Sir Robert Howard 1626 - 1698
Sir Robert Howard , English dramatist. Auditor of the Exchequer. Distinguished himself on Royalist side at second battle of Newbury (1644); imprisoned during Commonwealth; at Restoration, made auditor of exchequer; privy councilor (1689). Author of a comedy, The Committee, or the Faithful Irishman (1663). Patron of Dryden, who married his sister Lady Elizabeth and who assisted him in the Indian Queen (1664), a tragedy in heroic verse. Opposed Dryden' s contention that rhyme was more suitable to heroic tragedy than blank verse.
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Born: London, England, , 1626 | Baptised: St Martin in the Fields, London, , , England 19th Jan 1626
| Died: 3rd Sep 1698 | Buried:
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