Edward Lascelles

Edward Lascelles

David Henry George Lascelles, 8th Earl of Harewood (born 21 October 1950 in Paddington, London), is a British hereditary peer and film and television producer. He is in line to the British throne. From his birth in 1950 until he succeeded his father in July 2011, he was known by the courtesy title Viscount Lascelles.

Lord Harewood was born at his parents' London house, 2 Orme Square, Bayswater, London, the eldest son of the 7th Earl of Harewood and his first wife, Marion Stein. He was baptised at All Saints' Church, Harewood. His father was first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. His godparents were Elizabeth II (then HRH The Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh), his great-grandmother Queen Mary, The Viscountess Boyne, Benjamin Britten and his uncle The Hon. Gerald Lascelles.

On 12 February 1979 at St. Mary's Church, Paddington, London, he married Margaret Rosalind Messenger (born 15 April 1948), daughter of Edgar Frank Messenger and Margaret Alice Black: they were divorced in 1989. At one time, she was employed as a laboratory assistant at the University of Bristol. On 11 March 1990, he married Diane Jane Howse. His children are:

• The Lady Emily Tsering Shard (born 23 November 1975 in Bath), obtained Royal Consent to marry from the Privy Council on 12 February 2008. She married Matthew Shard. Lady Emily and her husband are the parents of twins.
• The Hon. Benjamin George Lascelles (born 19 September 1978 in Bath), a conservationist, obtained Royal Consent to marry from the Privy Council. He married Colombian Carolina Vélez Robledo on 18 April 2009 at Harewood House.
• Alexander Edgar Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles (born 13 May 1980 in Bath). He is heir-apparent to the earldom and he has a son, Leo Cyrus Anthony Lascelles, by his girlfriend Laleh Yeganegy.
• The Hon. Edward David Lascelles (born 19 November 1982 in Bath).

Lascelles succeeded to the Earldom of Harewood on the death of his father in 2011.