page_title: Frances Osborne
section_title: Early life and education
hierarchical_section_title: Frances Osborne / Early life and education
caption_attribution_description: English: SS Michael &amp; All Angels Chapel, Marlborough College, Wiltshire
context_page_description: Frances Victoria Osborne is an English author. She has written two biographies and one novel. She is the estranged wife of George Osborne, the former Chancellor of the Exchequer.
  Osborne's first biography, Lilla's Feast, tells the story of her great-grandmother's life and was published by Doubleday in September 2004. Her second biography, The Bolter, told the story of another of her great-grandmothers Idina Sackville, and became an international best-seller. Park Lane, her third book and first novel published in June 2012, was named Bookseller's Choice by The Bookseller magazine.
context_section_description: Osborne was born on 18 February 1969. She is the eldest daughter of Conservative Minister David Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford and Cary Davina Wallace. Through her mother, she is a direct descendant of John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk and Edward I.
  Osborne was educated at Windlesham House School, Marlborough College and the University of Oxford and then trained as a barrister, during which period she became friends with the wife of Ed Miliband, Justine Thornton, with whom she later embarked on a backpacking trip across South America.
  Osborne worked in law, finance and journalism before becoming a full-time writer.
caption: Marlborough College
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