Henry Lascelles, 5th Earl of Harewood

Henry Ulick Lascelles, 5th Earl of Harewood GCVO TD JP (21 August 1846 – 6 October 1929) was a British peer and the son of Henry Lascelles, 4th Earl of Harewood.

He initially served in the regular army as captain in the Grenadier Guards, after which he served part-time as an officer in the Yorkshire Hussars Yeomanry,[1] which became part of the Territorial Army in 1908.

He also held the post of colonel and yeomanry aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria from 1897, Edward VII throughout the latter's reign, and to George V from 1910 until his own death.

In early 1901 Lord Harewood was asked by King Edward to take part in a special diplomatic mission to announce the King's accession to the governments of France, Spain,[1] and Portugal.

[1] On 5 November 1881 he married at St Peter's Church, Eaton Square, London, Lady Florence Katharine Bridgeman, daughter of Orlando Bridgeman, 3rd Earl of Bradford, and they had three children:[1]