Sir Alfred George Lascelles KC (12 October 1857 – 9 February 1952) was the 20th

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. He was appointed on 1 May 1911 succeeding

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and was Chief Justice until 1914. He was succeeded by

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. Alfred George Lascelles was the son of Hon. George Edwin Lascelles (a son of the 3rd Earl of Harewood) and his wife Lady Louisa Nina Murray (daughter of the 4th Earl of Mansfield), and was born at Moor Hill, Harewood on 12 October 1857. He graduated from

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, with a Bachelor of Arts and was admitted to

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in 1885 entitled to practice as a barrister. Lascelles served as

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of Cyprus from 1898 until 1902. In May 1902 he was appointed

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, in which he acted as Chief Justice of Ceylon from 12 March to 31 October 1906. He was Chief Justice of Ceylon from 1911 to 1914. On 26 October 1911 he married Isabel Carteret Thynne. He died at

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on 9 February 1952 at age 94. Lascelles had three daughters and a son, his son Wing Commander Francis Alfred George Lascelles DFC died in 1941 serving with the Royal Air Force.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lascelles, Alfred Chief Justices of British Ceylon Acting Chief Justices of Ceylon 19th-century Sri Lankan lawyers 20th-century Sri Lankan people Sri Lankan people of British descent 19th-century British people Attorneys General of British Ceylon Knights Bachelor 1857 births 1952 deaths