Edward Osborne (Mayor of Hythe)
Edward Osborne,
Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company (1889–1913), member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (1906–1913), and Mayor of Hythe
(1922–24).
Biography
Osborne was born on 2 January 1861. He was a son of Charles Osborne and wife Ann Geary and grandson of
Peninsular and Oriental Company and was sent to the Hong Kong offices in on 11 May 1882.[1]
On 20 April 1889, Osborne joined the
Hongkong and Shanghai Bank and the mortgagees, by placing it upon a dividend-paying basis.[1]
Osborne was made
Legislative Council and its Financial Committee and the Public Works Committee. In 1913, he was appointed to a committee to investigate the Green Island Cement Co.[1]
Osborne retired from the Wharf Company in 1913 and left Hong Kong in the
He later became Mayor of Hythe between 1922 and 1924.Personal life
Osborne fought in the
First World War between 1916 and 1918 in France. He was fond of outdoor sports especially rowing, riding, shooting, fishing and walking. He had walked from Beijing just after the Boxer Rebellion, across Korea, through parts of Japan and from Hankou to Guangzhou by way of Guilin. He also walked over most of the New Territories
.
Edward Osborne married on 21 February 1895 Phyllis Eliza Whitley (? - 23 February 1966), daughter of George Whitley of Weybridge, Surrey, and had five children:
- Edward Osborne (? - 17 December 1902), died an infant
- Sybil Margaret Osborne (28 November 1895 – 23 February 1973), married on 14 June 1927 Hilary Cope Barry of Nut Trees Cottage, Reydon, Suffolk, and had issue.
- Stanley Patrick Osborne (7 July 1904 – 19 December 1989), educated at Felsted School, Felsted, Essex, and graduated from the University of Wales, Wales, with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree, Senior Experimental Officer at the Ministry of Supply and registered as an Associate Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (AFRAeS), married firstly on 11 September 1931 Muriel Harvey Matthews (27 Feb 1905[2] - 4 July 1968), who graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree and was invested as a Fellow of the Royal Horticultural Society (FRHS), daughter of Llewellyn Harvey Matthews of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, and had two children, and married secondly in April 1969 Mary Enid Lyon, who graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA), daughter of Horace Lyon of Goole, Yorkshire, without issue:
- Anthony Trevor Osborne (? – 2 November 1934), educated at his father's Master of Arts (MA), registered as a Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (MICE) and as a Certified Engineer (CEng) and lived in 2003 at 22 St. Peter's Way, Edgmond, Newport, Shropshire, married on 20 December 1958 Beryl Anne Shadbolt, daughter of Donald George Shadbolt of Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, and had three children:
- Catherine Frances Osborne (b. 15 September 1961)
- Nicola Clare Osborne (b. 13 December 1963)
- Marcus Duncan Fitzwilliam Osborne (b. 20 February 1967)
- Edward Peter Osborne (20 February 1938 – 3 February 2002), usually went by his middle name of Peter, educated at his father's Alma Mater Felsted School, Felsted, Essex, and graduated from Peterhouse, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, with a Bachelor of Arts (BA), married on 3 April 1961 Marjorie Newton, daughter of William Newton of Fleetwood, Lancashire, and had three children:
- Judith Carol Osborne (b. 4 March 1962)
- John Philip Osborne (b. 20 February 1963)
- Janet Elizabeth Osborne (b. 29 March 1964)
- Anthony Trevor Osborne (? – 2 November 1934), educated at his father's
- Nora Gladys Osborne (31 August 1906 – 6 August 1998)
- Aline Grace Osborne (2 August 1909 – 22 April 1970)
References
Sources
- Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 3031.