Daniel Lascelles (1714–1784) was a plantation owner, merchant and politician who sat in the

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from 1752 to 1780. GoldsboroughHall

Born in BarbadosJames C. Brandow, ''Genealogies of Barbados families'', 1983, Genealogical Publishing and baptised at St Michael's, 20 May 1714 he resided at

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near Knaresborough Yorkshire which estate he purchased about 1756. The second son of

Henry Lascelles (1690–1753) Henry Lascelles (1690 – 16 October 1753) was an English-born Barbados plantation owner. He was the son of Daniel Lascelles (1655–1734) and Margaret Metcalfe. He served as Collector of Customs for the British government in Barbados. He was a ...

and his first wife, Mary Carter he represented the constituency of

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from 3 April 1752, succeeding his father, to 1780 when he stood down in favour of his elder brother

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(1713-1795) who later became 1st Baron Harewood. He was a partner in the firm of Lascelles and Maxwell, sugar factors, of Mark Lane, London; which, following the death of George Maxwell in 1763 became Lascelles Clarke and Daling. Daniel married Elizabeth Southwick from whom he was divorced in 1751. He had no legitimate children. He died in Pall Mall London 24 May 1784.John Jones, ''The history and antiquities of Harewood: in the county of York'', 1859

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