John Talbot of Lacock

Sir John Talbot of Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, Long Acre, Westminster, and Salwarpe, Worcestershire (7 June 1630 – 13 March 1714), was an English soldier, politician, and landowner, who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1660 and 1687. He was a second in a duel between George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Francis Talbot, 11th Earl of Shrewsbury.

Talbot was son of Sherington Talbot. He stood unsuccessfully for parliament at Worcestershire in 1659 and was elected Member of Parliament for Worcestershire in the Convention Parliament in 1660. He was knighted by King Charles II at Whitehall on 6 June 1660 and became a Justice of the Peace for Worcestershire on 10 July 1660. He was commissioned as an ensign in the Company of Foot under Grey on 26 January 1661 and captain of a company of the Kings Own Regiment of Foot Guards in February 1661. In 1661 he was elected a Member of Parliament for Knaresborough in the Cavalier Parliament and held the seat until 1679. In January 1668 he was second for his kinsman Francis Talbot, 11th Earl of Shrewsbury in a duel with George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham in which the Earl was killed. According to Samuel Pepys, Talbot was also injured. Talbot became lieutenant colonel of the Barbados Regiment of Dragoons on 30 March 1672 and served until 1674, when the regiment was disbanded. He was colonel of the Regiment of Dragoons from 22 February 1678 to 1679, when it was disbanded.

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