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Osborne, Col. Frederic

A friend of Sir Marmaduke Rowley, who enjoyed a reputation in London of being too interested in the wives of his friends. Louis Trevelyan objected to his acquaintance with his wife, and this jealousy was the principal cause of contention between the two a bachelor a man of fortune, a Member of Parliament, and one who carried his half century of years lightly on his shoulders”