Patricia Lascelles, Countess of Harewood

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Patricia Lascelles, Countess of Harewood (born 24 November 1926) is an Australian violinist and fashion model.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Life and career

Lascelles was born Patricia Elizabeth Tuckwell in Melbourne, the daughter of Charles Tuckwell and his wife, Elizabeth and an older sister of Barry Tuckwell.[1] She was a violinist for the Sydney Symphony.

Lascelles was also a fashion model and a favourite model of Athol Shmith, who became her first husband. While they were married, Patricia often modeled under the name Bambi Shmith. In 1951 she was one of the founders of the Mannequins’ Association of Victoria.[2][3]

[edit] Marriages and offspring

On 7 July 1948, she married Athol Shmith in Melbourne, and they had one son, Michael (b. 1949). The couple was divorced in 1957. Lascelles then married George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood on 31 July 1967 at New Canaan, Connecticut, United States. They have one son, Mark Lascelles (born 5 July 1964) who was born while the Earl was still married to the first Countess, Marion Stein.[4][1][5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Patricia Elizabeth Tuckwell". thePeerage.com. http://www.thepeerage.com/p10097.htm. Retrieved 25 January 2010. 
  2. ^ "Patricia Tuckwell 1947". The Good, The Great & The Gifted -. National Gallery of Australia. http://www.nga.gov.au/Exhibition/KarshShmith/Detail.cfm?IRN=66834&BioArtistIRN=12439&MnuID=1. Retrieved 25 January 2010. 
  3. ^ "Bambi comes home with her Earl". The Age (Google News Archive). 3 February 1970. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eZ4QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4pADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5120,153510&dq=countess+of+harewood&hl=en. Retrieved 25 January 2010. 
  4. ^ Hauptfuhrer, Fred (8 June 1981). "Publicly Shunned for Years, the Earl and Countess of Harewood Get a Royal Welcome". People. http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20079476,00.html. Retrieved 25 January 2010. 
  5. ^ "Wife Divorces Queen's Cousin". The Montreal Gazette (Google News Archive). 7 April 1967. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PO4tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=058FAAAAIBAJ&pg=7352,1317125&dq=countess+of+harewood&hl=en. Retrieved 25 January 2010. 

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