Edwin Lascelles, 1st Baron Harewood

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Edwin Lascelles, 1st Baron Harewood, was an 18th-century British landowner and politician best known for his immense wealth derived from West Indian plantations and for commissioning the grand neoclassical country house Harewood House in Yorkshire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician
human
landowner
peer of Great Britain
associatedWith British slave economy
Yorkshire gentry
birthDate 1713-02-28
birthPlace Saint Michael, Barbados
surface form: St Michael, Barbados
burialPlace All Saints' Church, Harewood
commissionedArchitect John Carr
commissionedInteriorDesigner Robert Adam
commissionedLandscapeDesigner Lancelot "Capability" Brown
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
createdTitleBy George III of the United Kingdom
deathDate 1795-01-25
deathPlace Harewood House, Yorkshire, England
surface form: Harewood House
economicActivity West Indian plantation ownership
sugar plantations in Barbados
elevationToPeerageDate 1790-06-09
familyName Lascelles
father Henry Ulick Lascelles
surface form: Henry Lascelles
givenName Edwin
heir Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood
heritage English of Barbadian background
knownFor immense wealth from West Indian plantations
ownership of slave plantations in the Caribbean
maritalStatus never married
memberOf House of Commons of Great Britain
House of Lords
mother Mary Carter
nobleTitle Baron Harewood
notableWork commissioning Harewood House
owned Harewood House, Yorkshire, England
surface form: Harewood estate in Yorkshire
parliamentaryTerm British Parliament 1744–1747
British Parliament 1754–1761
British Parliament 1761–1768
British Parliament 1768–1774
positionHeld Member of Parliament for Northallerton
Member of Parliament for Scarborough
regionOfActivity Barbados
Yorkshire
religion Church of England
residence Harewood House, Yorkshire, England
surface form: Harewood House

Harewood village
surface form: Harewood, Yorkshire
sibling Daniel Lascelles
timePeriod 18th century
titleCreation Baron Harewood
surface form: Baron Harewood of Harewood in the County of York

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Harewood House, Yorkshire, England patron Edwin Lascelles, 1st Baron Harewood
subject surface form: Harewood House
Harewood House, Yorkshire, England builtFor Edwin Lascelles, 1st Baron Harewood
subject surface form: Harewood House