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2 de may. de 2021 · Henry Lascelles (1882-1947) was born the heir presumptive to one of the wealthiest aristocratic families in Northern England. The Lascelles family still owned lucrative landholdings in Barbados as well as the magnificent Palladian mansion Harewood House in Yorkshire with its interiors by Robert Adam, furniture made by Thomas Chippendale and grounds landscaped by Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown.
1 de mar. de 2022 · Princess Mary's choice of groom was Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood, a soldier who knew her brother Prince Edward, and who was 15 years her senior. The couple had met at the Grand National in 1921, before Henry proposed during a November trip to Balmoral and Sandringham.
Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood. by Thomas Goff Lupton, published by Robinson & Co, after Sir Thomas Lawrence mezzotint, published January 1840 (1823) 25 3/4 in. x 16 5/8 in. (655 mm x 421 mm) plate size; 27 in. x 17 5/8 in. (686 mm x 447 mm) paper size Acquired, 1960 Reference Collection NPG D35437
Lascelles 3 June 1814-20; suc. fa. as 2nd Earl of Harewood 3 Apr. 1820. Offices Held. Ld. lt. Yorks. (W. Riding) 1819-d. Capt. 3 W. Yorks militia 1797, 2nd maj. 1798; capt. commdt. Harewood yeomanry 1803. Biography. The representation of his county was thrust upon Lascelles in 1796 when his father anticipated a peerage and his elder brother was ...
He succeeded to the titles of Earl of Harewood, Viscount Lascelles, and Baron Harewood on 24 June 1892. He was a Deputy Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire on 26 February 1900, [3] and Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire on 4 June 1904, [1] serving as such until 4 December 1927. In early 1901 Lord Harewood was asked by King ...
Henry was a Freemason and served as Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England from 1942-47. Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood died on May 23, 1947, at Harewood House at the age of 67, and was buried at All Saints Church in Harewood, West Yorkshire, England. Princess Mary survived him for 18 years and was buried with her husband.
The ground that Harewood House was built on was bought by Henry Lascelles in 1738, using money from the West Indian sugar trade. The money came from owning plantations, slaves, ships and warehouses, a fact that was pervasive throughout British society at the time, with many of the great institutions; the Church, banks, artistic and educational ...
