New-York tribune., 1911-11-06
LORD LASCELLES HERE
His Father, Lord Harewood,
Pillar of the Enuish Turf.

Copyright. 1911, by the Brentwood COMPANY
Lord Lascelles. who is now STAYING AT the
Ritz Carlton Hotel in this city. is the eldest
son and heir Of the Earl Of Harewood. and
while he has been recently connected with
the diplomatic service as an attache and
also spent some time at Ottawa as aide-de-
camp to Lord Minto, formerly held COM
mission in the Grenadier Guards. TO which
his father and so many Of his ancestors be-
l0nged. But he severed his connection with
the regiment following unpleasantness in
relation to a Raging is. hazng-
affair.
The family of Lascelles is one OF the old
est in Yorkshire. where ii has held promi-
nent rank and enjoyed great prestige ever
since the reign Of King Edward |. seven
centuries ago. The oarldom, however. is OF
relatively modern origin. having been Gre
ated little over a hundred years ago in
favor of Edward Lascelles. who was the
intimate friend of Maria ThereSa's son.
Emperor Joseph II. The latter presented 10
the first Lord Harewood some Tokay vines
which the earl planted in 1888 at Harewood
House, his place i'm Yorkshire and which
still yield a quantity of delicious grapes
every year This first Lord HARDWOOD in
herited vast fortune from his father and
uncle, amassed by them in the West Indies.
especially in Jamaica and Barbados.
Uarewood House IS one Of the grandest
country seats in Great Britain. 1t was
built in the reign OF George I'll from de-
signs by Adams and Carr on the site of an
ancient manor house known as Gawthorpc,
and is famous for its superb painted cell
ings The unique collection Of old Scvres,
old Dresden and Crown Derby porcelain.
valued by experts a considerably more than
81 .O0s. .O0O. which was once tho glory of the
place. has been sold by he present earl in
order TO got rid Of the heavy incumbranccs
on his property. Harewood House stands
in a great deer park Of several thousand
acres. and the present Lord Uarewood on
joys cosmopolitan fame as one Of the pillars
Of the English Jockey Club and as ono Of
tho greatest authorities on all matters con-
nected with tho turf
One of the carl's alf-brothers, the Hon.
Eric LasCcllos, died as travelling show
man son-e years ago at Broadway. in
Worcestershire, under somewhat mysterious
circumstances. Another half-brotncr the
Hon. Francis John Lascelles now happily
married killed his Chinese cook in ft of
temporary insanity while out ranching in
British Columbia, was tried for murder and
committed to an asylum, whence he was
subsequently discharged cured.
more distinguished member Of the fam
lily is Sir Frank Jascelles, the former Brit
ish Ambassador at Berlin. Sir Frank mar
ried the daughter of Sir Joseph CiifCe, Irish
physician to Napoleon III and TO the Duo
de Morny. who as joint creator with the
latter of the popular French seaside resort
Deauvlle is portrayed by Alphonse Daudet
in his novel THE Nabob'' in "A singularly
malignant and slanderous manner under the
transparent pseudonym Of OR Jenkins" :"
sir Franks daughter is now married to Sir
Cecil Spring Rice, long attached TO the cm-
bassy at Washington and now British Min
lister at Stockholm.