The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-29 00:00:00

SUDDEN DEATH OF TUE EARL

OF HAREWOOD.

CORONER'S INQUEST.—The following are the informa-
tions of witnesses taken on the 25th of November, at
the Bay Horse Inn, in Bramham, near York, on view of
the body of the Right Hon. Henry Laseelles, Earl of
Harewood, before Mr. John Wood, one of the Coroners
for Yorkshire.

Joshua Wilkinson, pupil with the Rev. John Farlam,
of Bramham, said, about a quarter before five o'clock
yesterday afternoon I was in the lane leading to Tad-
caster, and coming towards Branham, when I saw Lord
Harewood on horseback and riding towards Bramham.
He was before me. A short distance before reaching
Bramham he got off his horse and took it towards the
hedge on the left hand side of the road, and stood him-
self looking towards the field. I did not observe that
he was doing anything. His back was towards me as
I passed him. His horse was near to him, but he
had not hold of it. I walked on; and then turned
round and saw the horse, but I did not see him. I
went forwards home, and did not see him any more. I

don't think the horse was between me and his Lord-
ship, so as to prevent me seeing him. When I passed
his Lordship did not appear to be staggering at all, but
stood still, looking towards the field: He did not ap-
pear to me as though he was making water. There was
no other person near him. I had previously met a man
who was going towards Tadcaster. It was rather dark
at the time, but there was a moon. I had got as far as
Moon's house, when I looked back, which was a good
way off. I could just see the horse. When I passed I
thought his Lordship's face on one side, which I saw,
looked very pale, and I thought he was sick.
Stephen Shepherd, of Harewood-house, whipper-in,
said—l was in the service of the deceased. His Lord-
ship's hounds went out yesterday. The meet was at
the cross-roads on Clifford-moor. Lord Harewood was
out with us, and we ran a fox to ground at Griinsten-
hill. His Lordship stayed with us until we tried
to dig him out, and accompanied us to • the
green-lane, which is between the Tadcaster and Leeds
turnpike-road and the Bramham and Tadcaster-lane,
on our way home. He then left us, and I after-
wards saw him trotting on the road about three
quarters of a mile in advance of us. He was trotting
at the rate of about six miles an hour I afterwards
went forward, and on getting near to Bramham I ob-
served a horse standing with a saddle on. It was then
dusk, and I called out, but received no answer, and judg-
ing it was his Lordship's horse I got off my horse, and
found the deceased lying on the ground with his feet
towards the horse and his head up against a gate-post,
his head rather inclining into the ditch, and. his left arm
in the ditch. His right arm was under his body. He
was lying on his left side. His hat was oft; and lay
about a foot before his head, apparently having dropped
with the fall. He neither spoke nor moved, • and ap-
peared to me to be quite dead. The horse was at
liberty, and standing about a yard from the gate.
Bamford, the huntsman, was coming up, and I called
to him to come on as quickly as he could, and he came
up directly. I had then got his Lordship sitting up,
and was untying his handkerchief, but his head fell for-
ward, so that I was unable to get it untied. Bamford
untied it. The body was then removed to the inn at
Bramham in Mr. Fox's carriage, which had been sent
for. As far as I observed, his Lordship was in his
usual health during the day, and I had not heard him
complain of being otherwise. When I found the de-
ceased his smanclothes were loose, and within the gate
I found his whip and the instruments which I now pro-
duce, and which his Lordship was accustomed to use.
There was nothing to induce me to suppose that his
Lordship had been in any way molested. I have known
the deceased for 25 years. I understood him now to be
73 years of age. I could not tell whether he had made
water. His nose was dirty, as though he had fallen
upon it. I did not observe any blood, nor any mark
on his face.

Wm. Bamford, of Harewood, huntsman, said, I was in
the service of the deceased, and was out with the hounds
yesterday. His Lordship accompanied us. He con-
tinued with us until we were On our way home, and ap-
peared in good health and spirits up to the time he
left us. When I had got nearly to Bramham I heard
Shepherd, the last witness, hollowing out to me to get
on, and I did so, and then found the deceased at the road
side, and Shepherd trying to raise him up. The first
thing I did was to loose his handkerchief. I could not
discover any pulse or breathing, and he appeared to me
to be quite dead. The body was removed to this house.
I observed that the deceased's breeches were open in
front, both the waistband and the flap. I did not ob-
serve whether he had made water. There was nothing
to induce me to suppose that he had been, in any way,
molested.

Thomas Scatchard, of Boston, surgeon, said—l saw
the body of the deceased about twenty minutes after it
had been found, and examined it externally. There was
no injury whatever to the body, except a slight scratch
on the chin, which I think had been caused by the fall,
and there was a little stain of blood on the neckerchief,
which appeared to have come from the scratch. In all
other respects the body presented its natural appearance.
I should suppose that the death was occasioned by the
rupture of a blood-vessel at the base of the brain. I
have not the least doubt that the death was from some
natural cause, and not from any violence whatever. The
deceased was .quite dead when I first saw him.
J. Francis Gibbs, of Harewood, surgeon, said, I have
attended the deceased professionally *during the last
twenty-seven years. He had been in indifferent health
lately, but was very much •better; so much so as to get
out and take his usual exercise. • His. Lordship had an
affection upon him, which required the use of an instru•
ment. The instruments now produced are those ho was
accustomed to use daily, and he might have become faint
after the use of them, and have fallen from exhaustion.
The deceased was not subject to any disease; that I am
aware of, calculated to produce sudden death. I have
seen the body since death, and there is no appearance
whatever of any violence ; there is merely the slight
scratch upon the face which has been mentioned. I have
no doubt whatever but that his death was natural. His
age was seventy-three years on last Christmas -day.
Verdict—Died suddenly by the Visitation of God.

(From the Leeds Mercury.)
henry Lascelles, Earl of llarewood, Viscount Lascel-
les, and Baron Harewood, Lord Lieutenant and Custos-
Rotulorum of the West Riding and High Steward of
Allertonshire, was born December 25, 1767, and, had he
lived till Christmas-day, would have attained his 74th
year. He succeeded to the title on the 3d of April, 1820,
and on the 3d of September, 1794, he married Henrietta,
eldest daughter of the late Sir John Saunders Sebright,
Bart. Her Ladyship died on the 15th of February, 1840.
By this marriage he had eleven children, three of whom
are dead, namely, Edward Viscount Lascelles, born in
1796, died abroad about three years ago ; Wm. Francis,
born 1801, died 1814 ; and the Hon. Frederick, born

1803, died 1823. The surviving sons and daughters of
his Lordship have intermarried with the first families in
the kingdom.
Edward, father of the late Earl, was born on the 7th
of January, 1740, and died on the 3d of April, 1820. On
the 12th of May, 1761, he married Anne, daughter of
Wm. Chaloner, Esq., who died on The 22d of February,

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1805, leaving four children, namelY, Lady Frances
Douglas, mother of the Eat]. of Morton, Edward, Vis-
count Lascelles, Hon. Henry, the second and late Earl,
and Lady Mary. Anne, who in 1801 married Richard
Yorke, Esq. The family motto of the Harewoods is, In,
solo Deo salus—Salvation in God alone. His Lordship
is succeeded in his title and estates by Henry, Viscount
Lascelles, of Goldsbro' Hall, who was born on the .11th
of June, 1797, and who consequently is in his 44th year.
In July, 1823, he married Lady Louisa Thynne, second
daughter of the Marquis of Bath. His Lordship, we be•
lieve, has eleven children, the oldest of whom, Henry
Thynne, now Viscount Lascelles, was born on the litia
of June, 1824, and is therefore now in his 17th year.
The late Earl has left no fewer than 34 grandchildren,
and of the most beautiful scenes that could possibly be
contemplated was exhibited at Harewood House every
Christmas-day, when every member of the family assem-
bled to honour the birthday of the Noble Earl.
He served in four successive Parliaments, and was the
Conservative candidate at the ever-memorable contested
election for the County of York in 1807, when he was
defeated. The poll commenced on Wednesday, May 20,
and finally closed on Friday, June 5. The total number
of votes recorded was 33,972—namely, for Wilberforce,
11,686 ; for Lord Milton, 11,177 ; and for Mr. Lascelles,
10,987. After losing his election for the county, he
served five years in Parliament for 'Westbury, in Wilt •
shire. In. October, 1812, he was elected for Pontefract.
On the 11th of the same month he was elected for the
county of York by the unsolicited suffrages of the free-
holders. He withdrew from the representation of the'
county at the general election of 1818, and on the 2d of
June, In that year, he was chosen for Northallerton. He
succeeded to the Earldom in 1820. Since that period
his Lordship has interfered but little in political matters: