George Godolphin Osborne, 9th Duke of Leeds (11 August 1828 – 23 December 1895), was a British peer.

Life

Born in Paris, France, he was the son of the 8th Duke of Leeds and his wife Harriet Emma Arundel née Stewart, illegitimate daughter of 1st Earl Granville. From 1852 to 1861 he was a Captain in the revived North York Rifle Militia, at that time commanded by the 7th Duke of Leeds. In 1872, he succeeded to his father's titles.

Marriage and children

On 16 January 1861, he married the Honourable Frances Georgiana Pitt-Rivers, daughter of George Pitt-Rivers, 4th Baron Rivers, and Lady Susan Georgiana Leveson-Gower, daughter of 1st Earl Granville. The couple were half first cousins and second cousins once removed at the same time, since their mothers were half-sisters through their father Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville, who had George's mother Harriet secretly with his lover Henrietta Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough, before marrying her niece Harriet Leveson-Gower, Countess Granville, and having legitimate children, including Frances Georgiana's mother Susan, with her. The Osbornes had nine children:

Property

The Leeds's owned property in west Cornwall and visited (probably for the first time) in May 1882. They included the Grade 1 listed, Godolphin House and the fortified manor house, Pengersick Castle, Praa Sands.