Daniel Lascelles

Who was Daniel Lascelles?

Daniel Lascelles, English landowner and politician of Stank and Northallerton, North Riding, Yorkshire, was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Northallerton at a by-election on 3 February 1702. He did not stand for election again. He also served as High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1719.

Lascelles was the son of Francis Lascelles of Stank Hall Kirby Sigston Yorkshire and his wife Frances, daughter of Sir William St Quintin, Baronet of Harpham Yorkshire. Francis Lascelles, regicide and a dissenter had been a colonel in the Parliament's army and was MP for the North Riding in 1653. Francis's trade connections extended to Ireland and Barbados.

Daniel Lascelles married twice.

By his first wife Margaret Metcalfe daughter and heiress of William Metcalfe of Northallerton, his nine children included:

George Lascelles

Henry Lascelles

By his second wife Mary Lascelles: daughter of kinsman Edward Lascelles, merchant of Barbados and Stoke Newington London:

Edward Lascelles, father of Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood