Sir John Osborn, 5th Baronet

Sir John Osborn, 5th Baronet (3 December 1772 – 28 August 1848), of Chicksands Priory in Bedfordshire, was an English politician.[1]

John Osborn, 5th Baronet (1772-1848) and his wife Frederica Osborn, née Davers (d. 1870)

He was the only son of Sir George Osborn, 4th Baronet who he succeeded in 1818. He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford.

Osborn was Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire, 1794–1807; for Cockermouth, 1807–1808; for Queenborough, 1812–1818; again for Bedfordshire, 1818–1820 and for the Wigtown Burghs 1821–1824. He served as a Lord of the Admiralty from 1812 to 1824 and as one of the Commissioners of Audit from 1824 until his death. He was also made Colonel of the Bedfordshire Militia in 1805.

He died in 1848. He had married Frederica Louisa, the illegitimate daughter of Sir Charles Davers, 6th Baronet, with whom he had 5 sons and 3 daughters. He was succeeded in the baronetcy and family estates by his eldest son George Robert, the 6th baronet.

References

  1. "OSBORN, Sir John, 5th bt. (1772-1848), of Chicksands Priory, Beds". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
The Earl of Upper Ossory
Hon. St Andrew St John
Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire
17941800
With: Hon. St Andrew St John
Succeeded by
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Parliament of Great Britain
Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire
18011807
With: Hon. St Andrew St John to 1806
Francis Pym from 1806
Succeeded by
Richard Fitzpatrick
Francis Pym
Preceded by
James Graham
John Lowther
Member of Parliament for Cockermouth
18071808
With: James Graham
Succeeded by
James Graham
Viscount Lowther
Preceded by
Sir Robert Moorsom
John Charles Villiers
Member of Parliament for Queenborough
18121818
With: Sir Robert Moorsom
Succeeded by
Sir Robert Moorsom
Edmund Phipps
Preceded by
Francis Pym
Marquess of Tavistock
Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire
18181820
With: Marquess of Tavistock
Succeeded by
Francis Pym
Marquess of Tavistock
Preceded by
James Henry Keith Stewart
Member of Parliament for Wigtown Burghs
18211824
Succeeded by
Nicholas Conyngham Tindal
Baronetage of England
Preceded by
George Osborn
Baronet
(of Chicksands)
1818–1848
Succeeded by
George Robert Osborn


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