Alexander Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles

British noble

Annika Elizabeth Reed

(m.

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.^[2]

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.

Ancestry

The following table shows five generations.^[3]^[4]

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^[de]

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

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ Skipp, Paul (28 January 2022). "John Of Gaunt School Newsletter". Archived from the original on 30 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
^ Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987), page 173
^ Burke's Peerage, volume 2, 2003, p. 1784

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