John Talbot ( 1630 - 1714 )

Birth: 7 June 1630 Death: 13 March 1714 Burial: St Cyriac's Church, Lacock, Wiltshire, England, Europe Profession: Courtier; soldier; politician Career: Commissioner for oyer and terminer, Oxford circuit (1660); Justice of the Peace, Worcestershire (1660-1689), Wiltshire (1661-1689), Westminster (c.1680-1689); Deputy-Lieutenant of Worcestershire (1660-1688), and of Wiltshire (1683-1688); Gentleman of the Privy Chamber (1660-1685); Commissioner for Assessment for Wiltshire and Worcestershire (1660-1680), for corporations Yorkshire (1662-1663), for Westminster (1663-1680), for Middlesex (1673-1680), and for Wiltshire (1689); Army captain, Duke of York's Horse Gueards (1660-1672), Lieutenant-Colonel of the Barbadoes Regiment of Dragoons (1672-1674), Colonel of Dragoons (1678-1679, 1685-1687); Colonel, Queen Dowager’s Horse, later 6 Dragoon Guards (1687-1688); Assistant, Royal Adventurers into Africa (1671); Commissioner for Loyal and Indigent Officers (1662); Assistant, Royal Fishing Company (1674); Sub-commissioner for Prizes, London (1665-1667); Farmer of Excise, Worcestershire (1665-1667); Trustee for country excise (1668-1674); Trustee for Fee-Farm Rents (1670-1673); Commissioner for Inquiry, Richmond Park (1671); Shareholder in Royal Africa Company (1672); Commissioner for Recusants (1675); Freeman,Worcester (1683); Recorder of Devizes (1685-1688) Honours: Kt 1660 Membership: Fellow Election Date: 29/07/1663 Proposers: Viscount William Brouncker Date of ejection/withdrawal: 22 July 1685 Committee appointments include: Mechanical Committee (1664) Committee for Agriculture [Georgical] (1664) Other RSActivity: Proposed on 22 July 1663 and admitted on 6 January 1664.