Social Victorians/People/Harewood

Also Known As

• Family name: Lascelles
• Harewood is pronounced Harwood; Lascelles is pronounced Lassles.
• Earl of Harewood (UK peerage)
  • Henry Thynne Lascelles, 4th Earl of Harewood (1857– 24 June 1892)
  • Henry Ulrick Lascelles, 5th Earl of Harewood (24 June 1892 – 6 October 1929)
  • Henry George Charles Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood (9 September 1882 – 24 May 1947)
• Countess of Harewood
  • Countess Diana Smyth Lascelles (1854– 24 June 1892)
  • Dowager Countess Diana Smyth Lascelles (24 June 1892 –1904)
  • Countess Florence Katharine Bridgeman Lascelles (24 June 1892 – )
  • Princess Mary, Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary Windsor (28 February 1922 – )
• Viscount Lascelles, courtesy title for the heir apparent of the Earl of Harewood
  • Henry Thynne Lascelles, 4th Earl of Harewood (1841 – 22 February 1857)
  • Henry Ulrick Lascelles, 5th Earl (22 February 1857 – 24 June 1892)
  • Henry George Charles Lascelles, 6th Earl (24 June 1892 – 6 October 1929)
• Viscountess Lascelles
  • Elizabeth Joanna de Burgh Lascelles (1841 – 26 February 1854)
  • Florence Bridgeman Lascelles (29 October 1881 – 24 June 1892)

Timeline

1845 July 17, Henry Thynne Lascelles and Elizabeth Joanna de Burgh married.

1854 February 26, Elizabeth Joanna de Burgh Lascelles died, not long after the birth of her 6th child.

1858 April 21, Henry Thynne Lascelles and Diana Smyth married.

1881 November 5, Henry Ulrick Lascelles and Lady Florence Katharine Bridgeman married.

1897 July 2, the Earl and Countess of Harewood attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House. (Henry Lascelles, 5th Earl of Harewood is #62 on the list of people who attended; Florence, Lady Harewood is #524.)

1922 February 28, Henry George Charles Lascelles (6th Earl) and Princess Mary married, at Westminster Abbey.

Costume at the Duchess of Devonshire's 2 July 1897 Fancy-dress Ball

Henry Lascelles, 5th Earl of Harewood

Henry Lascelles, 5th Earl of Harewood attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball and sat at Table 11 in the first seating for supper:

• "Philip II. of Spain, from an old portrait. Black velvet and silk."
• "The Earl of Harewood had copied his dress of black velvet and silk from an old portrait of Philip II. of Spain."
• "[T]he Earl of Harewood [wore] a copy of Philip II. of Spain from an old portrait."
• "The Earl of Harewood (Philip II. of Spain; front an old portrait), black velvet and silk."
• "The EARL OF HAREWOOD, as Philip II. of Spain, wore a costume, / copied from an old portrait, in black velvet and silk."

Both the Earl of Harewood and Robert, Earl Crewe attended dressed as Philip II of Spain.

Florence Lascelles, Lady Harewood

Florence Lascelles, Lady Harewood received very little press attention.

• "The COUNTESS OF HAREWOOD as Mrs Siddons (from the picture by Gainsborough in the National Gallery), wore a draped skirt of blue and white striped silk, the bodice having a fichu in bleu de ciel satin, and chemisette of tulle illusion; she wore a large black Gainsborough hat."

Demographics

• Nationality: British

Residences

• Family seat: Harewood House, near Leeds, Yorkshire

Family

• Henry Lascelles, 3rd Earl of Harewood (11 June 1797 – 22 February 1857)
• Lady Louisa Thynne (c. 1808 – 7 November 1859)

1. Henry Thynne Lascelles, 4th Earl of Harewood (18 June 1824 – 24 June 1892)
2. Hon. Egremont William Lascelles (26 July 1825 – 27 October 1892)
3. Hon. George Edwin Lascelles (19 October 1826 – 9 March 1911)
4. Hon. Algernon Francis Lascelles (21 January 1828 – dvp 28 March 1845)
5. Hon. Alfred Lascelles (26 February 1829 – dvp 20 March 1845)
6. Lady Louisa Isabella Lascelles Mills (20 July 1830 – 30 November 1918)
7. Rev. Hon. James Walter Lascelles (14 November 1831 – 25 November 1901)
8. Lady Susan Charlotte Lascelles (1834 – 18 May 1927)
9. Commander Hon. Horace Douglas Lascelles (20 September 1835 – 15 June 1869)
10. Lady Blanche Emma Lascelles Boyle Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie (18 August 1837 – 26 December 1863)
11. Lady Florence Harriet Lascelles Cust (1838 – 18 November 1901)
12. Lady Mary Elizabeth Lascelles Meade (c. 1843 – 7 February 1866)
13. Lady Maud Caroline Lascelles (1846 – 14 April 1938)

• Henry Thynne Lascelles, 4th Earl of Harewood (18 June 1824 – 24 June 1892)
• Lady Elizabeth Joanna de Burgh (22 February 1826 – 26 February 1854)

1. Henry Ulrick Lascelles, 5th Earl of Harewood (21 August 1846 – 6 October 1929)
2. Hon. Frederick Canning Lascelles (6 May 1848 – 31 December 1928)
3. Hon. Gerald William Lascelles (26 October 1849 – 11 February 1928)
4. Hon. Charles George Lascelles (23 January 1851 – 19 February 1886)
5. Lady Constance Mary Lascelles (27 May 1852 – 23 August 1932)
6. Lady Margaret Joan Lascelles (2 October 1853 – 19 September 1927)

• Diana Smyth (c. 1838 – 4 March 1904)

1. Lady Susan Elizabeth Lascelles (21 May 1860 – 22 January 1925)
2. Hon. Edwin Harry Lascelles (3 August 1861 – 16 January 1924)
3. Hon. Daniel Harry Lascelles (1 August 1862 – 28 November 1904)
4. Hon. George Algernon Lascelles (2 August 1865 – 25 May 1932)
5. Hon. William Horace Lascelles (15 February 1868 – 7 May 1949)
6. Hon. Francis John Lascelles (29 December 1871 – 9 May 1925)
7. Hon. Eric James Lascelles (2 March 1873 – 24 June 1901)
8. Lady Mary Diana Lascelles (24 May 1877 – 23 July 1930)

• Henry Ulrick Lascelles, 5th Earl of Harewood (21 August 1846 – 6 October 1929)
• Lady Florence Katharine Bridgeman (1859–1943)

1. Henry George Charles Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood (1882–1947)
2. Lady Margaret Selina Lascelles (1883–1978)
3. Hon. Edward Cecil Lascelles (1887–1935)

• Henry George Charles Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood (9 September 1882 – 24 May 1947)
• Princess Mary, Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary Windsor (25 April 1897 – 28 March 1965)