Sir Daniel Lascelles (1902 – 1967) was educated at the Royal Naval Colleges, Osbourne & Dartmouth and at Balliol College, Oxford. He joined the Diplomatic service in 1926. He was made KCMG in 1954 and CMG 1946. In his spare time he would take a taxi and travel into the countryside to paint in Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Greece, Japan and the UK. He spoke over 24 languages. His paintings were original and remarkable, for although they were expressions of his eye, they were reflections of the styles and influences of many great artists of the period such as Minton, Piper and Sutherland. In his later years he lived in Cley, North Norfolk and was a member of the Norfolk and Norwich Art Circle (1947-66) and a prolific painter of the local landscape.