Peregrine Lascelles

Peregrine Lascelles
Lieutenant-General Peregrine Lascelles, attributed to Sir Godfrey Kneller[1]
Born	(1685-06-01)1 June 1685 Whitby, Yorkshire
Died	26 March 1772(1772-03-26) (aged 86) Whitby, Yorkshire
Buried	St Mary's, Whitby
Allegiance	Great Britain
Years of service	1706–1754
Rank	Lieutenant-General 1758
Unit	Colonel, 47th Foot
Battles / wars	War of the Spanish Succession Battle of Almenar Battle of Saragossa Battle of Villaviciosa Jacobite rising of 1715 Jacobite rising of 1745 Battle of Prestonpans Father Le Loutre's War Battle of Fort Beauséjour French and Indian War Siege of Louisbourg Battle of the Plains of Abraham Battle of Sainte-Foy
Relations	Francis Lascelles (1612-1667) Thomas Lascelles (1670-1751)

Lieutenant-General Peregrine Lascelles^[a], 1 June 1685 to 26 March 1772, was a British military officer from Yorkshire.

Lascelles served in Spain during the 1701 to 1713 War of the Spanish Succession, then spent most of the next thirty years on garrison duty in Scotland and England. During the Jacobite rising of 1745, he fought at the Battle of Prestonpans in September 1745, when the government army was defeated in 15 minutes. Although court-martialled, he was exonerated, and promoted Lieutenant-General, serving in North America until 1759. He retired in 1768 and died on 26 March 1772.

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