Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood

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Name Edward 1st		Died April 3, 1820

Children Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood Grandchildren Emma Portman, Viscountess Portman Great grandchildren Frank Lascelles, Maud Caroline Hamilton

Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood (7 January 1740 – 3 April 1820) was a British peer and Member of Parliament.

Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood Edward Lascelles 1st Earl of Harewood Harewood House

He was the son of Edward Lascelles, a customs officer in Barbados. On the death of his cousin, the childless Edwin Lascelles, 1st Baron Harewood, Edward inherited the Lascelles family fortune made in the West Indies through customs positions and slave trade.

He sat as Whig Member of Parliament for Northallerton from 1761 to 1774 and from 1790 to 1796. The latter year he was raised to the peerage as Baron Harewood, of Harewood in the County of York. In 1812 he was further honoured when he was made Viscount Lascelles and Earl of Harewood, in the County of York.

Edward Lascelles married Anne Chaloner (c. 1742 – 22 February 1805) on 12 May 1761. They had four children:

Lady Mary Anne Lascelles (d. 1831), married Richard York.

Edward Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles (c. 1767–1814), died unmarried.

Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood (1767–1841)

Lady Frances Lascelles (c. 1777–1817), married Hon. John Douglas (1756–1818), son of James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton and had issue.

Styles of address

1740-1761: Mr Edward Lascelles

1761-1774: Mr Edward Lascelles MP

1774-1790: Mr Edward Lascelles

1790-1796: Mr Edward Lascelles MP

1796-1812: The Right Honourable The Lord Harewood

1812-1820: The Right Honourable The Earl of Harewood

References

Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood Wikipedia

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