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Sir Alan Frederick "Tommy" Lascelles Elizabeth II. He wrote the Lascelles Principles in a 1950 letter to the editor of The Times, using the pen-name "Senex". Contents Life 1 Family 2 Honours and Awards 3 Further reading 4 References 5 Life Lascelles (usually pronounced to rhyme with "tassels") was known to his intimates as "Tommy." He was born the son of Commander The Hon. Frederick Canning Lascelles and Frederica Maria Liddell, and the grandson of George VI. After schooling at Lord Lloyd, the Governor of Bombay from 1919 to 1920. He then returned to Elizabeth II, a role he held until 1953. He was also Keeper of the Royal Archives from 1943 to 1953. His papers are now held in the Churchill Archives Centre, in Great Britain. He died at the age of 94. Family On 16 March 1920 he married Joan Frances Vere Thesiger (1895-1971). They had three children: John Frederick Lascelles, born 11 June 1922, died 11 September 1951. Lavinia Joan Lascelles, born 27 June 1923; married to Major Edward Westland Renton, then briefly to the writer Gavin Maxwell. Caroline Mary Lascelles, born 15 February 1927; married 1949 to Antony Alfred Lyttelton 2nd Viscount Chandos; then 1985 to David Erskine, son of Lord Erskine. Honours and Awards Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) Military Cross (MC) 1914–15 Star British War Medal Victory Medal with palm for Mentioned in Dispatches King George V Silver Jubilee Medal (1935) King George VI Coronation Medal (1937) Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal (1953) Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (France) Further reading The Papers of Sir Alan Lascelles, Churchill Archives Centre End of an era: letters and journals of Sir Alan Lascelles 1887-1920 (Hamish Hamilton, London. 1986) edited by Duff Hart-Davis. In Royal Service: the Letters and Journals of Sir Alan Lascelles 1920-1936 (Hamish Hamilton, London. 1989) edited by Duff Hart-Davis. King's Counsellor: Abdication and War: the Diaries of Tommy Lascelles (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London. 2006) edited by Duff Hart-Davis. References thePeerage.com Person Page 1762, retrieved 8 December 2005 Janus - The Papers of Sir Alan Lascelles retrieved 8 December 2005 www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk Court offices Preceded by Sir Alexander Hardinge Private Secretary to the Sovereign 1943–1953 Succeeded by Michael Adeane Categories Use dmy dates from April 2012 1887 births 1981 deaths British Yeomanry officers Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Recipients of the Military Cross People educated at Marlborough College Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford British Army personnel of World War I Private Secretaries to the Sovereign Assistant Private Secretaries to the Sovereign Lascelles family Bedfordshire Yeomanry officers LGBT politicians from England
Lascelles (usually pronounced to rhyme with "tassels") was known to his intimates as "Tommy." He was born the son of Commander The Hon. Frederick Canning Lascelles and Frederica Maria Liddell, and the grandson of George VI.
After schooling at Lord Lloyd, the Governor of Bombay from 1919 to 1920.
He then returned to Elizabeth II, a role he held until 1953.
He was also Keeper of the Royal Archives from 1943 to 1953.
His papers are now held in the Churchill Archives Centre, in Great Britain.
He died at the age of 94.
On 16 March 1920 he married Joan Frances Vere Thesiger (1895-1971).
They had three children:
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