George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood RIP...

[Chrism]

http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/n ... _1_3567532

[Leodian]

The reporting of the death of Lord Harewood on the front page and pages 8 to 9 of the Yorkshire Evening Post (YEP) today (July 12) does show how late the YEP now is in printing local news. Lord Harewood died yesterday morning (July 11) but the YEP that day would already have been on sale. The BBC local TV reported the death in the early afternoon news yesterday. Just a few years back now the YEP would have had the news report in its July 11th issue.

[chameleon]

Leodian wrote: The reporting of the death of Lord Harewood on the front page and pages 8 to 9 of the Yorkshire Evening Post (YEP) today (July 12) does show how late the YEP now is in printing local news. Lord Harewood died yesterday morning (July 11) but the YEP that day would already have been on sale. The BBC local TV reported the death in the early afternoon news yesterday. Just a few years back now the YEP would have had the news report in its July 11th issue. It was on the BBC Leeds website at tea itme, about the same time I believe as it appeared on the Guardian Website - and the on-line YEP.

[raveydavey]

I didn't know him, other than by name. However he seems to have been held in genuinely high regard by a whole cross section of society and he will surely be sadly missed.

[Uno Hoo]

No doubt we'll be assailed in news reports by the pronunciation of Harewood as "Harwood". I haven't looked up the etymology of Harewood, but have always assumed it to be named for "a wood where hares be found", even though hares live in open country. I suspect that the pronunciation "Harwood" may have come about due to "upper class accents" - I gather that the writer Evelyn Waugh referred to claret as "clart" - a word which in traditional Yorkshire means something that I for one wouldn't wish to drink. Considering that a lot of Castilian Spanish words containing the sibilant "s" sound are pronounced with a lithp simply because one of the inbred Hapsburg Kings of Spain spoke with a lisp has set a precedent, I suppose some toadying among the sections of society who consider such things important will be maintained.According to the BBC, the late earl was 6th in line for the throne. Apart from the mental image this imparts of a queue for a loo, I wonder under what circumstances anyone beyond 1st or 2nd would have any chance whatever of becoming Top Banana?    

[Croggy2]

According to Wikki ... Quote: There is often debate as to the exact pronunciation of the word 'Harewood'. In the eighteenth century, the customary pronunciation (and spelling) was Harwood[1] and this pronunciation for both house and title is still used by Harewood House and the Earl of Harewood. The pronunciation Hairwood is generally used for the village, and also sometimes used for the house and title So both har-wood and Hare-wood are correct according to that!

[geoffb]

The Lascelles family made their money on the sugar plantations and the slave trade in Barbados, the name Harewood is still in existence in Barbados where the slaves "owned" by Lascelles were called by his titled name . One comes readily to mind is Marlon Harewood the footballer.

[Johnny39]

According to Wikipedia the late Lord Harewood was, at his birth, 6th. in line to the throne. At his death he was 46th.

[drapesy]

What a devastating loss... who will I tug my forelock to now?Keeping the landed aristocracy in the manner to which they have been, quite rightly, accustomed to is the least 'oiks' like me can aspire to, and I'm more than happy to do it.Gawd bless you, sir, you'll be unveiling plaques in heaven now(sniff!)        

[drapesy]

Johnny39 wrote: According to Wikipedia the late Lord Harewood was, at his birth, 6th. in line to the throne. At his death he was 46th. That's pathetic.Sounds like he wasn't even trying....