Sir George Francis Osborne, 16th Baronet
Sir George Francis Osborne, 16th Baronet, was an Anglo-Irish baronet and British Army officer. He was decorated for gallantry during the First World War.Biography
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.
Osborne was educated at Repton School, Derbyshire before entering the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Berkshire.Career
Osborne fought with distinction in the First World War, receiving mentions in despatches.
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.
Osborne succeeded to the family title, the Osborne Baronetcy of Ballentaylor and Ballylemonon, on 23 October 1948.Osborne married on 27 February 1938 Mary Grace Horn, daughter of Clement Samuel Horn of Goring-by-Sea, Worthing, West Sussex, Sussex. Mary Grace had previously been married, before 1926, to Dr. Robert Stavali Aspinall, a British Army surgeon, by whom she had had a son, John Victor Aspinall.
Mary Grace and Osborne had four children:
- Jennifer Jane Osborne, married on 20 May 1966 Antony Rufus Little
- Caroline Mary Osborne, married before 1966 Michael J. Dodd, .
- Sir Peter Osborne, 17th Baronet of Vinnicks, Highclere, Hampshire, 17th Baronet married on 16 October 1968 Felicity Alexandra Loxton-Peacock of Belgravia, London and had four children:
- * The Rt. Hon. George Gideon Oliver Osborne
- * Benedict George Osborne
- * Adam Peter Osborne
- * Theodore "Theo" Grantley Osborne
- James Francis Osborne, educated at Seaford College, Petworth, West Sussex, Sussex, and at the Sorbonne University, Paris, married on 9 October 1971 Felicity Jane Boutwood, daughter of Peter Boutwood of West Wittering, Chichester, West Sussex, Sussex, and adopted two sons and had one son:
- * Toby James Robert Osborne, twin with the below
- * George Dominic Peter Osborne, twin with the above
- * Harry Lucas Osborne
Osborne died on 21 July 1960.
