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Encyclopedia > Earl of Harewood

The title Earl of Harewood (pronounced "Harwood") was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1812 for the 1st Baron Harewood, the second cousin of the 1st Baron Harewood of an earlier creation. The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801. ... For the overture by Tchaikovsky, see 1812 Overture; For the wars, see War of 1812 (USA - United Kingdom) or Patriotic War of 1812 (France - Russia) For the Siberia Airlines plane crashed over the Black Sea on October 4, 2001, see Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 1812 was a leap year starting... Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood was born on 7 January 1740, and died on 3 April 1820. ...


The Earl bears the subsidiary titles of Viscount Lascelles (1812) in the Peerage of the UK and Baron Harewood, of Harewood in the County of York (1796), in the Peerage of Great Britain. For the overture by Tchaikovsky, see 1812 Overture; For the wars, see War of 1812 (USA - United Kingdom) or Patriotic War of 1812 (France - Russia) For the Siberia Airlines plane crashed over the Black Sea on October 4, 2001, see Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 1812 was a leap year starting... Harewood (pronounced Hair-wood) is a village in the county of West Yorkshire, England, south of Harrogate. ... Look up Yorkshire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Year 1796 (MDCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain after the Act of Union 1707 but before the Act of Union 1800. ...


The 6th Earl married Princess Mary, daughter of King George V, and thus the present Earl is a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. Mary, Princess Royal may refer to: Princess Mary - (1631 - 1660): eldest daughter of King Charles I; wife of William II, Prince of Orange (1626 - 1650) Princess Mary (1897 - 1965): only daughter of King George V; wife of Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood (1882 - 1947) ... George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 - 20 January 1936) was the first British monarch belonging to the House of Windsor, as a result of his creating it from the British branch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. ...


The family seat is Harewood House, near Leeds in Yorkshire. Harewood House as of 2005, seen from the garden Harewood House from A Complete History of the County of York by Thomas Allen (1828–30), showing the house before Barry altered the facades and added an extra storey to the pavilions. ... Statistics Population: 726,000 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SE297338 Administration Metropolitan borough: City of Leeds Metropolitan county: West Yorkshire Region: Yorkshire and the Humber Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: West Yorkshire Historic county: Yorkshire (West Riding) Services Police force: West Yorkshire Police Fire and... Look up Yorkshire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...


The 1st Earl's fortunes were made in the Caribbean: by the end of the 18th century the family had stakes in 47 sugar plantations and owned thousands of slaves. West Indian redirects here. ...


Barons Harewood (1790), first creation

  • Edwin Lascelles, 1st Baron Harewood (1712/13–1795), title extinct.

Barons Harewood (1796), second creation

Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood was born on 7 January 1740, and died on 3 April 1820. ...

Earls of Harewood (1812)

Heir Apparent: David Henry George Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles (b. 1950) Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood was born on 7 January 1740, and died on 3 April 1820. ... Events May 31 - Friedrich II comes to power in Prussia upon the death of his father, Friedrich Wilhelm I. October 20 - Maria Theresia of Austria inherits the Habsburg hereditary dominions (Austria, Bohemia, Hungary and present-day Belgium). ... 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood was born on 25 December 1767 and died on 24 November 1841. ... 1767 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Right Honourable Henry Lascelles, 3rd Earl of Harewood (June 11, 1797–February 22, 1857) was an English peer and the son of Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood. ... 1797 (MDCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 11-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Right Honourable Henry Thynne Lascelles, 4th Earl of Harewood (June 18, 1824–24 June 1892) was an British peer and the son of Henry Lascelles, 3rd Earl of Harewood. ... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The Right Honourable Henry Ulrick Lascelles, 5th Earl of Harewood (August 21, 1846–November 5, 1929) was a British peer and the son of Henry Lascelles, 4th Earl of Harewood. ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Right Honourable Henry George Charles Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood (September 9, 1882–May 23, 1947) was the son of Henry Lascelles, 5th Earl of Harewood. ... Year 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood (born 7 February 1923) is the elder son of Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood (1882-1947), and Mary, Princess Royal, the only daughter of King George V of the United Kingdom and Queen Mary. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Right Honourable David Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles (born 21 October 1950), is the eldest son of George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood and his first wife, Marion Stein. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...


Lord Lascelles's Heir Apparent: The Hon. Alexander Edgar Lascelles (b. 1980) The Honourable Alexander Edgar Lascelles was born on May 13, 1980. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...


  Results from FactBites:
 
George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (687 words)
George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood (born 7 February 1923) is the elder son of Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood (1882-1947), and Mary, Princess Royal, the only daughter of King George V of the United Kingdom and Queen Mary.
The Earl of Harewood served as a governor of the British Broadcasting Corporation from 1985 to 1987 and as the president of the Board of Film Classification from 1985 to 1996.
The Earl of Harewood served as chancellor of the University of York from 1962 to 1967.
Earl of Harewood - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (183 words)
The title Earl of Harewood (pronounced "Harwood") was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1812.
The 6th Earl married Princess Mary, daughter of King George V, and thus the present earl is a first cousin to The Queen.
The first earls' fortunes were made in the Caribbean: by the end of the 18th century the family had stakes in 47 sugar plantations and owned thousands of slaves.
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