DEATH DATE1998-2-27, Bergerac, France (73 years old)
#34116Most Popular
1924
Gerald David Lascelles (21 August 1924 – 27 February 1998) 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.
Lascelles was born at Goldsborough Hall, near Knaresborough, West Riding of Yorkshire, and was baptised in October 1924 with the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of York (later King Edward VIII and Queen Elizabeth) as his godparents represented there by proxies.
The baptism was held in private at St. Mary's Church in the village of Goldsborough.
At his birth, he was 7th in the line of succession.
He was educated at Eton College.
1950
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.
1952
On 15 July 1952, he married Angela Dowding (20 April 1919 – 28 February 2007) at St. Margaret's, Westminster.
They then moved into a house in Albion Mews, W2.
1955
In 1955, the family moved to Fort Belvedere, Surrey, the former country home of Gerald Lascelles' uncle, Edward VIII (the Duke of Windsor).
1964
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.
1969
He served as president of the Institute of the Motor Industry in 1969-73 and 1975–77, and company director of Silverstone Circuits Ltd and Silverstone Leisure Ltd, Smith & Grace (Sales) Ltd, and Green Crop Conservation Ltd.
1978
Before divorcing in July 1978, they had one son:
On 17 November 1978, Lascelles married his second wife, actress Elizabeth Colvin (née Elizabeth Evelyn Collingwood, 23 April 1924 – 14 January 2006), in Vienna, Austria.
