Sir Danvers Osborn, 3rd Baronet was a British politician and colonial administrator who served as the governor of New York in 1753. During the Jacobite rising of 1745, he raised and commanded troops in support of George II of Great Britain. Osborn later represented Bedfordshire in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1747 to 1753. In 1750, he traveled to Nova Scotia and became part of the Nova Scotia Council. Osborn had a history of melancholia and committed suicide in New York shortly after he had taken office as governor.
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- member of the 10th Parliament of Great Britain, Colonial Governor of New York
- Citizenship
- United States
