Thomas Lascelles (engineer)
Thomas Lascelles | |
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Landscape near Ganthorpe, Lascelles' birthplace | |
| Born | 1 May 1670 |
| Died | 1 November 1751 (aged 81) Pontefract, Yorkshire |
| Allegiance | England Great Britain |
| Branch | English Army British Army |
| Service years | 1689–1750 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Commands | Chief Royal Engineer and Surveyor-General of the Ordnance |
| Conflicts | Williamite War in Ireland Battle of the Boyne War of the Spanish Succession Cadiz 1702 Battle of Blenheim 1704 Jacobite rising of 1715 |
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Colonel Thomas Lascelles (c.1670 – 1 November 1751) was a British army officer and engineer who held a number of senior positions between 1713 and 1750. 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.