Alan Lascelles

Former Secretary to the Governor General of Canada

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Gender	Male
Death	43 years ago
Date of birth	April 11,1887
Zodiac sign	Aries
Born	Sutton Waldron
	United Kingdom
Date of died	August 10,1981
Died	Kensington Palace
	London
	United Kingdom
Spouse	Joan Frances Vere Thesiger
Children	John Frederick Lascelles
	Lavinia Lascelles
	Caroline Lascelles
Parents	Frederick Canning Lascelles
	Frederica Maria Liddell
Job	Politician
	Courtier
Education	Trinity College
	Marlborough College
Books	End of an era
	In Royal Service: The Letters and Journals of Sir Alan Lascelles 1920-1936
	King's counsellor
Grandchildren	Nicholas Renton
	Deborah Lyttelton
	Matthew Lyttelton
	Laura Lyttelton
	Simon Renton
Grandparents	Henry Lascelles, 4th Earl of Harewood
	Lady Elizabeth de Burgh
	Adolphus Liddell
	Frederica Lane Fox
Date of Reg.	2019-03-07 21:37:47
Date of Upd.	2023-03-18 01:26:40
ID	538160

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Alan Lascelles Life story

Sir Alan Frederick "Tommy" Lascelles, GCB, GCVO, CMG, MC was a British courtier and civil servant who held several positions in the first half of the twentieth century, culminating in his position as Private Secretary to both King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II.

What is a vote of no confidence?

Feb 16,2020 5:08 am

... Under the Lascelles principles (devised by Sir Alan Lascelles, private secretary to King George VI in 1950), the monarch could decline to do so if: But either of these situations would put the monarch in a very difficult position and we have few clues how they would work...