Henry Lascelles (1690-1753)
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Henry Lascelles was an English-born Barbados
plantation owner. He was the son of Daniel Lascelles and Margaret Metcalfe. He was a director of the British East India Company
and MP for Northallerton
. He lived in his constituency and in Harewood
.
Lascelles founded the firm of Lascelles and Maxwell, sugar factors, of Mark Lane, London; which in 1763 became Lascelles Clarke and Daling .
He and his first wife Mary Carter (daughter of Edwin Carter, whom he married on 8 April 1712) had three children:
His second marriage (to Janet Whetstone in 1731) remained childless.
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
plantation owner. He was the son of Daniel Lascelles and Margaret Metcalfe. He was a director of the British East India Company
British East India Company
The East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China...
and MP for Northallerton
Northallerton (UK Parliament constituency)
Northallerton was a parliamentary borough in the North Riding of Yorkshire, represented by two Members of Parliament in the House of Commons briefly in the 13th century and again from 1640 to 1832, and by one member from 1832 until 1885....
. He lived in his constituency and in Harewood
Harewood
Harewood is a village and civil parish in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England. The A61 runs through the village, from Leeds city centre in the south to Harrogate in the north...
.
Lascelles founded the firm of Lascelles and Maxwell, sugar factors, of Mark Lane, London; which in 1763 became Lascelles Clarke and Daling .
He and his first wife Mary Carter (daughter of Edwin Carter, whom he married on 8 April 1712) had three children:
- Edwin Lascelles, 1st and last Baron Harewood (5 February 1712/13 – 25 January 1795)
- Daniel LascellesDaniel LascellesDaniel William Lascelles KCMG was a British diplomat. He was the British Ambassador in Ethiopia, Afghanistan and Japan.-Early life:Daniel William Lascelles was the son of Hon. William Horace Lascelles and Madeline Barton...
(20 May 1714 – 24 May 1784) - Captain Henry LascellesHenry LascellesHenry Lascelles may refer to:*Henry Lascelles , English-born Barbados plantation owner*Henry Lascelles , 53rd in the Line of succession to the British throne...
(18 August 1716 – 14 July 1786)
His second marriage (to Janet Whetstone in 1731) remained childless.
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