Background
Osborn, John Holbrook was born on December 14, 1922 in Sheffield, England. Son of Samuel Eric and Aileen Decima (Holbrook) Osborn.
Osborn, John Holbrook was born on December 14, 1922 in Sheffield, England. Son of Samuel Eric and Aileen Decima (Holbrook) Osborn.
Master of Arts, Cambridge University, 1943. Diploma Foundry Technology, National Foundry College, Wolverhampton, 1949.
Trainee, Samuel Osborn & Limited company, Sheffield, 1941-1942; manager, production contractor, cost contractor, Osborn Foundry & Engineering Company Ltd., Sheffield, 1947-1954; technical director, Samuel Osborn & Company Ltd., Sheffield, 1951-1979; general manager, Osborn Precision Castings Ltd., 1954-1959; member Parliament (National Liberal and Unionist), until 1964; member Parliament (whereafter Conservative), Sheffield Hallam, 1959-1987; Parliamentary Private Secretary to Secretary of State, Commonwealth Rels. and Colonies, 1963-1964; member European Parliament, 1975-1979; honorary associate and former member, Assembly Council Europe and Western European Union, Paris, 1973-1975, 80-87.
Chairman/president Hillsborough Division Young Conservative and Liberal Association, 1949-1953, member committee, 1953-1959. Captain Royal Signals, 1943-1945, major Royal Artillery, 1948-1955. Fellow Institute Directors, Institute of Materials, Royal Society for Encouragement of the Arts, Manufacturers, Commerce.
Member Sheffield Chamber of Commerce (life), Company of Cutlers in the County of Hallamshire (freeman), Friends of Progress, Society International Development (chairman business in development committee 1990-1994), Industrial Society (life, member council 1963-1979), Sheffield Club, Carlton Club.
Married Molly Suzanne Marten, January 12, 1952 (divorced 1975). Children: Sallie Diana, Rachel Daphne. Married Joan Mary Wilkinson, February 6, 1976 (deceased January 1989).
Married Patricia Felicity Read, December 16, 1989.