Alexander Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles

Viscount Lascelles
Viscount Lascelles
Born	Alexander Edgar Lascelles; 13 May 1980; Bath, Somerset, England
Occupation	Chef
Spouse	Annika Elizabeth Reed (m. 2017)
Children	3
Parents	David Lascelles, 8th Earl of Harewood; Margaret Rosalind Messenger;

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 heir apparent to the earldom of Harewood, due to his elder brother having been born before their parents' marriage. He is a great-great-grandson of George V and second cousin once removed to Charles III

A chef, Lascelles has also taught about food at the John of Gaunt School, Trowbridge.

Personal life

Lascelles' first child, Leo Cyrus Anthony, was born out of wedlock (by former girlfriend Laleh Yeganegy)[1] and is unable to succeed to his grandfather's earldom. On 18 August 2017 at Kew Gardens, Alexander Lascelles married Annika Elizabeth Reed (b. 1984). They have a daughter, Ivy, born in 2018 and a son, Kit Moon William, born 2023.

As he is in the line of succession to the throne, under the Royal Marriages Act 1772, until 2015 Lascelles needed royal permission to marry.

Ancestry

The following table shows five generations.[2][3]

Ancestors of Alexander Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles

16. Henry Lascelles, 5th Earl of Harewood

8. Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood

17. Lady Florence Bridgeman

4. George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood

18. George V of the United Kingdom

9. Mary, Princess Royal

19. Princess Victoria Mary of Teck

2. David Lascelles, 8th Earl of Harewood

20. Markus Stein

10. Erwin Stein

21. Nanette Reik

5. Marion Stein

11. Sophie Bachmann

1. Alexander Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles

12. Joseph Messenger

6. Edgar Frank Messenger

13. Phoebe Barnes

3. Margaret Rosalind Messenger

7. Margaret Alice Black

Notes

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.
Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987), page 173
Burke's Peerage, volume 2, 2003, p. 1784

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[telegraph-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] Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987), page 173

[3] Burke's Peerage, volume 2, 2003, p. 1784