25th Dec 1767 - 24th Nov 1841
Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood, son of Edward Lascelles (1739-1820), 1st Earl and Anne Chaloner. Landowner. 'The family made its money in the West Indies'. Styled Viscount Lascelles, 3 June 1814-1820; succeeded his father as 2nd Earl of Harewood, 3 April 1820.
Married Henrietta, (d. 1840), daughter of Lt-General Sir John Saunders Sebright.
Children: Frances Anne Lascelles (d. 1855), married John Thomas Hope, son of General Sir Alexander Hope; Emma Lascelles (d. 1865), married Edward Portman, 1st Viscount Portman; Edward Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles (1796–1839), married (1) Ann Elizabeth Rosser, (2) Philippine Munster; Henry Lascelles, 3rd Earl of Harewood (1797–1857) [married Lady Louisa Thynne (1801-57, daughter of Thomas, 2nd Marquess of Bath, MP for Northallerton 1826-31]; William Saunders Sebright Lascelles (1798–1851); Edwin Lascelles (1799–1865) (unmarried); Harriett Lascelles (c. 1802–1889), married George Holroyd, 2nd Earl of Sheffield; Arthur Lascelles (1807–1880), married Caroline Frances Brooke, daughter of Richard Brooke, 6th Baronet; Louisa Lascelles (c. 1820–1886), married George Henry Cavendish, brother of William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire.
William Saunders Sebright Lascelles (1798–1851) (q.v.) was MP (Conservative but Liberal from 1847) for Wakefield, 1837-1841, 1847-1851 and identified by Judd as a West India interest MP.
T71/895 Barbados claim no. 211 (Belle); T71/897 Barbados claim nos. 2769 (Fortescues) and 2770 (Thicket); T71/898 Barbados claim no. 3817 (Mount St George); T71/853 St Dorothy claim no. 23 (Nightingale Grove Estate); T71/855 St Thomas-in-the-Vale claim no. 147 (Williamsfield Estate).
William D. Rubinstein, Who were the rich? A biographical dictionary of British wealth-holders Volume Two 1840-1859 MS, reference 1842/1; Edward Lascelles is in William D. Rubinstein, Who were the rich? A biographical dictionary of British wealth-holders Volume One 1809-1839 (London, Social Affairs Unit, 2009) reference 1820/14 (leaving £250,000); S. D. Smith, Slavery, Family, and Gentry Capitalism in the British Atlantic. The World of the Lascelles, 1648–1834 (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2006); Edward York in William D. Rubinstein, Who were the rich? 1860- (Volumes 3 and 4, manuscripts in preparation), reference 1861/51 (leaving £140,000), was the nephew of the 2nd Earl, the latter's sister Lady Mary Lascelles (1775-1831) having married Richard York of Wighill Park and Harewood House.
http://thepeerage.com/p971.htm#i9705; Henry Lascelles, 3rd Earl of Harewood, is in Rubinstein op. cit. Volume Two reference 1857/1, leaving £100,000 within province, 'Landowner, originally a West Indies plantation fortune' [the details of the 3rd Earl's mother and wife and his stint as MP are also sourced from Rubinstein]. Hon Edwin Lascelles (1799-1865), younger son of the second earl, is in Rubinstein 1865/63, leaving £120,000.
Gerrit P. Judd IV, Members of Parliament 1734-1832 (New Haven, Yale University Press, 1955).
Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
Henrietta Saunders Sebright (died 15 February 1840)
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Children
5 sons, 4 daughters
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Wealth at death
£300,000
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School
Harrow [1780 ]
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Occupation
Landowner
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Rubinstein
1842/1
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£6,486 1s 6d
Awardee
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£3,291 11s 4d
Awardee
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£5,810 5s 6d
Awardee
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£3,835 6s 5d
Awardee
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£2,599 0s 4d
Awardee
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£4,286 19s 3d
Awardee
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The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:
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1820 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Owner
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1817 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
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1820 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
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03/04/1820 [SD] - 24/11/1841 [ED] → Owner
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1820 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
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1820 [SY] - 1839 [LA] → Owner
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Cultural (2) |
Paintings
LASCELLES, Lady Louisa (1812-1886). 4th daughter of 2nd Earl of Harewood. She m. Lord George Henry
Cavendish, M.P., 1835.
? c. 1829. 23! X 19I, oval, unfinished. Head only, looking r. ; hair...
notes → GARLICK, KENNETH. "A Catalogue of the Paintings, Drawings and Pastels of Sir Thomas Lawrence." The Volume of the Walpole Society 39 (1962): 3-336. Accessed April 3, 2020....
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Prints, Drawings and Paintings
A drawing entitled Seeing a Prospect by Henrietta Lascelles Countess of Harewood, (1770-1840) (artist), from the Sutherland Album. Great Britain,...
notes → Full details at: Victoria & Albert Museum Collection: Prints,...
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Political (1) |
MP
Pittite-Tory / West India interest
election →
Yorkshire Yorkshire
1796 - 1806 election →
Westbury Wiltshire
1807 - 1812 election →
Yorkshire Yorkshire
1812 - 1818 election →
Northallerton Yorkshire
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Nephew → Aunt
Notes →
Henry Lascelles was the son of Catherine Cussans half-brother Edward, the first Earl....
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Son → Father
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Father → Son
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Harewood House, Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England
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