Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood
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(25 December 1767 – 24 November 1841), known as Viscount Lascelles from 1814 to 1820, was a British peer and Member of Parliament
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Harewood was the second son of Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood
Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood
Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood was a British peer and Member of Parliament.Harewood was the son of Edward Lascelles, a customs officer in Barbados. On the death of the childless Edwin Lascelles, 1st Baron Harewood Edward inherited the Lascelles family fortune, made in the West Indies...
, and Anne Chaloner. He was elected to the House of Commons
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for Yorkshire
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in 1796, a seat he held until the 1807 Yorkshire election
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and again from 1812 to 1818, and also represented Westbury
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from 1807 to 1812 and Northallerton
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from 1818 to 1820. The latter year he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the House of Lords
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. Between 1819 and 1841 he also served as Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire
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Lord Harewood married Henrietta Sebright (d. 15 February 1840), daughter of Sir John Sebright, 6th Baronet
Sir John Sebright, 6th Baronet
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, on 3 September 1794. They had nine children:
- Frances Anne Lascelles (d. 1855), married John Thomas Hope, son of General Sir Alexander Hope and had issue.
- Emma LascellesEmma Portman, Viscountess PortmanEmma Lascelles Portman, Viscountess Portman , was an English aristocrat. She was the daughter of Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood and Henrietta Sebright....
(d. 1865), married Edward Portman, 1st Viscount PortmanEdward Portman, 1st Viscount PortmanEdward Berkeley Portman, 1st Viscount Portman , was a British Liberal politician.Portman was the son of Edward Portman, of Bryanston and Orchard in Dorset, and his wife Lucy, daughter of Reverend Thomas Whitby. He was a descendant of Sir William Portman, Lord Chief Justice of England between 1555...
and had issue. - Edward Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles (1796–1839), married (1) Ann Elizabeth Rosser, (2) Philippine Munster and died without issue.
- Henry Lascelles, 3rd Earl of HarewoodHenry Lascelles, 3rd Earl of HarewoodHenry Lascelles, 3rd Earl of Harewood DL , known as Viscount Lascelles from 1839 to 1841, was a British peer and Member of Parliament....
(1797–1857) - William Saunders Sebright LascellesWilliam Saunders Sebright LascellesWilliam Saunders Sebright Lascelles PC was a British Whig politician. He served as Comptroller of the Household from 1847 to 1851.-Background:...
(1798–1851) - Edwin LascellesEdwin Lascelles (MP)Edwin Lascelles was a British Conservative Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Ripon from 1846 to 1857....
(1799–1865), died unmarried. - Harriett Lascelles (c. 1802–1889), married George Holroyd, 2nd Earl of SheffieldGeorge Holroyd, 2nd Earl of SheffieldGeorge Augustus Frederick Charles Holroyd, 2nd Earl of Sheffield FRS , styled Viscount Pevensey from 1816 to 1821, was a British Conservative politician....
and had issue. - Arthur Lascelles (1807–1880), married Caroline Frances Brooke, daughter of Richard Brooke, 6th Baronet and had issue.
- Louisa Lascelles (c. 1820–1886), married George Henry Cavendish, brother of William Cavendish, 7th Duke of DevonshireWilliam Cavendish, 7th Duke of DevonshireWilliam Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire KG, PC , styled as Lord Cavendish of Keighley between 1831 and 1834 and known as The Earl of Burlington between 1834 and 1858, was a British landowner, benefactor and politician.-Background and education:Cavendish was the son of William Cavendish, eldest...
and had issue.
His wife is mentioned in Mansfield Park
Mansfield Park
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, by Jane Austen
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, in a letter from Mary Crawford to Fanny Price while Fanny is staying with her mother and father in Portsmouth: I was there, two years ago, when Lady Lascelles had it, and I prefer it over any other house in London (She is talking about a house in Wimpole Street.)