A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Lascelles, John
LASCELLES. (Lieutenant, 1828. f-p., 16; h-p., 20.)
John Lascelles, born 25 Aug. 1798, is son of the late Colonel, and grandson of the late General, Lascelles.
This officer entered the Navy, in July, 1811, as a Volunteer, on board the Ulysses 44, Capt. Henry Edw. Reginald Baker, stationed off Jersey. He afterwards followed the same Captain, as Midshipman, into the Dannemark 74, in which ship, and in the San Josef 110, and Florida 20, Capts. Jeffry Raigersfeld and Wm. Elliott, he continued employed, as Midshipman, until the spring of 1816. He then served for nearly three years and a half in the West Indies, latterly as Mate, in the Scamander 36, also commanded by Capt. Elliott; and he afterwards joined – 8 Sept. 1819, the Coast Blockade, as Midshipman of the Severn 40, Capt. Wm. M‘Culloch – 8 April, 1822, the Britannia 100, flag-ship of Sir Alex. Cochrane at Plymouth – 23 May, 1824, as Acting-Lieutenant (a rank he held for more than three years), the Blanche 46, Capt. Wm. Bowen Mends, in South America – and, 12 July and 13 Aug. 1827, as Admiralty-Mate, the Asia 84, flagship of Sir Edw. Codrington, and Brisk 10, Capt. Bruce, both in the Mediterranean. He was confirmed a Lieutenant, 19 April, 1828, in the Camelion 10, also on that station, but was superseded, at his own request, in the following Sept., and has not been since employed.
Since he has been on half-pay, Lieut. Lascelles has for upwards of three years had command of a steam-packet.