Peerage Record – 984

     Major Claude George William Lascelles was born on 4 October 1831.¹ He was the son of Rt. Hon. William Saunders Sebright Lascelles and Lady Caroline Georgiana Howard.¹ He died in November 1903 at age 72, unmarried.¹
     He gained the rank of Major in the Royal Artillery.¹

     Edwin Lascelles was born on 27 September 1833.¹ He was the son of Rt. Hon. William Saunders Sebright Lascelles and Lady Caroline Georgiana Howard.¹ He died on 23 March 1877 at age 43.¹

     Rt. Hon. Sir Frank Cavendish Lascelles was born on 23 March 1841.¹ He was the son of Rt. Hon. William Saunders Sebright Lascelles and Lady Caroline Georgiana Howard.¹ He married Mary Emma Olliffe, daughter of Sir Joseph Francis Olliffe, on 25 June 1867.¹ He died on 2 January 1920 at age 78.¹
     He was with the Diplomatic Service between 1861 and 1908.¹ He was Agent and Consul-General to Bulgaria between 1879 and 1886.¹ He held the office of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Romania between 1887 and 1891.¹ He held the office of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia between 1891 and 1894.¹ He was appointed Knight Grand Cross, Order of St. Michael and St. George (G.C.M.G.) in 1892.¹ He held the office of Ambassador to Russia between 1894 and 1895.¹ He held the office of Ambassador to Germany between 1895 and 1908.¹ He was appointed Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Bath (G.C.B.) in 1897.¹ He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.)¹ He was appointed Knight Grand Cross, Royal Victorian Order (G.C.V.O.) in 1904.¹

     Mary Emma Olliffe was the daughter of Sir Joseph Francis Olliffe.¹ She married Rt. Hon. Sir Frank Cavendish Lascelles, son of Rt. Hon. William Saunders Sebright Lascelles and Lady Caroline Georgiana Howard, on 25 June 1867.¹ She died on 3 April 1897.¹
     Her married name became Lascelles.

     Gerald Claud Lascelles was born on 19 July 1869.¹ He was the son of Rt. Hon. Sir Frank Cavendish Lascelles and Mary Emma Olliffe.¹ He married Cecil Raffo, daughter of Joseph Raffo, Count Raffo, in 1899.¹ He died on 26 June 1919 at age 49.¹

     Florence Caroline Lascelles was the daughter of Rt. Hon. Sir Frank Cavendish Lascelles and Mary Emma Olliffe.¹ She married Rt. Hon. Sir Cecil Arthur Spring Rice, son of Hon. Charles William Thomas Spring Rice and Elizabeth Margaret Marshall, on 1 June 1904.¹ She died on 9 December 1961.¹
     From 1 June 1904, her married name became Spring Rice.

     Rt. Hon. Sir Cecil Arthur Spring Rice was born on 27 February 1859.² He was the son of Hon. Charles William Thomas Spring Rice and Elizabeth Margaret Marshall.² He married Florence Caroline Lascelles, daughter of Rt. Hon. Sir Frank Cavendish Lascelles and Mary Emma Olliffe, on 1 June 1904.² He died on 14 February 1918 at age 58.²
     He held the office of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia between 1906 and 1908.² He held the office of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Sweden between 1908 and 1912.² He was appointed Knight Grand Cross, Order of St. Michael and St. George (G.C.M.G.)¹ He was appointed Knight Grand Cross, Royal Victorian Order (G.C.V.O.)¹ He wrote the book I Vow to Thee My Country, a hymn.² He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1913.² He held the office of Ambassador to the U.S.A. between 1913 and 1918.²

     Cecil Raffo was the daughter of Joseph Raffo, Count Raffo.¹ She married Gerald Claud Lascelles, son of Rt. Hon. Sir Frank Cavendish Lascelles and Mary Emma Olliffe, in 1899.¹ She died on 30 November 1960 at Tunis, Tunisia^G.¹
     Her married name became Lascelles.

     Caroline Maria Gore was the daughter of Hon. Charles Alexander Gore and Lady Augusta Lavinia Priscilla Ponsonby.¹ She married Lt.-Col. Henry Arthur Lascelles, son of Rt. Hon. William Saunders Sebright Lascelles and Lady Caroline Georgiana Howard, on 14 August 1883.¹ She died on 6 November 1945.¹
     Her married name became Lascelles.

     Hon. Charles Alexander Gore was born on 10 October 1811.¹ He was the son of Colonel Hon. William John Gore and Caroline Hales.¹ He married Lady Augusta Lavinia Priscilla Ponsonby, daughter of John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough and Lady Maria Fane, on 2 April 1845 at All Souls, Marylebone, London, England^G.² He died on 6 July 1897 at age 85 at Wimbledon Commons, London, England^G.² He was buried at Woolbeding, Sussex, England^G.²
     He was Commissioner of Woods and Forests between 1839 and 1885.¹