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Harewood House is a country house in Harewood near Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Designed by architects John Carr and Robert Adam, built between 1759 and 1771 for wealthy plantation owner Edwin Lascelles, 1st Baron Harewood. Still home to the Lascelles family, Harewood House is a member of Treasure Houses of England, a marketing consortium ...
5 de sept. de 2023 · Between 1835 and 1836, Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood, received £26,307 for 1,277 slaves - worth an estimated £2.6m in today's money. Slaves received nothing as part of the deal.
Built / Designed For: Edwin Lascelles, 1st Baron Harewood. House & Family History: Harewood House is a testament to the business acumen of Henry Lascelles, an 18th century trader involved in commerce, including the slave trade, with the West Indies (the Lascelles family had owned sugar plantations in Barbados since the late 17th century).
1st Earl of Harewood . He was created 1st Baron Harewood of Harewood, county of York [Great Britain] on 18 June 1796, and 1st Viscount Lascelles [UK] and 1st Earl of Harewood, county of York [UK] on 7 September 1812. Marriage and family . On 12 May 1761 at St George's Church, Hanover Square, London he married Anne Chaloner, daughter of William ...
Henry Lascelles, M.P. for Northallerton 1745-52, founded the firm of Lascelles and Maxwell, sugar factors, of Mark Lane, London; which in 1763 became Lascelles, Clarke, and Daling. 1 In the second half of the 18th century the Lascelles family and the Peirse family of Bedale controlled Northallerton. From 1754 to 1774, during the minority of ...
Edwin Lascelles, who took no part in the family business, was returned for Scarborough on his own interest. He voted for the Hanoverians in 1746 and was classed as a government supporter in the next Parliament. He died 25 Jan. 1795. Ref Volumes: 1715-1754 Author: Romney R. Sedgwick. Notes
4 de dic. de 2019 · Harewood House in Yorkshire is the seat of the Lascelles family and one of Britain’s grandest stately homes. As well as items from Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood, the sale includes items amassed by generations of the family, from the builder of Harewood, Edwin Lascelles, 1st Baron Harewood (1713-95), through to George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood (1923-2011), Princess Mary’s eldest ...
