| Authorised form of name | Osborn; Sherard (1822 - 1875) |
| Dates | 1822 - 1875 |
| Date of birth | 25 April 1822 |
| Place of death | London |
| Date of death | 06 May 1875 |
| Dates and places | Burial:
Highgate Cemetery, London |
| Activity | Career:
Entered the Royal Navy (1837); served in the China War (1840-1843); commanded HMS Pioneer on arctic expeditions (1850-1851 and 1852-1854); Captain (by 1867); Commander of HMS 'Furious' in the Far East, conveying James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin on diplomatic missions, including in 1858 sailing to Hankow, where they came under fire from Taiping rebels then in occupation of Nanking; Officer of the Legion of Honour and of the Medjidee; Managing Director, Telegraph Construction Company (1867-1873); Rear Admiral (1873)
Honours:
CB 1855
Memberships:
FRGS; FLS
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 02/06/1870 |
| Relationships | Son of Colonel Edward Osborn, Madras Army; married (1852) Helen, daughter of John Hinksman of Queen Anne Street, London |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Notes:
E W Cooke has signed election certificate twice |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/59335903 |
| Royal Society code | NA6140 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1870/09 | Osborn, Sherard: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/9/91 | Letter from Sherard Osborn, Captain Royal Navy, 119 Gloucester Terrace, Hyde Park, London, to Dr W [William] Sharpey, Secretary of the Royal Society, Burlington House | 6 June 1870 |
| MC/9 | Volume 9 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1870-June 1873 |