Alexander Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles

Alexander Edgar Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles (born 13 May 1980) is an English chef, and the third child and second son of David Lascelles, 8th Earl of Harewood, and his first wife Margaret, Viscountess Lascelles.[1] He is a great-great-grandson of King George V and is 61st in line to the British throne. He is heir apparent to the earldom of Harewood,[2] due to his elder brother having been born before their parents' marriage.

Viscount Lascelles
Born
Alexander Edgar Lascelles

(1980-05-13) 13 May 1980
Bath, Somerset, England
OccupationChef
Spouse(s)
Annika Elizabeth Lascelles
(m. 2017)
Children2
Parent(s)

Personal life

Lascelles has a son, Leo Cyrus Anthony Lascelles (born 22 March 2008), who was at his birth the first great-great-great-grandchild of King George V and Queen Mary. Due to being born out of wedlock, Leo Lascelles is unable to succeed to his grandfather's earldom and is not in the line of succession to the British Throne.

On 18 August 2017 at The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Alexander Lascelles married Annika Reed (b. 1984). They have a daughter, Ivy Lascelles, born in October 2018.

References

  1. Walker, Tim (16 May 2014). "Viscount Lascelles, 53rd in line to the the throne, takes a job in the kitchen". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  2. "Hon. Alexander Edgar Lascelles". ThePeerage. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
British royalty
Preceded by
The Earl of Harewood
Line of succession to the British throne
descended from Mary, daughter of George V
Succeeded by
The Hon. Ivy Lascelles


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