Peregrine Lascelles
Peregrine Lascelles | |
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Portrait of Lascelles, attributed to Sir Godfrey Kneller | |
| Born | 1 June 1685 Whitby, Yorkshire |
| Died | 26 March 1772 (aged 86) Whitby, Yorkshire |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance | England Great Britain |
| Branch | English Army British Army |
| Years of service | 1706–1754 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-general |
| Unit | 47th Regiment of Foot |
| Battles / wars | |
| Relations | Francis Lascelles Thomas Lascelles |
Lieutenant-General Peregrine Lascelles (1 June 1685 – 26 March 1772) was a British army officer from Yorkshire. Lascelles served in Spain during the 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, where his army was defeated in 15 minutes. Although court-martialled, he was exonerated, and promoted to lieutenant-general, serving in North America until 1759. He retired in 1768 and died in 1772.