Harewood is a surname. Notable persons with that surname include:
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Harewood House is a country house in Harewood, West Yorkshire, England. Designed by architects John Carr and Robert Adam, it was built, between 1759 and 1771, for Edwin Lascelles, 1st Baron Harewood, a wealthy West Indian plantation and slave-owner. The landscape was designed by Lancelot "Capability" Brown and spans 1,000 acres (400 ha) at Harewood.
Harewood is a village, civil parish, former manor and ecclesiastical parish, in West Yorkshire, England, today in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds. The civil parish population at the 2011 census was 3,734.
Thomas Chippendale (1718–1779) was born in Otley in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England in June 1718. He became a cabinet-maker in London, designing furniture in the mid-Georgian, English Rococo, and Neoclassical styles. In 1754 he published a book of his designs, titled The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director, upon which success he became renowned. The designs are regarded as representing the current British fashion for furniture of that period and are now reproduced globally. He was buried 16 November 1779, according to the records of St Martin-in-the-Fields, in the cemetery since built upon by the National Gallery. Chippendale furniture is much valued; a padouk cabinet that was offered for auction during 2008 sold for £2,729,250.
Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, was a member of the British royal family. She was the only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary, and was also the aunt of the current British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. In the First World War, she performed charity work in support of servicemen and their families. She was given the title of Princess Royal in 1932. During the Second World War, she was Controller Commandant of the Auxiliary Territorial Service. Mary and her husband, the 6th Earl of Harewood, had two sons, George, 7th Earl of Harewood and The Honourable Gerald Lascelles.
George Henry Hubert Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood,, styled The Hon. George Lascelles before 1929 and Viscount Lascelles between 1929 and 1947, was a British classical music administrator and author. He served as director of the Royal Opera House, chairman of the board of the English National Opera (ENO) (1986–95); managing director of the ENO (1972–85), managing director of the English National Opera North (1978–81), governor of the BBC (1985–87), and president of the British Board of Film Classification (1985–96).
Earl of Harewood, in the County of York, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood was a British millionaire landowner, art collector, peer and, before which, Member of Parliament.
Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood DL, known as Viscount Lascelles from 1814 to 1820, was a British peer, slave plantation and other land owner, chiefly inheritee art collector, and Member of Parliament.
David Henry George Lascelles, 8th Earl of Harewood, is a British hereditary peer and film and television producer. He is a first cousin, once removed, of Queen Elizabeth II, a great-grandson of King George V and is 60th in line to the British throne. From his birth in 1950 until he succeeded his father in July 2011, he was known by the courtesy title Viscount Lascelles.
Henry George Charles Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood,, styled The Honourable Henry Lascelles before 1892 and Viscount Lascelles between 1892 and 1929, was a British soldier, peer, and a landowner. He was the husband of Mary, Princess Royal, and thus a son-in-law of King George V and Queen Mary and a brother-in-law to Edward VIII and George VI.
Henry Lascelles, 3rd Earl of Harewood DL, known as Viscount Lascelles from 1839 to 1841, was a British peer and Member of Parliament.
Henry Ulick Lascelles, 5th Earl of Harewood was a British peer and the son of Henry Lascelles, 4th Earl of Harewood.
Patricia Elizabeth Lascelles, Countess of Harewood was an Australian-British violinist and fashion model. She was the wife of George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood, eldest paternal first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.
This is a list of those who have held the position of Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire from its creation in 1660 to its abolition on 31 March 1974. From 1699 until 1974, all Lords Lieutenant were also Custos Rotulorum of the West Riding of Yorkshire. The incumbent Lord Lieutenant became in 1974 Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire, covering a smaller area.
Cecil Weld-Forester, 1st Baron Forester was a Tory British Member of Parliament and later peer.
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Lascelles 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:
David Harewood, MBE is a British actor and presenter. He is best known for his roles as CIA Counterterrorism Director David Estes in Homeland (2011–2012), and as J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter and Hank Henshaw / Cyborg Superman in Supergirl (2015–present).
Edward Montagu Stuart Granville Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Wharncliffe, was a British peer and railway executive.