Edwin Lascelles (1799 in Harewood – 25 April 1865 in Wighill Park, near

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) was a British Conservative Party politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for

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from 1846 to 1857. Lascelles was a younger son of

Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood DL (25 December 1767 – 24 November 1841), known as Viscount Lascelles from 1814 to 1820, was a British peer, Tory politician, planter and art collector. Early life and politics Harewood was the second son ...

.John Jones, ''The History and antiquities of Harewood'', p. 298 He graduated

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from

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in 1826, and was called to the Bar from the

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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

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'', June 1865, p. 801

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* 1799 births 1865 deaths Alumni of All Souls College, Oxford Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies

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