George Godolphin Osborne, 10th Duke of Leeds Justice of the Peace, styled Earl of Danby from birth until 1872 and subsequently Marquess of Carmarthen until 1895, was a British peer and Conservative politician.
Background
He was the second and oldest surviving son of George Osborne, 9th Duke of Leeds and his wife, Honorary Frances Georgiana Pitt-Rivers, daughter of George Pitt-Rivers, 4th Baron Rivers. Osborne entered the British House of Commons in 1887, representing Brixton until 1895, when he succeeded his father in his titles.
Education
Osborne was educated at Eton College and then at Trinity College, Cambridge.
Career
Background
He served as Treasurer of the Household in 1895 and 1896, and sat in the London County Council. Osborne was a Justice of the Peace for the North Riding of the County of New York He was a lieutenant in the Yorkshire Hussars and an honorary captain in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.
Osborne commanded the Royal Yacht Squadron and was a naval aide-de-camp to the king.
The Duke was noted for his racing greyhounds. His gambling debts played a part in the sale of the family seat Hornby Castle by his heir.
Family
Lady Gwendolen Fanny Godolphin Osborne (2 March 1885 - 25 February 1933). Married on 17 July 1923 to Algernon Gascoyne-Cecil, son of Lieutenant-Colonel
Lord Eustace Brownlow Henry Gascoyne-Cecil and Lady Gertrude Louisa Scott.
Lady Olga Katherine Godolphin Osborne (3 October 1886 - 9 August 1929);
Lady Dorothy Beatrix Godolphin Osborne (3 December 1888 - 18 June 1946). Married on 21 November 1908 to Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 15th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. They had 4 children:
John Patrick Bowes-Lyon, Master of Glamis (1 January 1910 - 19 September 1941)
Lady Cecilia Bowes-Lyon (28 February 1912 - 20 March 1947)
Timothy Bowes-Lyon, 16th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (18 March 1918 - 13 September 1972)
Lady Nancy Moira Bowes-Lyon (18 March 1918 - 11 February 1959)
Lady Moira Godolphin Osborne (20 May 1892 –20 May 1976).
Married on 30 January 1920 to Oliver Lyttelton, 1st Viscount Chandos.
They had
Antony Lyttelton, 2nd Viscount Chandos (23 October 1920 - 28 November 1980)
Honorary Rosemary Lyttelton (30 May 1922 - 21 October 2003)
Captain Julian Lyttelton (30 August 1923 - October 1944)
Honorary
Nicholas Adrian Oliver Lyttelton (b26 March 1937)
John Francis Godolphin Osborne, 11th Duke of Leeds (12 March 1901 - 26 July 1963).
Membership
24th United Kingdom Parliament. 25th United Kingdom Parliament. 26th United Kingdom Parliament]
In his first three years as Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament), he was assistant secretary to Henry Holland, 1st Viscount Knutsford.