Frederick Meares Osborne CMG, DSC & Bar, VRD (20 January 1909 – 23 July 1996) was an Australian lawyer, politician and company director.

He held ministerial office in the Menzies government as Minister for Customs and Excise (1956), Air (1956–1960), and Repatriation (1960–1961) Osborne was born on 20 January 1909 in Mosman, New South Wales.

He was awarded a Distinguished Service Cross in 1940 for "bravery and devotion to duty" while assisting the evacuation of forces from Norway as a sub-lieutenant on the St Loman, an armed trawler.

Osborne, as Minister for Air, and Keith Brennan from the Department of External Affairs, represented the Australian Government in the independence celebrations for Ghana from 2–10 March 1957.

[6] Following his defeat he returned to his legal practice, but continued to play a major role in the New South Wales branch of the Liberal Party and was its president from 1967 to 1970.