Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood (7 January 1740 – 3 April 1820) was a British landowner, art collector, peer and, before which, member of parliament.

Early life

He was the son of Edward Lascelles, a senior customs official in

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, himself a son of Daniel Lascelles.

Career

On the death of his cousin, the childless

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, Edward inherited the family fortune made in the

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through customs positions and the

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. He vested much of his fortune in fine art. In 1799 he (or his immediate family benefit trust) was estimated to be the third-wealthiest small family unit in Britain, owning £2.9M (). He sat as Whig member of parliament for

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from 1761 to 1774 and from 1790 to 1796. The latter year he was raised to the peerage as Baron Harewood, of Harewood in the County of York. In 1812 he was further honoured when he was made Viscount Lascelles and Earl of Harewood, in the County of York.

Personal life

On 12 May 1761, Lascelles was married to Anne Chaloner (–1805), a daughter of Thomas Chaloner of Guisborough and Mary Finny. Before her death on 22 February 1805, they had four children: * Lady Mary Anne Lascelles (d. 1831), who married Richard York and had issue. * Edward Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles (–1814), who died unmarried. * Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood (1767–1841) * Lady Frances Lascelles (–1817), who married Hon. John Douglas, a son of

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and had issue. Lord Harewood died on 3 April 1820 and was succeeded in his titles by his second son,

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