William Lascelles

William Saunders Sebright Lascelles PC (29 October 1798 – 2 July 1851) was a British Whig politician. He served as Comptroller of the Household from 1847 to 1851.

The Right Honourable William Lascelles PC
William Lascelles by William Overend Geller, after William Keighley Briggs
Comptroller of the Household
In office 23 July 1847 – 2 July 1851
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	Lord John Russell
Preceded by	Lord Marcus Hill
Succeeded by	Earl of Mulgrave
Personal details
Born	29 October 1798
Died	2 July 1851 (aged 52)
Nationality	British
Political party	Whig
Spouse(s)	Lady Caroline Howard ​ ​ (m. 1823)​

Background

Lascelles was the third son of Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood, by his wife Henrietta Sebright, daughter of Lieutenant-General Sir John Sebright, 6th Baronet. Edward Lascelles (1796–1839, Viscount Lascelles 1820–1839), Henry Lascelles, 3rd Earl of Harewood, and the Honourable Edwin Lascelles were his brothers.[1]

Political career

Lascelles was returned to Parliament for East Looe in 1826, a seat he held until 1830.[2] He was subsequently MP for Northallerton from 1831 to 1832,[3] for Wakefield from 1837 to 1841 and from 1842 to 1847[4] and for Knaresborough from 1847 to 1851.[5] In 1847 he was sworn of the Privy Council[6] and appointed Comptroller of the Household under Lord John Russell,[7] a post he held until his death in 1851.[8]

Cricket

Lascelles played first-class cricket in 1818. He is recorded in one match for E. H. Budd's XI, totalling 1 run with a highest score of 1.[9]

Family

Lascelles married Lady Caroline Georgiana Howard (d. 1881), daughter of George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle, on 14 May 1823. They had ten children:

• Georgiana Caroline Lascelles (1826-1911), married Charles William Grenfell, a grandson of William Molyneux, 2nd Earl of Sefton and had issue.
• George Dacre Lascelles (1828-1829)
• Henrietta Frances Lascelles (1830-1884), married William Cavendish, 2nd Baron Chesham and had issue.
• Major Claude George William Lascelles (1831–1903), died unmarried.
• Edwin Agar Lascelles (1833–1877), died unmarried.
• Mary Louise Lascelles (c. 1835–1917), died unmarried.
• Emma Elizabeth Lascelles (1838-1920), married Lord Edward Cavendish, son of William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire and had issue.
• Sir Frank Cavendish Lascelles (1841–1920), married Mary Emma Olliffe and had issue.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Arthur Lascelles (1842–1913), married Caroline Maria Gore, sister of Charles Gore and had issue, including Sir Francis William Lascelles.
• Beatrice Blanche Lascelles (1844-1915), married Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury.

Lascelles died on 2 July 1851, aged 52. Lady Caroline Lascelles died in November 1881.[1]

References

1. thepeerage.com Rt. Hon. William Saunders Sebright Lascelles
2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)
3. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 2)
4. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)
5. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 2)
6. "No. 20757". The London Gazette. 23 July 1847. p. 2689.
7. "No. 20759". The London Gazette. 27 July 1847. p. 2752.
8. "No. 21230". The London Gazette. 25 July 1851. p. 1917.
9. "St John". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 March 2013.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Lascelles