Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood
| The Right Honourable The Earl of Harewood KG GCVO DSO TD | |
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| Born | 9 September 1882 London, England |
| Died | 24 May 1947 (aged 64) Harewood House, Yorkshire |
| Spouse(s) | Mary, Princess Royal |
| Children | George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood The Hon Gerald Lascelles |
Henry George Charles Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood, KG GCVO DSO TD (9 September 1882 – 24 May 1947), styled The Honourable Henry Lascelles before 1892 and Viscount Lascelles between 1892 and 1929, was a British soldier, peer and a Yorkshire landowner. He was the son-in-law of King George V and Queen Mary.
Background
Lascelles was the son of Henry Lascelles, 5th Earl of Harewood and Lady Florence Bridgeman.
Military career
Lascelles attended the Royal Military College before being commissioned as a Second Lieutenant into the Grenadier Guards on 12 February 1902.[1] He went on to command the 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards during the First World War.
Marriage and family
Lord Harewood married Princess Mary, only daughter of King George V of the United Kingdom and Queen Mary, at Westminster Abbey, on 28 February 1922. His best man was Sir Victor Audley Falconer Mackenzie, 3rd Bt.[2]
The bride's attendants were:
- Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the future Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
- Princess Maud of Fife, daughter of Louise, Princess Royal
- Lady Mary Cambridge, daughter of the 1st Marquess of Cambridge
- Lady May Cambridge, daughter of the 1st Earl of Athlone and Princess Alice of Albany
- Lady Diana Bridgeman, daughter of the 5th Earl of Bradford
- Lady Mary Thynne, daughter of the 5th Marquess of Bath
- Lady Rachel Cavendish, daughter of the 9th Duke of Devonshire
- Lady Doris Gordon-Lennox, daughter of the 8th Duke of Richmond and Gordon.
After their marriage, Lord and Lady Harewood split their time between two homes, Chesterfield House (destroyed after the Second World War) in London and Goldsborough Hall, North Yorkshire which 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, a Freemason, served as Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England from 1942-47. He died at the age of 64 at his home, Harewood House.
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 understood 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.[4]
Styles from birth to death
- 9 September 1882 – 24 June 1892: The Hon. Henry Lascelles
- 24 June 1892 – 6 October 1929: Viscount Lascelles
- 6 October 1929 – 24 May 1947: The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Harewood
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References
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27405. p. 846. 11 February 1902.
- ↑ "'The Wedding of 6th Earl of Harewood and Princess Mary'". National Portrait Gallery, London.
- ↑ Maclagan, Michael; Louda, Jiří (1999), Line of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, London: Little, Brown & Co, p. 27, ISBN 1-85605-469-1
- ↑ sparknotes.com
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Harewood
- harewood.org
- goldsboroughhall.com
| Honorary titles | ||
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| 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 |