Biography of George William Frederick Osborne 6th Duke Leeds 1775-1838

On 29th November 1773 [his father] Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds [aged 22] and [his mother] Amelia Darcy 12th Baroness Darcy 9th Baroness Conyers [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Robert Darcy 4th Earl Holderness [aged 55]. He the son of Thomas Osborne 4th Duke Leeds [aged 60] and Mary Godolphin Duchess Leeds.

On 21st July 1775 George William Frederick Osborne 6th Duke Leeds was born to [his father] Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds [aged 24] and [his mother] Amelia Darcy 12th Baroness Darcy 9th Baroness Conyers [aged 20].

On 16th May 1778 [his grandfather] Robert Darcy 4th Earl Holderness [aged 59] died. Earl Holderness, Baron Darcy of Meinhill extinct. His daughter [his mother] Amelia [aged 23] succeeded 12th Baroness Darcy of Knayth, 9th Baroness Conyers.

In 1779 [his step-father] John "Mad Jack" Byron [aged 22] and [his mother] Amelia Darcy 12th Baroness Darcy 9th Baroness Conyers [aged 24] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Robert Darcy 4th Earl Holderness. They were sixth cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

On 27th January 1784 [his mother] Amelia Darcy 12th Baroness Darcy 9th Baroness Conyers [aged 29] died. Her son George [aged 8] succeeded 13th Baron Darcy of Knayth, 10th Baron Conyers.

In 1788 [his father] Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds [aged 36] and [his step-mother] Catherine Anguish Duchess Leeds [aged 23] were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Thomas Osborne 4th Duke Leeds [aged 74] and [his grandmother] Mary Godolphin Duchess Leeds.

On 23rd March 1789 [his grandfather] Thomas Osborne 4th Duke Leeds [aged 75] died at St James' Square. He was buried at the Osborne Family Chapel at All Hallows' Church Harthill [Map]. His son [his father] Francis [aged 38] succeeded 5th Duke Leeds, 5th Earl of Danby, 5th Viscount Osborne, 5th Viscount Latimer, 5th Baron Osborne of Kinderton, 6th Baronet Osborne of Kiveton. [his step-mother] Catherine Anguish Duchess Leeds [aged 25] by marriage Duchess Leeds.

On 17th August 1797 George William Frederick Osborne 6th Duke Leeds [aged 22] and Charlotte Townshend Duchess Leeds [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Baroness Darcy of Knayth, Baroness Conyers. She the daughter of George Townshend 1st Marquess Townshend [aged 73] and Anne Montgomery Marchioness Townshend [aged 45]. He the son of Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds [aged 46] and Amelia Darcy 12th Baroness Darcy 9th Baroness Conyers. They were sixth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

On 21st May 1798 [his son] Francis Godolphin Osborne 7th Duke Leeds was born to George William Frederick Osborne 6th Duke Leeds [aged 22] and [his wife] Charlotte Townshend Duchess Leeds [aged 22]. He married 24th April 1828 Louisa Catharine Caton Duchess Leeds.

On 31st January 1799 [his father] Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds [aged 48] died. His son George [aged 23] succeeded 6th Duke Leeds, 6th Earl of Danby, 6th Viscount Osborne, 6th Viscount Latimer, 6th Baron Osborne of Kinderton, 7th Baronet Osborne of Kiveton. [his wife] Charlotte Townshend Duchess Leeds [aged 22] by marriage Duchess Leeds.

On 31st March 1800 [his brother] Francis Osborne 1st Baron Godolphin [aged 22] and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Charlotte Eden Baroness Godolphin [aged 20] were married. He the son of [his father] Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds and [his mother] Amelia Darcy 12th Baroness Darcy 9th Baroness Conyers.

In 1801 [his brother-in-law] Thomas Pelham 2nd Earl Chichester [aged 44] and [his sister] Mary Henrietta Juliana Osborne Countess Chichester [aged 24] were married. The difference in their ages was 20 years. She the daughter of [his father] Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds and [his mother] Amelia Darcy 12th Baroness Darcy 9th Baroness Conyers. He the son of Thomas Pelham 1st Earl Chichester [aged 72] and Anne Frankland Countess Chichester [aged 66].

In 1802 George William Frederick Osborne 6th Duke Leeds [aged 26] was appointed Lord Lieutenant of North Riding Yorkshire.

On 8th January 1805 Thomas Pelham 1st Earl Chichester [aged 76] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Thomas [aged 48] succeeded 2nd Earl Chichester, 3rd Baron Pelham of Stanmer in Sussex and 7th Baronet Pelham of Laughton. [his sister] Mary Henrietta Juliana Osborne Countess Chichester [aged 28] by marriage Countess Chichester.

Around 1806 [his daughter] Charlotte Mary Anne Georgiana Osborne was born to George William Frederick Osborne 6th Duke Leeds [aged 30] and [his wife] Charlotte Townshend Duchess Leeds [aged 29]. She married 1826 Sackville Lane-Fox and had issue.

On 14th September 1807 [his father-in-law] George Townshend 1st Marquess Townshend [aged 83] died. His son [his brother-in-law] George [aged 54] succeeded 2nd Marquess Townshend, 5th Viscount Townsend, 5th Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk, 7th Baronet Townshend.

On 27th July 1811 [his brother-in-law] George Townshend 2nd Marquess Townshend [aged 58] died. His son George [aged 32] succeeded 3rd Marquess Townshend, 2nd Earl of Leicester, 6th Viscount Townsend, 6th Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk, 8th Baronet Townshend, 18th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, 9th Baron Compton of Compton in Warwickshire. Sarah Dunn-Gardner Marchioness Townshend by marriage Marchioness Townshend.

In 1812 [his son] Conyers George Thomas William Osborne was born to George William Frederick Osborne 6th Duke Leeds [aged 36] and [his wife] Charlotte Townshend Duchess Leeds [aged 35].

In 1826 [his son-in-law] Sackville Lane-Fox [aged 28] and Charlotte Mary Anne Georgiana Osborne [aged 20] were married. She the daughter of George William Frederick Osborne 6th Duke Leeds [aged 50] and Charlotte Townshend Duchess Leeds [aged 49].

In 1827 George William Frederick Osborne 6th Duke Leeds [aged 51] was appointed 662nd Knight of the Garter by King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 64].

In 1827 George William Frederick Osborne 6th Duke Leeds [aged 51] was appointed Privy Council.

On 24th April 1828 Francis Godolphin Osborne 7th Duke Leeds [aged 29] and Louisa Catharine Caton Duchess Leeds [aged 35] were married. He the son of George William Frederick Osborne 6th Duke Leeds [aged 52] and Charlotte Townshend Duchess Leeds [aged 52].

She one of the four Caton sisters, daughters of Richard Caton [aged 65], a merchant from Baltimore, the three eldest, known as the "The Three American Graces", married European husbands. Only the fourth daughter Emily Caton [aged 33] had children.

Marianne Caton Marchioness Wellesley [aged 40] married Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley [aged 67],

Elizabeth Caton Baroness Stafford [aged 38] married George William Stafford-Jerningham 8th Baron Stafford [aged 56],

Louisa Catharine Caton Duchess Leeds married firstly Felton Elwell Hervey-Bathurst 1st Baronet and secondly Francis Godolphin Osborne 7th Duke Leeds.

Emily Caton married Consul John MacTavish [aged 41].

In 1831 [his son] Conyers George Thomas William Osborne [aged 19] died.

On 14th May 1832 [his brother] Francis Osborne 1st Baron Godolphin [aged 54] was created 1st Baron Godolphin of Farnham Royal in Buckinghamshire. [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Charlotte Eden Baroness Godolphin [aged 52] by marriage Baroness Godolphin of Farnham Royal in Buckinghamshire.

In January 1836 [his daughter] Charlotte Mary Anne Georgiana Osborne [aged 30] died.

On 10th July 1838 George William Frederick Osborne 6th Duke Leeds [aged 62] died. His son Francis [aged 40] succeeded 7th Duke Leeds, 7th Earl of Danby, 7th Viscount Osborne, 7th Viscount Latimer, 7th Baron Osborne of Kinderton, 8th Baronet Osborne of Kiveton, 14th Baron Darcy of Knayth, 11th Baron Conyers. Louisa Catharine Caton Duchess Leeds [aged 45] by marriage Duchess Leeds.

On 30th July 1856 [his former wife] Charlotte Townshend Duchess Leeds [aged 80] died.