Henry Lascelles, 4th Earl of Harewood


Henry Thynne Lascelles, 4th Earl of Harewood, was a British peer and the son of Henry Lascelles, 3rd Earl of Harewood.
He took a great interest in the operation of the Leeds General Infirmary, and the St James Hospital Workhouse, working with the Chairman of the Leeds Board of Guardians, Major Middleton Esq., to provide lavish decorations for the hospitals' patients at Christmas, 1872.
He was commanding officer of the Yorkshire Hussars, a part-time Yeomanry Cavalry regiument, from 1859 to 1870.

Family

He married firstly, Lady Elizabeth Joanna de Burgh, daughter of Ulick de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde, on 17 July 1845. She was the granddaughter of former Prime Minister George Canning. They had six children:
On 21 April 1858 he married secondly, Diana Smyth, a granddaughter of George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton and great granddaughter of Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh. They had eight children: