Sir Danvers Osborn , Governor of New York (1753). Venn: OSBORN Sir DANVERS, Bart College: TRINITY HALL Entered: 1732 Born: Nov. 17, 1715 Died: Dec. 27, 1753 Adm. Fell.-Com. at TRINITY HALL, Mar. 30, 1732. S. and h. of John, of Chicksands, Beds., and grandson of Sir John (1666-7), Bart. B. Nov. 17, 1715. Matric. 1732. (Name off, 1735.) Succeeded as 3rd Bart., Apr. 28, 1720. M.P. for Beds., 1747-53. Governor of New York, 1753. Married Mary, dau. of George Mountagu, Earl of Halifax. Died Dec. 27, 1753, at New York. Buried at Campton, Beds. (G.E.C.)
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