Florence Lascelles, Countess of Harewood

Florence Lascelles, Countess of Harewood (12 February 1859 – 5 May 1943

Born Lady Florence Katharine Bridgeman, youngest daughter of Orlando Bridgeman, 3rd Earl of Bradford, and his wife, the former Selina Weld-Forester, she grew up at Weston Park. She married the future earl, then Viscount Lascelles, on 5 November 1881 at St Peter's Church, Eaton Square, London. They lived at Goldsborough Hall until 1892, when her husband inherited his father's earldom and they moved to Harewood House.

The couple had three children: Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood (1882–1947), who married Mary, Princess Royal, the only daughter of King George V, and had two sons who were at the time of their birth 6th and 7th in line of succession to the British throne. She died on 5 May 1943 at Burwarton House, near Bridgnorth in Shropshire, the family home of her daughter Margaret, Viscountess Boyne.

In 2017, Harewood House held an exhibition of photographs taken by the countess, a keen amateur photographer.

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