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unusual facts about Sir Danvers Osborn, 3rd Baronet



Digby Mackworth Dolben

His father, William Harcourt Isham Mackworth (1806—1872), a younger son of Sir Digby Mackworth, the 3rd Baronet, took the additional surname Dolben after he married Frances, the heiress of Sir John English Dolben, the 4th Baronet.

Sir Danvers Osborn, 3rd Baronet

Sir Danvers Osborne, 3rd Baronet (ChicksanShefford, Sheffordds Priory, 17 November 1715 – 12 October 1753, New York City) was colonial governor of New York province briefly in 1753.

Osborne was born on 17 November 1715, at Chicksands village (Shefford, Bedfordshire, England), which was the seat of the Osborn family.

During the subsequent years, Danvers Osborne was a guest, often, at the Montagu-Dunk's manor of Horton (Northamptonshire).


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