Lascelles

Lascelles (pronounced Lassels or 'La-sells') is an English surname of Norman-French origin whose translation means the saddle. The surname was introduced into England by followers of William the Conqueror after 1066. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alan Lascelles (1887–1981) "Tommy" Lascelles was Private Secretary to both King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II
• Alexander Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles
• Arthur Moore Lascelles (1880-1918), Captain The Durham Light Infantry VC, MC
• Daniel Lascelles (1655–1734), English landowner and politician of Stank and Northallerton, North Riding, Yorkshire
• Daniel Lascelles (1714–1784), English landowner, merchant and British politician of Goldsborough Hall
• Daniel Lascelles (1902–1967), British ambassador to Japan
• David Lascelles, 8th Earl of Harewood, British peer and film and television producer
• Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood (1740–1820), British peer and politician
• Edwin Lascelles, 1st Baron Harewood (1713–1795), British landowner and politician, built Harewood House
• Edwin Lascelles (1799–1865), barrister and MP for Ripon from 1846 to 1857
• Ernita Lascelles (1890–1972), English actress
• Francis Lascelles (1612–1667), Member of English Parliament and New Model Army officer of Stank Hall
• Francis William Lascelles (1890–1979), Clerk of the Parliaments 1953-1959
• Frank Lascelles (diplomat) (1841–1920), British diplomat, ambassador to Germany and to Russia
• Frank Lascelles (pageant master) (1875–1934), British pageant master
• George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood, British peer
• Gerald Lascelles (disambiguation), multiple people
• Henry Lascelles (1690–1753), English merchant, landowner and politician of Harewood, Yorkshire
• Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood (1767–1841), British peer and politician
• Henry Lascelles, 3rd Earl of Harewood (1797–1857), British peer and politician
• Henry Lascelles, 4th Earl of Harewood (1824–1892), British peer
• Henry Lascelles, 5th Earl of Harewood (1846–1929), British peer
• Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood (1882–1947), British peer
• Jamaal Lascelles (born 1993), English footballer
• James Lascelles (born 1953), British musician and son of the 7th Earl of Harewood
• Margaret Lascelles, Viscountess Lascelles (born 1948), the former wife of David Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles
• Mary Lascelles (literary scholar) (1900–1995), British literary scholar
• Roger de Lascelles, 13th century English nobleman
• Thomas Lascelles (British Army officer)
• Thomas Lascelles (died 1697), English Member of Parliament
• Thomas Lascelles (1624–1658), officer in the New Model Army
• Thomas Lascelles (born 1982), son of Jeremy Lascelles
• William Lascelles (1798–1851), British politician and son of Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood

See also

• William Norman Lascelles Davidson
• Earl of Harewood
• Lascelles, Victoria, locality in Victoria, Australia
• Lascelles was an East Indiaman that sailed for the British East India Company between 1779 and 1799, and that was broken up in 1807 after several years as West Indiaman.
• Lascelle, a locality in France.