William Lascelles
William Lascelles | |
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Comptroller of the Household | |
In office 23 July 1847 – 2 July 1851 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Prime Minister | Lord John Russell |
Preceded by | Lord Marcus Hill |
Succeeded by | Earl of Mulgrave |
Personal details | |
Born | 29 October 1798 |
Died | 2 July 1851 | (aged 52)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Whig |
Spouse |
Lady Caroline Howard
(m. 1823) |
William Saunders Sebright Lascelles PC (29 October 1798 – 2 July 1851) was a British Whig politician. He served as Comptroller of the Household from 1847 to 1851.
Background
[edit]Lascelles was the third son of Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood and his wife Henrietta Sebright, daughter of Lieutenant-General Sir John Sebright, 6th Baronet. Edward Lascelles (1796–1839, Viscount Lascelles 1820–1839), Henry Lascelles, 3rd Earl of Harewood, and Edwin Lascelles were his brothers.
Political career
[edit]Lascelles was returned to Parliament for East Looe in 1826, a seat he held until 1830.[1] He was subsequently MP for Northallerton from 1831 to 1832,[2] for Wakefield from 1837 to 1841 and from 1842 to 1847[3] and for Knaresborough from 1847 to 1851.[4] In 1847 he was sworn of the Privy Council[5] and appointed Comptroller of the Household under Lord John Russell,[6] a post he held until his death in 1851.[7]
Cricket
[edit]Lascelles played first-class cricket in 1818. He is recorded in one match for E. H. Budd's XI, totalling 1 run with a highest score of 1.[8]
Family
[edit]Lascelles married Lady Caroline Georgiana Howard (d. 1881), daughter of George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle, on 14 May 1823. They had ten children:
- Georgiana Caroline Lascelles (1826–1911), married Charles William Grenfell, a grandson of William Molyneux, 2nd Earl of Sefton and had issue.
- George Dacre Lascelles (1828–1829)
- Henrietta Frances Lascelles (1830–1884), married William Cavendish, 2nd Baron Chesham and had issue.
- Major Claude George William Lascelles (1831–1903), died unmarried.
- Edwin Agar Lascelles (1833–1877), died unmarried.
- Mary Louise Lascelles (c. 1835–1917), died unmarried.
- Emma Elizabeth Lascelles (1838–1920), married Lord Edward Cavendish, son of William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire and had issue.
- Sir Frank Cavendish Lascelles (1841–1920), married Mary Emma Olliffe and had issue.
- Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Arthur Lascelles (1842–1913), married Caroline Maria Gore, sister of Charles Gore and had issue, including Sir Francis William Lascelles.
- Beatrice Blanche Lascelles (1844–1915), married Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury.
Lascelles died on 2 July 1851, aged 52. Lady Caroline Lascelles died in November 1881.
References
[edit]- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 2)
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 2)
- ^ "No. 20757". The London Gazette. 23 July 1847. p. 2689.
- ^ "No. 20759". The London Gazette. 27 July 1847. p. 2752.
- ^ "No. 21230". The London Gazette. 25 July 1851. p. 1917.
- ^ "St John". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
External links
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- 1851 deaths
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- Lascelles family
- E. H. Budd's XI cricketers