Edwin Lascelles (MP)
British politician
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| Intro | British politician | ||
| Places | United Kingdom Great Britain | ||
| was | Politician | ||
| Work field | Politics | ||
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| Birth | 1799 | ||
| Death | 25 April 1865 (aged 66 years) | ||
| Politics: | Conservative Party | ||
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Biography
Edwin Lascelles (1799 in Harewood – 25 April 1865 in Wighill Park, near Wetherby) was a British Conservative Party politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Ripon from 1846 to 1857.
Lascelles was a younger son of Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood. He graduated B.C.L. from All Souls College, Oxford in 1826, and was called to the Bar from the Inner Temple in the same year. Returned MP for Ripon without a contest in January 1846, he was re-elected in 1852 and retired in 1857.
He died suddenly, of apoplexy.
Titles and styles
- 1799 - January 1846: The Honourable Edwin Lascelles
- January 1846 - 25 April 1865: The Honourable Edwin Lascelles, MP