Alexander Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles

Viscount Lascelles
Born
Alexander Edgar Lascelles

(1980-05-13) 13 May 1980 (age 45)
OccupationChef
Spouse
Annika Elizabeth Reed
(m. 2017)
ChildrenLeo Lascelles
Ivy Lascelles
Kit Moon William Lascelles
Parents

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. Lascelles is perhaps better known nowadays by the name 'Orly' - a name given to him by his friend and fellow viscount Harry Dale.

A chef, Lascelles has also taught about food at the John of Gaunt School, Trowbridge.[2]

Personal life

Lascelles has a son, Leo (b. 2008), with his former girlfriend, Laleh Yeganegy.[1]

Lascelles has a daughter, Ivy, and a son, Kit, with his wife Annika Reed (m. 2017), born in 2018 and 2023, respectively.

Ancestry

The following table shows four generations.[3][4]

Ancestors of Alexander Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles
8. Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood
4. George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood
9. Mary, Princess Royal
2. David Lascelles, 8th Earl of Harewood
10. Erwin Stein
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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Skipp, Paul (28 January 2022). "John Of Gaunt School Newsletter". Archived from the original on 30 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  3. ^ Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987), page 173
  4. ^ Burke's Peerage, volume 2, 2003, p. 1784