Gerald Lascelles
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Gerald David Lascelles (21 August 1924–27 February 1998) was the younger son of the 6th Earl of Harewood and Princess Mary, The Princess Royal, the only daughter of King George V of the United Kingdom and Queen Mary. He was the first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. He was styled The Honourable Gerald Lascelles. He and his first cousin, The Princess Margaret shared the same birthday.
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. After Edward VIII abdicated, he became 8th in the line of succession.
On 15 July 1952, he married Angela Estree Lyssod D'Arcy Dowding (20 April 1919-28 February 2007) at St. Margaret's, Westminster. They had one son, Henry Ulick Lascelles, born in 1953. They were divorced in 1978.
On November 17, 1978, Lascelles married his second wife, Elizabeth Evelyn Collingwood (23 April 1924–14 January 2006) in Vienna, Austria. They had one son, Martin David, born out of wedlock on 9 February 1962.
He 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. He was briefly a driver before this. He died in Bergerac, France in 1998.
At his death he was the second grandchild of King George V and Queen Mary to die, since the death in 1972, of his cousin Prince William of Gloucester.
[edit] Ancestry
| Preceded by Tallulah Lascelles |
Line of succession to the British throne Henry & Maximilian Lascelles |
Succeeded by The Duke of Fife |
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by The Earl Howe |
BRDC President 1964–1991 |
Succeeded by Innes Ireland |
