Peregrine Lascelles
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Lieutenant-General Peregrine Lascelles[lower-alpha 1], 1 June 1685 to 26 March 1772, was a British military officer from Yorkshire.
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Peregrine Lascelles | |
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Born | (1685-06-01)1 June 1685 Whitby, Yorkshire |
Died | 26 March 1772(1772-03-26) (aged 86) Whitby, Yorkshire |
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Allegiance | Great Britain |
Years of service | 1706–1754 |
Rank | Lieutenant-General 1758 |
Unit | Colonel, 47th Foot |
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Relations | Francis Lascelles (1612-1667) Thomas Lascelles (1670-1751) |
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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.