John Talbot, 1st Baron Lisle and 1st Viscount Lisle, English nobleman and medieval soldier, was the son of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, and his second wife Margaret Beauchamp.
Background
Talbot was already a knight when, on 26 July 1444, he was created Lord and Baron Lisle of Kingston Lisle in Berkshire by Henry VI (his mother being one of the coheirs to the previous creation of the barony), and in 1451, was made Viscount Lisle.
Career
In the winter of 1452, he led troops into Guyenne to reinforce his father.