Alan Lascelles
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Captain the Right Honourable Sir Alan Lascelles GCB GCVO CMG MC |
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Lascelles in 1943
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| Private Secretary to the Sovereign | |
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In office 1943–1953 |
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| Monarch |
Edward VIII George VI Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Sir Alexander Hardinge |
| Succeeded by | Sir Michael Adeane |
| Secretary to the Governor General of Canada | |
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In office 1931–1935 |
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| Governor General | The Earl of Bessborough |
| Preceded by | Sir Eric Miéville |
| Succeeded by | Shuldham Redfern |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 April 1887 |
| Died | 10 August 1981 (aged 94) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Oxford |
Sir Alan Frederick "Tommy" Lascelles GCB GCVO CMG MC (11 April 1887 – 10 August 1981) was a British courtier and civil servant who held several positions in the first half of the twentieth century, culminating in his position as Private Secretary to both King George VI and to Queen Elizabeth II. He wrote the Lascelles Principles in a 1950 letter to the editor of The Times, using the pen-name "Senex".
Lascelles (usually pronounced to rhyme with "tassels") was known to his intimates as "Tommy". He was born the son of Commander The Hon. Frederick Canning Lascelles and Frederica Maria Liddell, and the grandson of Henry Lascelles, 4th Earl of Harewood. He was thus a cousin of Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood, who married Mary, the Princess Royal, sister of his employers, Edward VIII and George VI.
After attending school at Marlborough College, followed by Trinity College, Oxford, Lascelles served in France with the Bedfordshire Yeomanry during the First World War, after which he became the Aide-de-Camp to his brother-in-law Lord Lloyd, the Governor of Bombay from 1919 to 1920.
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