Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood

Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood (7 January 1740 – 3 April 1820) was a British peer and Member of Parliament.

He 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 through customs positions and slave trade.

He sat as Whig Member of Parliament for Northallerton from 1761 to 1774 and from 1790 to 1796. The latter year he was raised to the peerage as Baron Harewood, of Harewood in the County of York. In 1812 he was further honoured when he was made Viscount Lascelles and Earl of Harewood, in the County of York.

Edward Lascelles married Anne Chaloner (c. 1742 – 22 February 1805) on 12 May 1761. They had four children:

• Lady Mary Anne Lascelles (d. 1831), married Richard York.
• Edward Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles (c. 1767–1814), died unmarried.
• Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood (1767–1841)
• Lady Frances Lascelles (c. 1777–1817), married Hon. John Douglas (1756–1818), son of James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton and had issue.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Harewood

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Daniel Lascelles Edwin Lascelles	Member of Parliament for Northallerton 1761–1774 Served alongside: Daniel Lascelles	Succeeded by Daniel Lascelles Henry Peirse
Preceded by Henry Peirse Edwin Lascelles	Member of Parliament for Northallerton 1790–1796 Served alongside: Henry Peirse	Succeeded by Henry Peirse Edward Lascelles
Peerage of Great Britain
New creation	Baron Harewood 1796–1820	Succeeded by Henry Lascelles
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Earl of Harewood 1812–1820	Succeeded by Henry Lascelles