of homosexuality, Osborne said, "Punishment is deserved by any association that brings homos together and encourages these acts that I think are repulsive. If a club incidentally or partially operates so as to bring homos together and encourage this degrading and demoralising activity, I say that it should be punished.". After his death, the 1969 Louth by-election was won by the Conservative candidate Jeffrey Archer, whose political career would be ended after he was imprisoned from 2001–2003 for perjury and perverting the course of justice. Private life Sir Cyril Osborne was a stockbroker and company director. He was a past master of the Company of Framework Knitters and a member of the Court of Assistants and of the Bakers' Livery Company. He was also a member of the Pilgrims Society and of the English-Speaking Union. References Black, Adam and Charles, Who was Who 1961-1970, London, 1972: 860. External links 1898 births 1969 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1945–1950 UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 UK MPs 1955–1959 UK MPs 1959–1964 UK MPs 1964–1966 UK MPs 1966–1970 English stockbrokers 20th-century English businesspeople