George Lisle
(1610-1648)
Died aged 38
Wikidata WikipediaSir 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.
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Commemorated on 2 plaques
Formerly The Assembly Room King's Head Inn In this room the Royalist Officers surrendered on the conclusion of the Siege of Colchester. August 27th 1648
Headgate Court, Head Street, Colchester, United Kingdom where they surrendered (1648)
This stone marks the spot where on August 28th 1658, after the surrender of the town, the two Royalist Captains Sir Charles Lucas and Sir George Lisle, were shot by order of Sir Thomas Fairfax, the Parliamentarian General.
Colchester Castle, Colchester, United Kingdom where they was shot