Gerald David Lascelles (/ˈlæsəls/ LASS-əlss; 21 August 1924 – 27 February 1998) was the younger son of Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood, and Mary, Princess Royal, the only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary.
Lascelles was born at Goldsborough Hall, near Knaresborough, West Riding of Yorkshire, and was baptised in October 1924 with the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of York (later King Edward VIII and Queen Elizabeth) as his godparents represented there by proxies.
[3] In 1955, the family moved to Fort Belvedere, Surrey, the former country home of Gerald Lascelles's uncle, Edward VIII (the Duke of Windsor).
They had a son: Lascelles was the president of the British Racing Drivers' Club from 1964[2] to 1991, after the 5th Earl Howe died.
He served as president of the Institute of the Motor Industry in 1969-73 and 1975–77, and company director of Silverstone Circuits Ltd and Silverstone Leisure Ltd, Smith & Grace (Sales) Ltd, and Green Crop Conservation Ltd.[2] He was also a passionate jazz enthusiast, and he collaborated with journalist and magazine editor Sinclair Traill in compiling the popular Just Jazz yearbooks in the 1950s.