Adding fully-referenced information about the London homes of the Dukes of Leeds during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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The traditional burial place of the Dukes of Leeds was [[All Hallows Church, Harthill, South Yorkshire]]. |
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The traditional burial place of the Dukes of Leeds was [[All Hallows Church, Harthill, South Yorkshire]]. |
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==== London residences ==== |
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[[George Osborne, 8th Duke of Leeds]] maintained a London home in [[Portman Square]] prior to his death in 1872.[The Observer. (29 December 1872). Page 5. Fashionable Memoranda. Newspapers.com. Retrieved 19 April 2026, from https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-observer-fashionable-memoranda/195853681/] His son [[George Osborne, 9th Duke of Leeds]] leased No. 14 [[South Audley Street|South Audley Street, Mayfair]] from 1874 until early 1877.[The Morning Post. (10 June 1874). Page 5. Fashionable Word. Newspapers.com. Retrieved 19 April 2026, from https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-post-fashionable-word/195853716/][The Morning Post. (13 February 1877). Page 5. Duke and Duchess of Leeds arrive at 14 South Audley Street. Newspapers.com. Retrieved 19 April 2026, from https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-post-duke-and-duchess-of-lee/195853776/] By May 1877 the 9th Duke had taken a lease of No. 11 [[Grosvenor Crescent]] in [[Belgravia]], which continued to be the London residences of the Dukes of Leeds until [[George Osborne, 10th Duke of Leeds]] died there in May 1927,[The Daily Telegraph. (11 May 1897). Page 7. Duke and Duchess of Leeds arrived at 11 Grosvenor Crescent. Newspapers.com. Retrieved 19 April 2026, from https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegraph-duke-and-duchess-of/195853667/][{{cite news |title=Recent Wills: The Duke of Leeds's Estate |work=The Guardian |date=12 August 1927 |page=13 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian-recent-wills-the-duke-of-l/195853839/ |publisher=Newspapers.com |access-date=19 April 2026}}] although an unsuccessful attempt was made to sell the remaining lease of the house at auction in September 1919.[The Times. (29 September 1919). Page 15. Auction - 11 Grosvenor Crescent S.W.. Newspapers.com. Retrieved 19 April 2026, from https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-auction-11-grosvenor-crescen/195853879/] The 10th Duke's widow Katherine, Duchess of Leeds sold much of the house's contents in early 1928,[The Daily Telegraph. (20 February 1928). Page 18. Auction - Property of Duchess of Leeds removed from 11 Grosvenor Crescent. Newspapers.com. Retrieved 19 April 2026, from https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegraph-auction-property-o/195853938/] and by 1930 the house was being used as accomodation for members of the [[George VI|Duke of York's]] household.[{{cite news |title=The Duke's Changes – Making Room for the Baby: Secretariat to be moved |work=Evening Standard |date=22 September 1930 |page=12 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-standard-the-dukes-changes-ma/195853849/ |publisher=Newspapers.com |access-date=19 April 2026}}] |
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==Osborne Baronets, of Kiveton (1620)== |
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==Osborne Baronets, of Kiveton (1620)== |