Francis Osborne, fifth duke of Leeds

(1751-1799)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Leeds, Francis Godolphin Osborne, Duke of, 1751-1799 NRA: Osborne Francis Godolphin (1751-1799) 5th Duke of Leeds statesman DNB: Osborne, Francis, fifth duke of Leeds (1751-1799), politician LBT ID: DuLeeds5 VIAF ID: 22010611 LOC ID: nr92044527	B/BAP: 1751-01-29 DIED: 1799-01-31
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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.
REFERENCES TO Francis Osborne, fifth duke of Leeds: Galt, John, 1779-1839, The Life of Lord Byron (London: Henry Colburn, 1830) Chapter XLVIII Found 2: ¶ 4 ¶ 5 Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Life of Byron: to 1806 Found 1: ¶ 9 Life of Byron: 1821 Found 1: ¶ 1 “Moore’s Notices of Lord Byron” in Monthly Magazine NS 9 (February 1830) 183-97 Found 1: ¶ 2 [Thomas Love Peacock], “Moore’s Letters and Journals of Byron” in Westminster Review 12 (January 1825) 269-304 Found 1: ¶ 23 Lovelace, Ralph Milbanke, Earl of, 1839-1906, Astarte: a Fragment of Truth concerning George Gordon Byron, sixth Lord Byron (London: Christophers, 1921) Appendix Found 2: ¶ 16 ¶ n1