Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl Harewood

7th Jan 1740 - 3rd Apr 1820


Biography

Son of Edward Lascelles, collector of customs in Barbados, and Frances nee Ball. Inherited West Indian estates from his cousin Edwin Lascelles in 1795. Created Baron Harewood 18/06/1796; Earl of Harewood 07/08/1812.


Sources

History of Parliament: Edward Lascelles [accessed 13/01/2015]. For the history of the Lascelles family, see S. D. Smith, Slavery, Family, and Gentry Capitalism in the British Atlantic. The World of the Lascelles, 1648–1834 (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2006).


Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Spouse
Anne Chaloner
Children
Mary Anne, Edward (1767-1814), Henry (1767-1841), Frances (1777-1817)
Wealth at death
£250,000
Occupation
Politician, landowner and plantation owner
Rubinstein
1820/14

Associated Estates (6)

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:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1795 [SY] - 1820 [EY] → Owner
1818 [EA] - 1819 [LA] → Owner

Registered by the attorney of 'Earl Harewood' in 1819. Shown by S.D. Smith as purchased by the Harewoods in 1818.

1796 [EA] - 1796 [LA] → Owner
- 03/04/1820 [ED] → Owner
1819 [EA] - 1819 [LA] → Owner
1795 [SY] - 1820 [EY] → Owner

Legacies Summary

Cultural (3)

Prints, Drawings & Paintings
Print, full-length portrait of Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood, seated in an armchair against an architectural and landscape background. Mezzotint by William Ward after John Jackson, 1820.... 
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V & A: Furniture and Woodwork
Torchère of carved wood, painted to resemble bronze and porphyry, decorated with classical motifs including sphinxes, laurel wreaths and crossed spears. English, ca. 1795. Possibly designed by... 
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V & A: Prints, Drawings & Paintings
Watercolour entitled Plumpton Rocks, also known as Lake in Harewood Park, Yorkshire, by Thomas Girtin. Great Britain, ca.... 
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Political (1)

MP
West India interest 
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Northallerton Yorkshire
1761 - 1774
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Northallerton Yorkshire
1790 - 1796

Relationships (4)

Father → Son
First Cousins
Uncle → Nephew
Half-brother → Half-sister

Addresses (1)

Harewood House, Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England