Daniel Lascelles (1714–1784) Explained

Daniel Lascelles (1714–1784) was a plantation owner, merchant and politician who sat in the British House of Commons from 1752 to 1780. Born in Barbados^[1] and baptised at St Michael's, 20 May 1714 he resided at Goldsborough Hall near Knaresborough Yorkshire which estate he purchased about 1756.^[2]

The second son of Henry Lascelles (1690–1753) and his first wife, Mary Carter^[1] he represented the constituency of Northallerton from 3 April 1752, succeeding his father, to 1780 when he stood down in favour of his elder brother Edwin (1713-1795) who later became 1st Baron Harewood.^[3]

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.^[4]

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.^[5]

Notes and References

1. James C. Brandow, Genealogies of Barbados families, 1983, Genealogical Publishing
2. Nikolaus Pevsner, Enid Radcliffe Yorkshire: the West Riding 1968 Penguin
3. Romney R. Sedgwick, The History of Parliament 1715-1754, The History of Parliament Trust 1964-2011
4. Simon David Smith Slavery, family, and gentry capitalism in the British Atlantic: the world of the Lascelles 2006, Cambridge University Press
5. John Jones, The history and antiquities of Harewood: in the county of York, 1859