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Francis Godolphin Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds, KG, PC (29 January 1751 – 31 January 1799), styled Marquess of Carmarthen until 1789, was a British politician. He notably served as Foreign Secretary under William Pitt the Younger from 1783 to 1791.
Francis Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds (1751-1799), Foreign Secretary. Sitter associated with 10 portraits.
Leeds, Francis Godolphin Osborne, 5th duke of (1751–99). Leeds was known as Lord Carmarthen till 1790, but sat in the Lords as Baron Osborne from 1776. A supporter of Lord North, he shifted to opposition and was punished, in 1780, with dismissal from his lord-lieutenancy (Yorkshire, East Riding).
She was the wife of Francis Osborne (d. 1799), Marquess of Carmarthen (later 5th Duke of Leeds) and daughter and heir of the 4th Earl of Holdernesse (d. 1778).
NumberDescriptionHeld ByReference1Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical ...DD 52Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical ...DD 1923Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical ...DD 2254Sheffield City ArchivesSC 575-81After Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) Francis Osbourne, 5th Duke of Leeds after an an original of 1792
Francis Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds (1751-99) Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
He was the son of the fourth duke and was foreign secretary under Pitt (1783-91). His first wife, Lady Amelia Darcy, eloped with Captain John Byron, the poet's father.
