Jeremy Lascelles

Robert Jeremy Hugh Lascelles (born 14 February 1955), is the youngest child of George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood and Marion Stein who later married Jeremy Thorpe. He is a great-grandson of George V, so he is a second cousin to the Prince of Wales and is in the line of succession to the British throne.

Marriage and issue

On 4 July 1981 in London he married Julie Baylis (born 19 July 1957 in Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire) and had three children:

• Thomas Robert Lascelles (born 7 September 1982 in Hammersmith, London)
• Ellen Mary Lascelles (born 17 December 1984 in Hammersmith, London)
• Amy Rose Lascelles (born 26 June 1986 in Hammersmith, London)

On 7 January 1999 in Edinburgh he married Catherine Isobel Bell (born 25 April 1964 in Lewisham, London). They have had one daughter:

• Tallulah Grace Lascelles (born 1 December 2005^[1] in Hammersmith, London)

Life

Jeremy, a keen amateur cricketer who still plays the game as opening batsmen, was the former CEO of Chrysalis Music plc. He has been involved in the music industry since the early 1970s. This included playing percussion for the Global Village Trucking Company, for whom his older brother James Lascelles played keyboards.^[2] He then became a tour promoter before moving to Virgin in the late 1970s. He rose to Head of A&R under Richard Branson and set up his own independent label (Offside Records - named after his favourite cricket shot) before being hired by Chris Wright of Chrysalis in 1994. He is known for his ambivalence to being born into the Royal Family (his godmother was Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother).

Lascelles stood down as CEO of Chrysalis Music PLC in March 2012 and was subsequently named as a Visiting Professor at Leeds College of Music (LCoM). On confirmation of his Visiting Professorship, which commenced in October 2012, Jeremy stated: “I was delighted and honoured to be offered this role. Having spent a little time with staff and students at the college earlier in the year, I am looking forward to developing the relationship further. I have always been a believer in the importance of passing on knowledge and experience, and I hope to be able to do that here."

As Chief Executive of the Music Division and later CEO of Chrysalis PLC, he signed and/or oversaw the signings of some of the world’s biggest acts including Portishead, David Gray, OutKast, Ray LaMontaigne, Feeder, Cee-Lo Green, Laura Marling, Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes and Rumer. Jeremy was elected to the council of the BPI in 2003 and from 2004-2007 he served on the board of AIM as Vice-Chairman. He was shortlisted for the prestigious Orange Business Leader of the Year award in 2010. He is an ardent Leeds United supporter.

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