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Henry George Charles Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood
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| Henry George Charles Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood KG GCVO DSO TD (September 9, 1882–May 23, 1947) was the son of Henry Lascelles, 5th Earl of Harewood. On February 28, 1922, he married Princess Mary, the only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary, at Westminster Abbey.
Princess Mary Windsor, by John Singer Sargent, 1925 > They had two children: George Henry Hubert Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood (b. 7 February 1923) Hon. Gerald David Lascelles (21 August 1924 - 27 February 1998) Henry died in 1947, aged 64 at his home, Harewood House. H  arewood House
http://www.touruk.co.uk/houses/houseyorkshire_harewood.htm Harewood House has been the home of the Lascelles family for over 200 years. The Lascelles are an ancient family and one came to Britain with William the Conqueror. The family increased their fortune at the end of the 17th century through profits from their sugar plantations in Barbados and their wealth enabled the Lascelles to build Harewood House. The stunning Paladian house was designed by John Carr of York in the 1759 and interiors were the work of Robert Adam. Much of the furniture at Harewood was designed especially for the house by Thomas Chippendale who was born at nearby Otley. In Victorian times the architect Sir Charles Barry, who designed the Houses of Parliament, added a third storey to Harewood House and created an Italianate terrace along the south facade. Succeeding generations of the family have added fine art collections to the house. The 1st Viscount Lascelles collected French porcelain and Chinese celadon and commissioned watercolours by the foremost artists of the day. The 6th Earl of Harewood, father of the present Earl, collected Italian paintings whilst the 6th Earl's wife Princess Mary, the Princess Royal, was the daughter of George V. Princess Mary carried out restoration of the house to re-establish Robert Adam's designs. Her personal royal mementos are displayed throughout the house. The Entrance Hall with its plasterwork and classical design is dominated by a statue of Adam by Joseph Epstein. All the rooms from the state rooms to Lord Harewood's Library and Sitting Room are furnished with collections of art, porcelain and splendid furniture. The house's collection of English paintings includes works by Reynolds, Gainsborough and Turner. There are two watercolour rooms and the Terrace Gallery has a programme of temporary art exhibitions. Harewood House is set in grounds developed by 'Capability Brown'. The Parterre Terrace has box scrolls and seasonal planting.. In the grounds are woodland and lakeside walks as well as the famous Harewood Bird Garden with exotic and endangered species from all around the world. Outdoor events are held in the grounds, including car rallies and concerts. http://www.britainexpress.com/counties/yorkshire/houses/harewood.htm The House Harewood House is a testament to the business acumen of Henry Lascelles, an 18th century trader involved in commerce with the West Indies. So successful was Lascelles in his business ventures that he bought the estate of Gawthorpe, between the present site of Harewood and the lake. Lascelles' son, Edwin, the first Lord Harewood, inherited Gawthorpe and the adjoining Harewood estate on his father's death in 1753, and devoted his energies to creating on his new lands a grand country house estate. Edwin Lascelles chose as his architect the young John Carr, of York, with assistance from Robert Adam. Carr used local millstone grit for the house exterior, and even the interior bricks and stucco came from Lascelles lands. Carr created a house composed of a central block joined by single-story links to wings on either side. The front entrance is through a massive pediment supported on 6 Corinthian columns. Lascelles had a reputation as a man with a close eye on his purse-strings, but this did not stop him from commissioning Robert Adam to create his interior design, or hiring Thomas Chippendale to fill the house with fine furniture. Chippendale complained that by 1777 he had worked on Harewood for almost 8 years and been paid next to nothing! However, the result of his endeavors and those of Adam created at Harewood one of the undeniably superb examples of the English country house estate, with a simple, balanced design of classical elegance and symmetry.
The classical symmetry of the original exterior design was altered by Sir Charles Barry in the 1840s. Barry added an Italianate balustrade to the front, and a third story. Barry was also responsible for the Terrace Garden below the South Front. The garden gives access to the Terrace Gallery, an art exhibition housed in what was originally the Sub Hall, where a changing schedule of exhibitions and special events makes a variety of fine art accessible to visitors. By the early years of the 20th century the fortunes of the Lascelles family were at a low ebb. In 1916, however, a lucky meeting changed the family fortunes. Viscount Henry Lascelles, then a Grenadier on leave from his duties at the Front, happened to meet his miserly uncle, the eccentric Marquess of Clanricarde, in London. The younger man shared a pleasant hour of conversation with his relation, and when the Marquess died some months later, he left his huge fortune to Lascelles. This same Henry Lascelles, later the Sixth Earl, married Mary, Princess Royal, the daughter of King George V and Queen Mary. Between them, the sixth Earl and HRH initiated a program of restoration at Harewood, the results of which can still be seen. As well, they added to the already excellent collection of fine art over their time at Harewood. Harewood cost £37,000 to complete. -------------- 1947 – 1950 Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Cavendish%2C_10th_Duke_of_Devonshire 
KG (May 6, 1895 – November 26, 1950), known as Marquess of Hartington (1908–1938), was Member of Parliament for West Derbyshire from 1923 to 1938 and a Minister in Winston Churchill's wartime government. He was Chancellor of the University of Leeds from 1938 until 1950. He was a freemason and was Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England from 1947 to 1950. In 1917 he married Lady Mary Gascoyne-Cecil. They had five children, including his eldest son William, Marquess of Hartington who was killed in action in World War II, and Lord Andrew Cavendish who inherited the dukedom.
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