and wife Kathleen Eliza née Whitfield, of Framfield Grange, Sussex,[2] Colonel Osborne succeeded in the family title on 23 October 1948.

Marriage and issue

George Francis Osborne married on 27 February 1938 Mary Grace Horn (? - 1987), daughter of Clement Samuel Horn of Goring-by-Sea, Worthing, West Sussex, Sussex, married firstly before 1926 to Dr. Robert Stavali Aspinall, a British Army surgeon, by whom she had John Victor Aspinall, and had four children:

References

  1. Rachel Sylvester and Alice Thomson (22 July 2005). "The future belongs to us, predicts Tory party's young star". The Telegraph (London). Retrieved 23 August 2009.
  2. www.roll-of-honour.com
  3. Tozer, James (17 February 2010), "George Osborne's doctor brother 'prescribed drug to cocaine-addict prostitute who wasn't his patient'", The Daily Mail (London), retrieved 19 March 2010
  4. White, Michael; Boles, Nick (8 October 2009). "Britain's Top 10 Tories". The Guardian (London: Guardian Media Group). Retrieved 23 February 2010.
  5. "George Osbourne [sic] and the Hoares: Top Tory who wants to look after our money puts his in haven for super-rich". The Mirror. 4 October 2009. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
  6. "George Osborne and William Hague". Evening Standard. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
  7. Announcements, The Daily Telegraph, London, U.K., 28 July 2004.

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Baronetage of Ireland
Preceded by
Sir Francis Osborne
Baronet
(of Ballentaylor and Ballylemon)
1948–1960
Succeeded by
Sir Peter Osborne
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