Earl of Harewood
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The title Earl of Harewood (pronounced "Harwood") was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1812 for the 1st Baron Harewood, the second cousin of the 1st Baron Harewood of an earlier creation.
The Earl bears the subsidiary titles of Viscount Lascelles (1812) in the Peerage of the UK and Baron Harewood, of Harewood in the County of York (1796), in the Peerage of Great Britain.
The 6th Earl married Princess Mary, daughter of King George V, and thus the present Earl is a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.
The family seat is Harewood House, near Leeds in Yorkshire.
The 1st Earl's fortunes were made in the Caribbean: by the end of the 18th century the family had stakes in 47 sugar plantations and owned thousands of slaves.
[edit] Barons Harewood (1790), first creation
- Edwin Lascelles, 1st Baron Harewood (1712/13–1795), title extinct.
[edit] Barons Harewood (1796), second creation
- Edward Lascelles, 1st Baron Harewood (1739/40–1820), created Earl of Harewood in 1812.
[edit] Earls of Harewood (1812)
- Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood (1740-1820)
- Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood (1767-1841)
- Henry Lascelles, 3rd Earl of Harewood (1797-1857)
- Henry Thynne Lascelles, 4th Earl of Harewood (1824-1892)
- Henry Ulick Lascelles, 5th Earl of Harewood (1846-1929)
- Henry George Charles Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood (1882-1947)
- George Henry Hubert Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood (b. 1923)
Heir Apparent: David Henry George Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles (b. 1950)
Lord Lascelles's Heir Apparent: The Hon. Alexander Edgar Lascelles (b. 1980)
