7th Jan 1740 - 3rd Apr 1820
Son of Edward Lascelles, collector of customs in Barbados, and Frances nee Ball. Inherited West Indian estates from his cousin Edwin Lascelles in 1795. Created Baron Harewood 18/06/1796; Earl of Harewood 07/08/1812.
History of Parliament: Edward Lascelles [accessed 13/01/2015]. For the history of the Lascelles family, see S. D. Smith, Slavery, Family, and Gentry Capitalism in the British Atlantic. The World of the Lascelles, 1648–1834 (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2006).
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
Anne Chaloner
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Children
Mary Anne, Edward (1767-1814), Henry (1767-1841), Frances (1777-1817)
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Wealth at death
£250,000
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Occupation
Politician, landowner and plantation owner
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Rubinstein
1820/14
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The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:
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1795 [SY] - 1820 [EY] → Owner
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1818 [EA] - 1819 [LA] → Owner
Registered by the attorney of 'Earl Harewood' in 1819. Shown by S.D. Smith as purchased by the Harewoods in 1818. |
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1796 [EA] - 1796 [LA] → Owner
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- 03/04/1820 [ED] → Owner
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1819 [EA] - 1819 [LA] → Owner
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1795 [SY] - 1820 [EY] → Owner
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Cultural (3) |
Prints, Drawings & Paintings
Print, full-length portrait of Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood, seated in an armchair against an architectural and landscape background. Mezzotint by William Ward after John Jackson, 1820....
notes → Full details at: Victoria & Albert Museum Collection: Prints, Drawings &...
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V & A: Furniture and Woodwork
Torchère of carved wood, painted to resemble bronze and porphyry, decorated with classical motifs including sphinxes, laurel wreaths and crossed spears. English, ca. 1795. Possibly designed by...
notes → Full details at: Victoria & Albert Museum Collection: Furniture and Woodwork. Thanks to...
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V & A: Prints, Drawings & Paintings
Watercolour entitled Plumpton Rocks, also known as Lake in Harewood Park, Yorkshire, by Thomas Girtin. Great Britain, ca....
notes → Full details at: Victoria & Albert Museum Collection: Prints, Drawings &...
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Political (1) |
MP
West India interest
election →
Northallerton Yorkshire
1761 - 1774 election →
Northallerton Yorkshire
1790 - 1796 |
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Father → Son
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First Cousins
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Uncle → Nephew
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Half-brother → Half-sister
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Harewood House, Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England
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1789 - 14th Mar 1860
Possibly the first 'ethnic minority' MP to be elected (in 1832) to the House of Commons.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl Harewood', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146638743 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
