Sir Henry Osborne, 11th Baronet

Sir Henry Osborne, 11th Baronet, was an Irish baronet and politician.

Biography

The fourth son of the Rt. Hon. Sir William Osborne, 8th Baronet and wife Elizabeth Christmas, he succeeded in the baronetcy upon his nephew's death on 23 May 1824. Henry Osborne was elected to the Irish House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Carysfort in 1798 and for Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, in 1800. He voted against the Act of Union in 1799 in order to retain Irish independence from Great Britain and, reputedly refusing government bribes, voted against it again in 1800 when the legislation was finally enacted.

Marriages and issue

Sir Henry Osborne married firstly Harriet Toler, daughter of Daniel Toler, of Beechwood MP for County Tipperary, and niece of John Toler, 1st Earl of Norbury, by his wife Rebecca Minchin, and had three children:

Eliza Osborne, married in 1804 Thomas Gibbon Fitzgibbon, of Ballyseeda, County Limerick, son of Gibbon Fitzgibbon, of Ballyseeda, and wife Margaret, and had issue
Harriet Osborne, married a doctor Jean Costy, of Luc-sur-Mer, Normandy
Sir Daniel Osborne, 12th Baronet, succeeded in the baronetcy on 27 October 1837, married in January 1805 Lady Harriet Le Poer Trench, daughter of William, 1st Earl of Clancarty and wife Anne née Gardiner, and had seven children:
* Thomas Frederick Osborne, Major in the Madras Army, married on 25 July 1842 his cousin Anne Letitia Trench, daughter of the Hon. and Ven. Charles Le Poer Trench and wife Frances Elwood, and had one son:
** unnamed Osborne son
* Emily Osborne, married on 1 July 1851 as his second wife Philip Jocelyn Newton, educated at Eton College, lived at Dunleckney Manor, Bagenalstown, who was High Sheriff in 1846, Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace of County Carlow, and had female issue
* Anne Osborne, married on 16 December 1834 Major-General George Wynne, Colonel-Commandant of the Royal Engineers
* Harriette Osborne, married on 27 December 1836 John Scott Russell, natural son of Agnes Clarke Scott and the Rev. David Russell DD
* Frances Osborne, married on 5 February 1829 the Rev. Joseph Forde Leathley
* Sir William Osborne, 13th Baronet, JP, DL, succeeded in the baronetcy on 25 March 1853, Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace, married on 22 July 1842 Maria Thompson, daughter of William Thompson, of Clonfin, County Longford, without issue
* Sir Charles Stanley Osborne, 14th Baronet, of Beechwood Park, Co. Tipperary, succeeded in the baronetcy on 2 July 1875, married firstly on 13 July 1846 Emilie de Reuilly, daughter of Jean baron de Reuilly, having no issue, and married secondly on 8 July 1873 Emma Webb, daughter of Charles Webb, of Clapham Common, London, without issue

Sir Henry married secondly on 12 June 1813 Elizabeth Harding, daughter of William Harding, of Ballyduff, Co. Tipperary, and had one son:

Charles Osborne, married on 26 August 1852 Ann Geary, daughter of Stephen Geary, of Euston Place, London, and had seven children:
* Catherine Alice Osborne, married on 13 September 1890 Charles Edward Comyn
* Eleanor Osborne, married on 2 April 1890 Eugene de Sully
* Isabella Henrietta Osborne, married firstly on 25 May 1880 Samuel Alfred Probart JP, of Graaff-Reinet, Cape Province, and married secondly on 15 January 1887 Weeden Dawes, of The Nook, Hampstead, London
* Elizabeth Emily Osborne, unmarried and had no issue
* Sir Francis Osborne, 15th Baronet, JP, succeeded to the baronetcy on 16 July 1879, committee member of the Standing Council of the Baronetage and Justice of the Peace for Sussex, married on 1 July 1890 at St Peter, Cranley Gardens to Kathleen Eliza Whitfield of Modreeny, County Tipperary, and of South Kensington, London, daughter of George Whitfield JP, and had five children:
** Dorothy Eileen Osborne, of Littlebourne House, Kent
** Kathleen Muriel Osborne, married on 17 October 1922 John "Jack" Chambers, of Minnesota, son of William Chambers, Mayor of Hamiota, Manitoba
** Sir George Francis Osborne, 16th Baronet
** Derrick Osborne, Lieutenant in the Durham Light Infantry, killed in action during World War I, unmarried without issue
** Rosemary Estelle Osborne, married on 7 November 1935 Donald McEwen McIntyre, son of William McIntyre of Comrie, Perthshire
* Constance Osborne, unmarried without issue
* The Hon. Edward Osborne