Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,254 pages of information and 244,496 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

John Humfrey Osborne

From Graces Guide

Civil Engineer.

Died 1894. [1]


Obituary (1818-1894)[2]

"...He was born in Dublin, September 30th, 1818, being the second son of R. D. B. Osborne, barrister-at-law, and Lucy Caulfeild, only daughter of John Humfrey, of "Killerig," Co. Carlow, and was a direct descendant of Sir Edward Osborne, of Ashford, Kent, Lord Mayor of London, 1583, and of his grandson, Thomas, first Duke of Leeds. Mr. Osborne was educated at Mr. Richard's school, Bathampton, and on leaving school travelled widely, visiting Australia among other countries. In 1839 he went to the United States....More.



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