Saturday, November 18, 2017

Has Orly Lascelles found his Viscountess?

It seems that 'Orly' Lascelles, the second son and third child of the 8th Earl of Harewood and his first wife, Margaret Messenger, has married.  His wife is Annika Reed, whose birth was registered in September 1984 in Exeter). She is the daughter of William J. Reed and Rosalind S. Driver.

The couple was married on August 18, 2017, at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Gardens.

Orly's full name is Alexander Edgar Lascelles and he bears the courtesy title, Viscount Lascelles.  He is the heir apparent to his father's earldom and to the Harewood House estate.

He was born May 13, 1980, in Bath.  His older brother, the Hon. Benjamin Lascelles was born before their parents married in 1979 and cannot succeed to the Harewood earldom or the British throne.

Lord Harewood is the eldest of three sons of the late George, 7th Earl of Harewood, who died in 2011, and his first wife, Marion Stein.   Lord Harewood has a younger half-brother by his father's second wife, Patricia Tuckwell.

The late Earl of Harewood was the elder son of the 6th Earl of Harewood and HRH Princess Mary, Princess Royal, the only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary.  The late Earl was a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, who is one of the present Earl's godparents.

Lord Lascelles, who has worked as a chef, has a 9-year-old son, Leo Cyrus Anthony Lascelles, by his former girlfriend, Laleh Yeganegy. Leo will not be able to succeed to the earldom or to the British throne.

Lady Lascelles is an artist. She teaches at Dulwich College in London.

http://www.annikareed.com

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/10834334/Viscount-Lascelles-53rd-in-line-to-the-the-throne-takes-a-job-in-the-kitchen.html

http://harewood.org

3 comments:

Lucio said...

What happens to the title once the heir to the Earl dies?

Lucio said...

Who inherits the title after Leo Cyrus Anthony Lascelles passes away?

Marlene Eilers Koenig said...

Alexander is the heir apparent to his father, the present earl. Leo cannot inherit as he was born illegitimate. Alexander is now married and so far only a daughter. There are plenty of Lascelles. Alexander has a younger brother Edward who is married with one son. the present earl has 2 younger brothers, with several eligible males, the present earl also has a first cousin and there collateral line descendants