Duke of Leeds

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Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds
Francis Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds

Duke of Leeds was a hereditary British title in the Peerage of England .

The title is named after the city of Leeds in Yorkshire , not Leeds Castle in Kent .

Award

The title was created on May 4, 1694 for Thomas Osborne, 1st Marquess of Carmarthen . In the second half of the 17th century he held various high state offices. He was already on February 2, 1673 in the Peerage of Scotland to Viscount Osburne , of Dunblane in the County of Perth . He prematurely transferred this Scottish title to his son and heir Peregrine Osborne in August 1673 , when he was on August 15, 1673 in the Peerage of England to the Viscount Latimer , of Danby in the County of York , and Baron Osborne , of Kiveton in the County of York, was raised. On June 27, 1674, he was also elevated to Earl of Danby and on April 9, 1689 to Marquess of Carmarthen , both also in the Peerage of England.

The title heir ( heir apparent ) of the respective duke led the courtesy title of a Marquess of Carmarthen , whose eldest son that of an Earl of Danby and his eldest son in turn that of a Viscount Latimer .

At the death of the 7th Duke in 1859, the titles fell to his cousin, George Osborne, 2nd Baron Godolphin (1802–1872), who was given by his father Francis Godolphin Osborne , the younger brother of George Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds , in 1850 . had inherited the 1832 for this title created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Baron Godolphin , of Farnham Royal in the County of Buckingham .

The titles remained united until they expired on March 20, 1964 with the death of the childless 12th Duke.

Family seat

The dukes' family seat was initially Kiveton Hall in South Yorkshire , after which it was demolished in 1811 at Hornby Castle in North Yorkshire . In addition, the Dukes also owned the Godolphin House in Cornwall from 1766 , as Thomas Osborne, 4th Duke of Leeds had married a daughter of Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin and this had no male heir. Since then, many of the Dukes have had Godolphin as their middle name.

List of the Dukes of Leeds (1694)

literature

  • Charles Kidd, David Williamson (Editor): Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. St Martin's Press, New York 1990.

Web links

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