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.

• http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm
• http://www.leighrayment.com/baronet.htm%5B%5D

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir John Osborn

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by The Earl of Upper Ossory Hon. St Andrew St John	Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire 1794—1800 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 1801—1807 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 1807—1808 With: James Graham	Succeeded by James Graham Viscount Lowther
Preceded by Sir Robert Moorsom John Charles Villiers	Member of Parliament for Queenborough 1812—1818 With: Sir Robert Moorsom	Succeeded by Sir Robert Moorsom Edmund Phipps
Preceded by Francis Pym Marquess of Tavistock	Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire 1818—1820 With: Marquess of Tavistock	Succeeded by Francis Pym Marquess of Tavistock
Preceded by James Henry Keith Stewart	Member of Parliament for Wigtown Burghs 1821—1824	Succeeded by Nicholas Conyngham Tindal
Baronetage of England
Preceded by George Osborn	Baronet (of Chicksands) 1818–1848	Succeeded by George Robert Osborn