Sir Peter Osborne, 17th Baronet

Sir Peter Osborne
Sir Peter Osborne; Bt
Born	29 June 1943
Education	Wellington College
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford
Occupation	Businessman
Spouse(s)	Felicity Loxton-Peacock
Children	4
Parent(s)	Sir George Osborne, 16th Baronet; Mary Horn

Sir Peter George Osborne, 17th Baronet (born 29 June 1943) is a British businessman, who co-founded the interior design firm Osborne & Little. He is the father of George Osborne, the Conservative politician and former Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Early life

Peter Osborne was born on 29 June 1943. He is the elder son of Sir George Osborne, 16th Baronet, who as a soldier was decorated during the First World War, and Mary Horn. Osborne was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire, and received an MA from Christ Church, Oxford.[1] He succeeded to the baronetcy, becoming the 17th Osborne baronet of Ballentaylor and Ballylemon, on 21 July 1960, upon the death of his father.

Career

In 1968, Osborne and his brother-in-law Anthony Little co-founded Osborne & Little, a successful manufacturer and retailer of upmarket wallpaper and fabrics, opening its initial showroom in Chelsea.[2] It was revealed in 2016 that the firm had made £6 million in a 2004 property deal with a developer from the British Virgin Islands, a tax haven, and had not paid any corporation tax for seven years. Osborne's personal wealth, amassed through inheritance and his business career, has been the subject of controversy during his son's political career, especially after an interview with the Financial Times in which he discussed his "expensive tastes", such as the purchase of a £19,000 Italian desk.[3][4]

Personal life

Osborne married Felicity Loxton-Peacock on 16 October 1968.[1] They have four children:[1]

George Gideon Oliver Osborne CH, former Chancellor of the Exchequer (2010–2016) and heir apparent to the baronetcy (b. 23 May 1971)
Benedict George Osborne (b. 25 July 1973)
Adam Peter Osborne (b. 25 March 1976)
Theo Grantley Osborne (b. 28 March 1985)

Arms

Coat of arms of Osborne of Ballentaylor and Ballylemon
Crest A sea lion sejant proper holding the dexter paw a trident sable, headed or Escutcheon Gules, on a fess or cotised argent two fountains proper, over all a bend of the last Motto Pax in bello ("Peace in war")[5] Other elements Red Hand of Ulster

gollark: I have tried iPhones.

gollark: I did get ~15s better boot times from the change. I just don't care.

gollark: People can read something like 300WPM. Be efficienter.

gollark: Obviously SSD vs HDD is a big jump, but SATA is still fast enough for most consumer uses.

gollark: I've seen 4K displays and don't really care. My laptop screen is 120Hz and it is not significantly different from my 60Hz monitor, except for slightly better colours but this isn't very related. I recently got a mid-range-ish phone instead of the cheapest-available ones I usually would and it's somewhat nicer (better haptics and sensors mostly), but premium ones seem to have very diminishing returns from the ones I've interacted with. I've tried a few mechanical keyboards and they don't seem significantly nicer (one was even *worse* for me due to excessively tall keys/high key travel). I also have an NVMe disk and it does not feel very different to the SATA SSDs I had before.

References

"Person Page". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
"George Osborne's family business bounces back". Retrieved 2016-08-08.
"Embarrassment of riches: George Osborne's dad reveals his expensive tastes... a £19,000 desk, £11-a-pound Manchego cheese and some lavender-scented bath oils". Retrieved 2016-08-08.
"Peter Osborne talks personal style: Part One". Retrieved 2016-08-08.
Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 3030-3032. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.

Baronetage of Ireland
Preceded by Sir George Francis Osborne	Baronet (of Ballentaylor and Ballylemon) 1960–present	Succeeded by Incumbent

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[:0-1] "Person Page". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2016-08-08.

[2] "George Osborne's family business bounces back". Retrieved 2016-08-08.

[3] "Embarrassment of riches: George Osborne's dad reveals his expensive tastes... a £19,000 desk, £11-a-pound Manchego cheese and some lavender-scented bath oils". Retrieved 2016-08-08.

[4] "Peter Osborne talks personal style: Part One". Retrieved 2016-08-08.

[burke-5] Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 3030-3032. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.