Edwin Lascelles (MP for Ripon)

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.^[2] 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]

References[edit]

^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [First published 1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 255. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
^ ^a ^b John Jones, The History and antiquities of Harewood, p. 298
^ The Gentleman's Magazine, June 1865, p. 801

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Thomas Berry Cusack Smith Sir George Cockburn	Member of Parliament for Ripon 1846 – 1857 With: Sir George Cockburn to 1847 Sir James Graham 1847–1852 William Beckett from 1852	Succeeded by John Greenwood John Ashley Warre

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