Gerald David Lascelles


Gerald David Lascelles was the younger son of Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood and Mary, Princess Royal, the only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary. He was a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. He was styled The Honourable Gerald Lascelles.

Life and family

Lascelles was born at Goldsborough Hall, near Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, and was baptised with the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of York as his godparents. At his birth, he was 7th in the line of succession.
On 15 July 1952, he married Angela Dowding at St. Margaret's, Westminster. They then moved into a house in Albion
Mews, W2. Before divorcing in July 1978, they had one son:
On 17 November 1978, Lascelles married his second wife, actress Elizabeth Colvin, in Vienna, Austria. They had a son:
Lascelles was the president of the British Racing Drivers' Club from 1964 to 1991, after the 5th Earl Howe died. Lord Howe had asked Lascelles to replace him, who was briefly a driver before this. In his role as BRDC president, Lascelles was invited by the Australian Racing Drivers Club, promoters of the Bathurst 1000 Touring car race, to be the Grand Marshal for the 1985 race.
He was also a passionate jazz enthusiast, and he collaborated with journalist and magazine editor Sinclair Traill in compiling the popular Just Jazz yearbooks in the 1950s.
Lascelles died in Bergerac, France, in 1998.