Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood
Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood was a British millionaire landowner, art collector, peer and, before which, Member of Parliament.
He was the son of Edward Lascelles, a senior customs official in Barbados. On the death of his cousin, the childless Edwin Lascelles, 1st Baron Harewood, Edward inherited the family fortune made in the West Indies through customs positions and slave trade. He vested much of his British wealth in fine art. In 1799 he was estimated the third-wealthiest small family unit in Britain, owning £2.9M.
He sat as Whig Member of Parliament for Northallerton 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.
Edward Lascelles married Anne Chaloner on 12 May 1761. They had four children:
