Edwin Lascelles (MP for Ripon)
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Template:Distinguish2 Edwin Lascelles (1799 in Harewood – 25 April 1865 in Wighill Park, near Wetherby) was a British Conservative Party politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Ripon from 1846 to 1857.[1]
Lascelles was a younger son of Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood.[2] He graduated B.C.L. from All Souls College, Oxford in 1826, and was called to the Bar from the Inner Temple in the same year.[2] Returned MP for Ripon without a contest in January 1846, he was re-elected in 1852 and retired in 1857.
He died suddenly, of apoplexy.[3]
Titles and styles
- 1799 - January 1846: The Honourable Edwin Lascelles
- January 1846 - 25 April 1865: The Honourable Edwin Lascelles, MP
References
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 255. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- ^ a b John Jones, The History and antiquities of Harewood, p. 298
- ^ The Gentleman's Magazine, June 1865, p. 801
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- 1799 births
- 1865 deaths
- Conservative Party (UK) MPs
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- Alumni of All Souls College, Oxford
- UK MPs 1841–47
- UK MPs 1847–52
- UK MPs 1852–57
- Lascelles family
- Younger sons of earls
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