Patricia Lascelles, Countess of Harewood
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Died | 4 May 2018 Harewood House, Leeds, England | (aged 91)
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Relatives | Barry Tuckwell (brother) |
Occupation | Violinist, former fashion model |
Patricia Elizabeth Lascelles, Countess of Harewood (née Tuckwell, formerly Shmith; 24 November 1926 – 4 May 2018) was an Australian-British violinist and fashion model. She was the wife of George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood, eldest paternal first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.
Early life and career
Lascelles was born in Melbourne, the daughter of Charles Tuckwell, an organist,[1] and his wife Elizabeth, and an older sister of Barry Tuckwell.
After being educated privately, she pursued a career in music as a violinist for the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
She was also a
Personal life
On 7 July 1948, Patricia married Athol Shmith in Melbourne, and they had one son, Michael (b. 1949), formerly a senior journalist for The Age 1981–2017. The couple divorced in 1957.
She later married George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood, on 31 July 1967 at New Canaan, Connecticut (USA), having been forced to marry outside the UK by the Royal Marriages Act 1772, then still in force.[4] The couple had met in Italy in 1959.[5] They had one son,
Countess of Harewood
As Countess of Harewood, Lascelles helped manage the family seat Harewood House in Yorkshire, developing it as a centre for bird conservation and expanding it as a visitor attraction.
She was patroness of the
The Countess died at Harewood House on 4 May 2018.[12]
References
- ^ Tuckwell, Charles. When Wattles Bloom.
- ^ "Patricia Tuckwell 1947". The Good, The Great & The Gifted. National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- ^ "Bambi comes home with her Earl". The Age. 3 February 1970. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- ISBN 978-0-8108-7497-8.
- ^ "The countess who tried to teach cockatoos to speak Australian". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 May 2018.
- ^ Hauptfuhrer, Fred (8 June 1981). "Publicly Shunned for Years, the Earl and Countess of Harewood Get a Royal Welcome". People. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- ^ "Wife Divorces Queen's Cousin". Montreal Gazette. 7 April 1967. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- ^ "The Dowager Countess of Harewood – obituary". The Telegraph. 6 May 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ "No. 44375". The London Gazette. 28 July 1967. p. 8327.
- ^ "HDA Homepage". Huntington's Disease Association. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
- ^ "THE DOWAGER COUNTESS OF HAREWOOD NAMED HONORARY PRESIDENT – Leeds United". Archived from the original on 13 December 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ "Dowager Countess of Harewood Patricia Lascelles dies". BBC News. 6 May 2018.