The Right Honourable William Lascelles PC |
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William Lascelles by William Overend Geller, after William Keighley Briggs
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Comptroller of the Household | |
In office 23 July 1847 – 2 July 1851 |
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Monarch | Victoria |
Prime Minister | Lord John Russell |
Preceded by | Lord Marcus Hill |
Succeeded by | Earl of Mulgrave |
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Born | 29 October 1798 |
Died | 2 July 1851 (aged 52) |
Nationality | British |
Political party | Whig |
Spouse(s) | Lady Caroline Howard (d. 1881) |
William Saunders Sebright Lascelles PC (29 October 1798 – 2 July 1851) was a British Whig politician. He served as Comptroller of the Household from 1847 to 1851.
Lascelles was the third son of Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood, by his wife Henrietta Sebright, daughter of Lieutenant-General Sir John Sebright, 6th Baronet. Edward Lascelles (1796–1839, Viscount Lascelles 1820–1839), Henry Lascelles, 3rd Earl of Harewood, and the Honourable Edwin Lascelles were his brothers.
Lascelles was returned to Parliament for East Looe in 1826, a seat he held until 1830. He was subsequently MP for Northallerton from 1831 to 1832, for Wakefield from 1837 to 1841 and from 1842 to 1847 and for Knaresborough from 1847 to 1851. In 1847 he was sworn of the Privy Council and appointed Comptroller of the Household under Lord John Russell, a post he held until his death in 1851.
Lascelles played first-class cricket in 1818. He is recorded in one match for E. H. Budd's XI, totalling 1 run with a highest score of 1.
Lascelles married Lady Caroline Georgiana Howard (d. 1881), daughter of George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle, on 14 May 1823. They had nine children: