Edwin Lascelles (MP for Ripon) explained

Edwin Lascelles (1799 in Harewood – 25 April 1865 in Wighill Park, near Wetherby) was a British Conservative Party politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Ripon from 1846 to 1857.^[1]

Lascelles was a younger son of Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood.^[2] He graduated B.C.L. from All Souls College, Oxford in 1826, and was called to the Bar from the Inner Temple 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 apoplexy.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Book: Craig, F. W. S. . British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 . 2nd . 1989 . F. W. S. Craig . First published 1977 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 255 . 0-900178-26-4.
2. John Jones, The History and antiquities of Harewood, p. 298
3. The Gentleman's Magazine, June 1865, p. 801