He was Rector of the Kelso grammar school (1780-88) where his pupils included Walter Scott and James Ballantyne. His son, Robert Wales was a surgeon in the 68th Foot (d. 1793).

REFERENCES TO Lancelot Whale:

Sir Walter Scott to Robert Cadell, 8 December 1830 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837)