Biography of Henry Lascelles 6th Earl Harewood 1882-1947

On 5th November 1881 [his father] Henry Ulrick Lascelles 5th Earl Harewood [aged 35] and [his mother] Florence Katharine Bridgeman Countess Harewood [aged 22] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Orlando Bridgeman 3rd Earl Bradford [aged 62] and [his grandmother] Selina Weld-Forester Countess Bradford. He the son of Henry Thynne Lascelles 4th Earl Harewood [aged 57] and Elizabeth Joanna Burgh. They were third cousins.

On 9th September 1882 Henry Lascelles 6th Earl Harewood was born to Henry Ulrick Lascelles 5th Earl Harewood [aged 36] and Florence Katharine Bridgeman Countess Harewood [aged 23] at 43 Belgrave Square, Belgravia.

On 24th June 1892 [his grandfather] Henry Thynne Lascelles 4th Earl Harewood [aged 68] died. His son [his father] Henry [aged 45] succeeded 5th Earl Harewood in Yorkshire, 5th Viscount Lascelles, 5th Baron Harewood of Harewood in Yorkshire. [his mother] Florence Katharine Bridgeman Countess Harewood [aged 33] by marriage Countess Harewood in Yorkshire.

In 1922 Henry Lascelles 6th Earl Harewood [aged 39] was appointed 864th Knight of the Garter by [his future father-in-law] King George V of the United Kingdom [aged 56].

On 28th February 1922 Henry Lascelles 6th Earl Harewood [aged 39] and Princess Mary Windsor Countess Harewood [aged 24] were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. His best-man was Major Victor Mackenzie 3rd Baronet [aged 39]. Her bridesmaids included Doris Hilda Gordon-Lennox [aged 25], Mary Cambridge Duchess Beaufort [aged 24], Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon [aged 21], Princess Maud Duff Countess Southesk [aged 28], Rachel Cavendish [aged 20], Helen Diana Bridgeman [aged 14], Mary Beatrice Thynne Baroness Nunburnholme [aged 18] and Princess May of Teck [aged 16]. The wedding was attending by her father and mother King George V of the United Kingdom [aged 56] and Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [aged 54]. She the daughter of King George V of the United Kingdom and Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England. He the son of Henry Ulrick Lascelles 5th Earl Harewood [aged 75] and Florence Katharine Bridgeman Countess Harewood [aged 63].

28th February 1922 . Photograph of the wedding of Henry Lascelles 6th Earl Harewood [aged 39] and [his wife] Princess Mary Windsor Countess Harewood [aged 24] with [his father-in-law] King George V of the United Kingdom [aged 56] and [his mother-in-law] Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [aged 54].

On 7th February 1923 [his son] George Henry Hubert Lascelles 7th Earl Harewood was born to Henry Lascelles 6th Earl Harewood [aged 40] and [his wife] Princess Mary Windsor Countess Harewood [aged 25] at Chesterfield House. He a grandson of King George V of the United Kingdom. He married 29th September 1949 Marion Stein Countess Harewood and had issue.

On 21st August 1924 [his son] Gerald David Lascelles was born to Henry Lascelles 6th Earl Harewood [aged 41] and [his wife] Princess Mary Windsor Countess Harewood [aged 27] at Goldsborough Hall, Knaresborough. He a grandson of King George V of the United Kingdom.

On 31st March 1928 [his brother-in-law] Henry Windsor 1st Duke Gloucester [aged 28] was created 1st Duke Gloucester.

In 1929 Henry Lascelles 6th Earl Harewood [aged 46] was appointed 877th Knight of the Garter by [his father-in-law] King George V of the United Kingdom [aged 63].

On 6th October 1929 [his father] Henry Ulrick Lascelles 5th Earl Harewood [aged 83] died. His son Henry [aged 47] succeeded 6th Earl Harewood in Yorkshire, 6th Viscount Lascelles, 6th Baron Harewood of Harewood in Yorkshire. [his wife] Princess Mary Windsor Countess Harewood [aged 32] by marriage Countess Harewood in Yorkshire.

On 9th October 1934 [his brother-in-law] Prince George Windsor 1st Duke Kent [aged 31] was created 1st Duke Kent.

On 29th November 1934 [his brother-in-law] Prince George Windsor 1st Duke Kent [aged 31] and Princess Marina Glücksburg Duchess Kent [aged 27] were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. She by marriage Duchess Kent. The wedding was followed by a Greek ceremony in the private chapel at Buckingham Palace [Map]. She had eight bridesmaids: her first cousins Princess Irene Glücksburg [aged 30], He the son of [his father-in-law] King George V of the United Kingdom [aged 69] and [his mother-in-law] Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [aged 67]. They were second cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

On 6th November 1935 [his brother-in-law] Henry Windsor 1st Duke Gloucester [aged 35] and Alice Christabel Montagu-Douglas-Scott Duchess Gloucester [aged 33] were married at Buckingham Palace [Map]. She by marriage Duchess Gloucester. She the daughter of John Scott 7th Duke Buccleuch 9th Duke Queensberry [deceased] and Margaret Alice "Molly" Bridgeman Duchess Buccleuch Duchess Queensbury [aged 63]. He the son of [his father-in-law] King George V of the United Kingdom [aged 70] and [his mother-in-law] Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [aged 68].

On 20th January 1936 [his father-in-law] King George V of the United Kingdom [aged 70] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Edward [aged 41] succeeded VIII King of the United Kingdom. Duke York merged with the crown.

On 3rd June 1937 [his brother-in-law] King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom [aged 42] and Wallis Warfield aka Simpson Duchess of Windsor [aged 40] were married at the Château de Candé. No member of his family attended. He the son of [his father-in-law] King George V of the United Kingdom and [his mother-in-law] Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [aged 70].

Before 25th April 1939 Thomas William Anson [aged 26] and Anne Ferelith Bowes-Lyon [aged 21] were married at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map]. The wedding was attended by the [his brother-in-law] King [aged 43] and Queen [aged 38], Princesses Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom [aged 13] and Princess Margaret [aged 8] - see Pathe. He the son of Thomas Edward Anson 4th Earl Lichfield [aged 55] and Evelyn Maud Keppel Countess Lichfield [aged 52].

In 1941 Hugh Molyneux 7th Earl of Sefton [aged 42] and Josephine Gwynne Armstrong Countess Sefton [aged 38]. Whilst he was a good friend of the [his brother-in-law] Duke of Windsor [aged 46], his wife was a good friend of the Duke's wife Wallis Warfield aka Simpson Duchess of Windsor [aged 44]. Josephine Gwynne Armstrong Countess Sefton by marriage Countess Sefton.

In 1943 [his mother] Florence Katharine Bridgeman Countess Harewood [aged 84] died.

On 26th April 1943 Alastair Windsor 2nd Duke Connaught and Strathearn [aged 28] died at Ottawa. He was buried at St Ninian's Chapel, Mar Lodge Estate. Duke Connaught and Strathearn extinct. The diaries of Sir Alan Lascelles [aged 56], [his brother-in-law] King George VI's [aged 47] private secretary, published in 2006, recorded that both the regiment and Athlone had rejected him as incompetent, and he fell out of a window when drunk and perished of hypothermia overnight.

On 24th May 1947 Henry Lascelles 6th Earl Harewood [aged 64] died at Harewood House [Map]. He was buried at All Saints Church Harewood [Map]. His son George [aged 24] succeeded 7th Earl Harewood in Yorkshire, 7th Viscount Lascelles, 7th Baron Harewood of Harewood in Yorkshire.

On 28th March 1965 [his former wife] Princess Mary Windsor Countess Harewood [aged 67] died.