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3 unusual facts about George Lisle


Henry Hastings, 1st Baron Loughborough

In the Second Civil War he and Arthur, Lord Capell in raising troops for the Royalists, joined the Earl of Norwich, Sir Charles Lucas and Sir George Lisle in Essex and took part in the Siege of Colchester.

Samuel Oughton

Originally associated with James Sherman's Independent Congregational Surrey Chapel, and from time to time invited back by Sherman, he was closely associated with the Baptists in Jamaica, who were largely organised along Congregational lines and among the predominantly African-Caribbean population, following their founding by George Lisle, a former slave from America.

At one time George Lisle's chapel was his personal responsibility, and he was imprisoned for an outstanding debt on its construction.



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