Thomas Lascelles (engineer)
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Thomas Lascelles (c.1670 – 1 November 1751) was a British military engineer and ordnance expert, who held a number of senior positions between 1713 and 1750.
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Thomas Lascelles | |
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Born | (1670-05-01)1 May 1670 Ganthorpe, Terrington, North Yorkshire |
Died | 1 November 1751(1751-11-01) (aged 81) Pontefract, Yorkshire |
Allegiance | Great Britain |
Service/ | Engineer |
Years of service | 1689–1750 |
Rank | Colonel |
Commands held | Chief Royal Engineer and Surveyor-General of the Ordnance, April 1742 |
Battles/wars | Williamite War in Ireland 1689-1691 Battle of the Boyne War of the Spanish Succession 1701-1714 Cadiz 1702 Battle of Blenheim 1704 1715 Jacobite Rising |
Relations | Lieutenant-General Peregrine Lascelles (1685-1772) |
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These included supervising the demolition of harbour facilities at Dunkirk from 1713 to 1733, and serving as Chief Royal Engineer and Surveyor-General of the Ordnance from 1742 to 1750. He died in November 1751.