George Lisle (Royalist)

Sir George Lisle
Sir George Lisle, late 1630s; 1713 engraving based on now lost portrait [1]
Master of the Household
In office 1645–1648
Military Governor of Faringdon
In office December 1645 – June 1646
Personal details
Born	10 July 1615 London
Died	28 August 1648(1648-08-28) (aged 33) Colchester
Cause of death	Executed by firing squad
Resting place	St Giles Church Colchester[2]
Relations	Francis Lisle (1617-1644)
Parent(s)	Lawrence (ca 1585-after 1660); Dorothy (before 1600-1650?)
Military service
Allegiance	Royalist
Rank	Colonel
Battles/wars	Eighty Years War Siege of Breda (1637) Thirty Years War Battle of Vlotho Wars of the Three Kingdoms Edgehill; Chalgrove; First Newbury; Cheriton; Cropredy Bridge; Lostwithiel; Second Newbury; Storming of Leicester; Naseby; Siege of Faringdon; Colchester

Sir George Lisle (baptised 10 July 1615 – 28 August 1648) was a professional soldier from London who briefly served in the later stages of the Eighty and Thirty Years War, then fought for the Royalists during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Captured at Colchester in August 1648, he was condemned to death by a Parliamentarian court martial and executed by firing squad along with his colleague Charles Lucas.

Son of a successful publisher with connections to the powerful Villiers family, Lisle began his military career in Europe before returning to England. Quickly proving a brave and competent leader, he was promoted to command of a brigade in the Royalist field army until it was destroyed at Naseby in June 1645. He surrendered at Oxford in June 1646 and made terms with Parliament.

When the Second English Civil War began in 1648, he joined the Royalist uprising in Kent before retreating to Colchester. After capitulating in August, he and Lucas were executed and later enshrined as Royalist martyrs.