Gerald David Lascelles (; 21 August 1924 – 27 February 1998) was the younger son of
Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood
Henry George Charles Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood (9 September 1882 – 24 May 1947) was a British soldier and peer. He was the husband of Mary, Princess Royal, and thus a son-in-law of George V and Queen Mary and a brother-in-law to Edwar ...
King George V
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Born during the reign of his grandmother Que ...
Queen Elizabeth II
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. He was styled ''The Honourable'' Gerald Lascelles.
Life
Lascelles was born at
Goldsborough Hall
Goldsborough Hall is a Jacobean stately home located in the village of Goldsborough, North Yorkshire, England. It is a member of the Historic Houses Association. The house itself is a Grade II* listed building. The Hall was built for Sir Ri ...
, near
Knaresborough
Knaresborough ( ) is a market and spa town and civil parish in the Borough of Harrogate, in North Yorkshire, England, on the River Nidd. It is east of Harrogate.
History
Knaresborough is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Chenares ...
,
West Riding of Yorkshire
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, and was baptised in October 1924 with the
Prince of Wales
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and the
Duchess of York
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(later King Edward VIII and Queen Elizabeth) as his godparents represented there by proxies. The baptism was held in private at St. Mary's Church in the village of Goldsborough. At his birth, he was 7th in the
line of succession
An order of succession or right of succession is the line of individuals necessitated to hold a high office when it becomes vacated such as head of state or an honour such as a title of nobility.Angela Dowding (20 April 1919 – 28 February 2007) at
St. Margaret's, Westminster
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. They then moved into a house in Albion
Mews, W2. In 1955, the family moved to
Fort Belvedere, Surrey
Fort Belvedere (originally Shrubs Hill Tower) is a Grade II* listed country house on Shrubs Hill in Windsor Great Park, in Surrey, England. The fort was predominantly constructed by Jeffry Wyatville in a Gothic Revival style in the 1820s.
The f ...
, the former country home of Gerald Lascelles' uncle,
Edward VIII
Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972), later known as the Duke of Windsor, was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire and Emperor of India from 20 January 19 ...
(the
Duke of Windsor
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). Before divorcing in July 1978, they had one son:
* Henry Ulick Lascelles (born 19 May 1953), who married firstly Alexandra Morton (15 April 1953) on 25 August 1979 (divorced 20 October 1999) and secondly Fiona Wilmott on 2 June 2006. He has one son by his first marriage, Maximilian John Gerald, born 19 December 1991.
On 17 November 1978, Lascelles married his second wife, actress Elizabeth ColvinAngela Lascelles - Obituaries, ''The Telegraph'', 12 March 2007. /ref> (''née'' Elizabeth Evelyn Collingwood, 23 April 1924 – 14 January 2006), in
Vienna
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Austria
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. They had a son:
* Martin David Lascelles (born 9 February 1962, London). Martin married Charmaine Eccleston (b. 24 Dec 1962,
Kingston, Jamaica
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) on 23 April 1999, and they have a son, Alexander Joshua, born on 20 September 2002. Martin also has an illegitimate daughter with singer Carol Anne Douet (b. 4 May 1962, London) named Georgina Elizabeth, born on 22 December 1988.
Interests and positions
Lascelles was the president of the
British Racing Drivers' Club
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from 1964 to 1991, after the 5th Earl Howe died. Lord Howe had asked Lascelles to replace him, who was briefly a driver before this. In his role as BRDC president, Lascelles was invited by the Australian Racing Drivers Club, promoters of the
Bathurst 1000
The Bathurst 1000 (formally known as the Repco Bathurst 1000) is a touring car race held annually on the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It is currently run as part of the Supercars Championship, the most recen ...
Touring car
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"Touring car" is a style of open car built in the United States which seats four or more people. The style was popular from the early 1900s to the 1930s.
Th ...
race, to be the Grand Marshal for the 1985 race.
He was also a passionate jazz enthusiast, and he collaborated with journalist and magazine editor
Sinclair Traill Eric Sinclair Traill (1905 – 11 January 1981) was a British publisher, chief editor, and music critic of jazz. His career began in 1946, when he launched ''Pick Up'' as a locus for serious jazz criticism in Britain. In May 1948, Traill, using hi ...
in compiling the popular ''Just Jazz'' yearbooks in the 1950s.
France
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