Sir Danvers Osborn, 3rd Baronet

Sir Danvers Osborn, Bt
Danvers Osborn (1715–1753), Governor of New York (Petrus Johannes van Reysschoot, 1736)
Colonial Governor of the Province of New York
In office
1753–1753
MonarchGeorge II
Preceded byGeorge Clinton
Succeeded byJames DeLancey
Personal details
Born(1715-11-17)17 November 1715
Shefford, England
Died12 October 1753(1753-10-12) (aged 37)
New York City, Province of New York
ProfessionGovernor

Sir Danvers Osborn, 3rd Baronet (17 November 1715 – 12 October 1753) served briefly in 1753 as colonial governor of New York Province. During the Jacobite rising of 1745, he had raised and commanded troops in support of King George II of Great Britain. Osborn later served as a Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire (1747–1753). In 1750, he traveled to Nova Scotia and was part of the Nova Scotia Council. He had a history of melancholia and committed suicide in New York shortly after he had taken office.


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