Daniel Lascelles (1714–1784)

Daniel Lascelles (1714–1784) was a plantation owner, merchant and politician who sat in the British House of Commons from 1752 to 1780.

Born in Barbados[1] and baptised at St Michael's, 20 May 1714 he resided at Goldsborough Hall near Knaresborough Yorkshire which estate he purchased about 1756.

[2] The second son of Henry Lascelles (1690–1753) and his first wife, Mary Carter[1] he represented the constituency of Northallerton from 3 April 1752, succeeding his father, to 1780 when he stood down in favour of his elder brother Edwin (1713-1795) who later became 1st Baron Harewood.

[3] He was a partner in the firm of Lascelles and Maxwell, sugar factors, of Mark Lane, London; which, following the death of George Maxwell in 1763 became Lascelles Clarke and Daling.

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