Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood

The Earl of Harewood
Reign	5 November 1929 – 23 May 1947
Spouse	Mary, Princess Royal
Issue
George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood Gerald Lascelles
Full name
Henry George Charles Lascelles
Father	Henry Lascelles, 5th Earl of Harewood
Mother	Lady Florence Bridgeman
Born	9 September 1882(1882-09-09) London, England
Died	23 May 1947(1947-05-23) (aged 64) Harewood House, Yorkshire

Henry George Charles Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood KG GCVO DSO TD (9 September 1882 – 23 May 1947), styled The Honourable Henry Lascelles before 1892 and Viscount Lascelles between 1892 and 1929, was a British soldier and landowner.

Background

Lascelles was the son of Henry Lascelles, 5th Earl of Harewood and Lady Florence Bridgeman.

Military career

Lascelles was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards and commanded the 3rd Battalion in the First World War.

Family

Lord Harewood married Princess Mary, the only daughter of King George V of the United Kingdom and Queen Mary, at Westminster Abbey, on 28 February 1922. After their marriage they had two homes, Chesterfield House (destroyed after the 2nd World War) in London and Goldsborough Hall, North Yorkshire that became their family homes throughout the 1920s. They had two children:

• George Henry Hubert Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood (born at Chesterfield House 7 February 1923 - 11 July 2011) and christened at St Mary's Church Goldsborough 25 March 1923
• The Hon. Gerald David Lascelles (born at Goldsborough Hall 21 August 1924 – 27 February 1998)

Lord Harewood was a freemason and, from 1942-1947 he served as the Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England. He died at the age of 64 at his home, Harewood House, six months before the wedding of his niece Princess Elizabeth

Legacy

Harry Gray named his then new 1921 Burrell 8 N.H.P. Scenic Showman's Engine 'Lord Lascelles' after him, an engine that still exists and is regularly rallied.

It is also widely established that Virginia Woolf based the character of Archduke Henry on him in her novel Orlando, a tribute to her lover Vita Sackville-West. Henry Lascelles was one of West's suitors.

Styles from birth to death

The Earl of Harewood's arms

• (1882–1892) The Honourable Henry Lascelles
• (1892–1929) The Rt. Hon. Viscount Lascelles
• (1929–1947) The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Harewood

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Harewood
• harewood.org
• goldsboroughhall.com

Honorary titles
Preceded by The Earl of Harewood	Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire 1927–1947	Succeeded by The Earl of Scarbrough
Academic offices
Preceded by Robert Crewe-Milnes	Chancellor of the University of Sheffield 1944–1947	Succeeded by E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
Masonic offices
Preceded by The Duke of Kent	Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England 1942–1947	Succeeded by The Duke of Devonshire
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Henry Lascelles	Earl of Harewood 1929–1947	Succeeded by George Lascelles