Sir Danvers Osborn, 3rd Baronet

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Sir Danvers Osborn Bt
1736 portrait of Osborn by Petrus Johannes van Reysschoot
Governor of New York
In office 1753–1753
Monarch	George II
Preceded by	George Clinton
Succeeded by	James De Lancey
Personal details
Born	(1715-11-17)17 November 1715 Shefford, Bedfordshire
Died	12 October 1753(1753-10-12) (aged 37) New York City, New York
Profession	Politician, colonial administrator

Sir Danvers Osborn, 3rd Baronet (17 November 1715 – 12 October 1753) 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.