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Alan Frederick Lascelles, known as "Tommy", was born on 11 April 1887, the son of Commander Frederick Canning Lascelles and Frederica Maria. He was educated at Hazelhurst preparatory school, Marlborough College and Trinity College, Oxford. During the First World War, Lascelles served in France with the Bedfordshire Yeomanry (1914-18).
Sir Alan Lascelles was born into the courtier class. A grandson of the 4 th Earl of Harewood, he was educated at Marlborough and Trinity College, Cambridge. He became assistant private secretary to the Prince of Wales in 1920 having served as aide-de-camp to his brother-in-law, Lord Lloyd, who was Governor of Bombay.
11 de ago. de 2020 · 'Tommy' Lascelles was Private Secretary to four monarchs - and depicted in the<b> Netflix hit The Crown</b>. These diaries reveal the inside story of the royal household during the abdication crisis, the second world war and the Princess Margaret-Peter Townsend affair<p></p><b>'Brilliantly entertaining and historically priceless' <i>Spectator</i></b>
Alan Lascelles. Add to myFT. June 3 2022. The Elizabethan age. A memoir of the Queen in her early years on the throne. Sir Alan Lascelles, the Queen’s first private secretary, recalls her coming ...
Alan Lascelles Phoenix , 2007 - Biography & Autobiography - 475 pages Tommy Lascelles's diaries begin with Edward VIII's abdication and end with George VI's death and his daughter Elizabeth's Coronation.
Sir Alan Lascelles, known as 'Tommy', writes well, but can't do sums. He said 4% death rate for bombing raids wasn't too bad considering the circumstances. What he didn't consider was that this figure was for each individual raid, so if 100 planes started and lost 4, then the remaining 96 went on next raid and lost 4 and a little bit, then 91 went again and lost 4 and a bit more, then 86 ...
20 de dez. de 2023 · Sir Alan "Tommy" Lascelles was King George VI's private secretary, and upon his death and Queen Elizabeth's accession, he became the young queen's private secretary. He retired at the end of 1953.
