Denham, Sir John (1615-1669), poet.

Dennis, John (1657-1734), critic. The references in the Spectator arc,
as in most contemporary writings, at the expense of the unpopular
critic.

Dieupart, Charles (d. 1740?), a Frenchman, violinist and teacher of
the harpsichord. He composed several pieces for the violin and
flute. See Clayton, Thomas.

Dillon, Mr., optician in Long-Acre.

iii. 304.

Dillon, Wentworth, fourth Earl of Roscommon (1633?-1685), poet.
Dogget, Thomas (d. 1721), actor, born in Dublin. In 1709-11 he
was partner with Cibber, Wilks, and Swiney in the Haymarket
management. His great part was Ben in Love for Love, which
Congreve is said to have written for him. He wrote one play,
The Country Wake, and played in it the part of Hob.
Cibber's Apology, passim.

See

Dorigny, Nicholas (1658-1746). He came to England in 1711, and
was knighted in 1720, after engraving the Raphael cartoons. See
notes, iii. 316, 318.

Dorset. See Sackville.

Dryden, John (1631-1700).

Duke, Colonel Robert. A supposed original of Sir Roger de
Coverley. See note, iv. 298.

Dunlop, Alexander (1684-1747), professor of Greek in the University
of Glasgow.

D'Urfey or Durfey, Thomas ('Tom') (1653-1723), a popular writer
of songs and occasional verse and of a few dramas. His songs are
collected in Wit and Mirth, or Pills to Purge Melancholy, Songs
Compleat, and other publications. See note, i. 330; also viii.
284,

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Dyer, John, publisher of Dyer's News-letter. See notes, i. 333,
vi. 296.
Estcourt, Richard (1668-1712), actor and dramatist, in much repute
as a wit and story-teller. He is the 'Tom Mirror' of the Tatler
(No. 51). See notes, i. 317, iv. 292. No. 468 contains a
panegyric on his death. D'Urfey has a Prologue for Estcourt's
Benefit Day (Pills to Purge Melancholy, ii. 346).

Etheredge, Sir George (1635?-1691), author of three comedies, The
Comical Revenge, or Love in a Tub, She Would if she Could, and
The Man of Mode, or Sir Fopling Flutter, all of contemporary
interest.

Eugene, Prince (1663-1736).

Eusden, Laurence (1688-1730), poet-laureate, author of occasional
verse, including a contribution to Steele's Miscellanies of 1714 on
the Milton critiques in the Spectator. He is satirized in the Dunciad.
Eyleses, The. See note, iii. 314.

Farquhar, George (1678-1707), dramatist.
Festeau, M., French surgeon. See v. 189.

Fielding or Feilding, Robert (‘Handsome' or 'Beau ') (1651 ?-1712),
a notorious rake of the Denbigh family.

of the Tatler (Nos. 50, 51).

He is the

Flamsteed, John (1646-1719), the first astronomer-royal.

Orlando'

Fleetwood, William (1656-1723), Bishop of St. Asaph, and afterwards
of Ely.

Francham, Mr., of Norwich. vii. 316.

Fuller, Francis (1670-1706), medical writer, author of the Medicina
Gymnastica. See ii. 122.

Garth, Sir Samuel (1661-1719), physician and littérateur, author of the
Dispensary, (1699).

'Gatty,' Mrs. See vi. 150, vii. 155, and note.

George I. (1660-1727).

Golding, Mr. iii. 323.

Goodwin, Thomas, President of Magdalen College, Oxford. See
vii. 313.

Graham, J., auctioneer, at the 'Three Chairs' in the Piazza, Covent
Garden. i. 256.

Grant, Dr.' Roger (d. 1724), oculist to Queen Anne and George I.,
yet known to be a quack. He lived in Mouse Alley, Wapping.
See the reference to him in vol. vi. p. 173.

Grimaldi, Nicolino, or Nicolini, Nicolino Grimaldi, known as
Signor Nicolini (i. 49), or Signor Grimaldi (i. 53), (1673—
1726-), a famous Italian singer who came to England in 1708.
His first appearance was in Haym's (q.v.) arrangement of
Scarlatti's Pyrrhus and Demetrius. He sang in Camilla,
Almahide, Hydaspes, and Rinaldo. Cf. D'Urfey's verses, entitled
Caponides: or Lyrical Remarks Made on the famous Signior
Cavaliero Nico Grimaldi, knighted by the Doge of Venice, etc.
(Pills to Purge Melancholy, ii. 1).

Grove, Henry (1684-1738), dissenting preacher and tutor, contributor
to the Spectator, and author of several sermons and essays on ethics
and metaphysics.

Gumley, Mr., glass merchant in the New Exchange. See vii. 315.
Gwyn, Eleanor (‘Nell') (1650-1687), actress, mistress of Charles II.
Halifax. See Montagu.

Halley, Dr. Edmund (1656-1742), astronomer.

Handel (correctly Haendel), George Frederick (1685-1759), the well-
known musical composer, of German origin. He arrived in
England in 1710.

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Hart, Nicholas (b. 1698), sailor, the annual sleeper,' son of a tutor
of William III. "He was a patient at St. Bartholomew's for stone
and gravel... and, on 3rd August 1711, set his mark to an

account of himself, when he expected to fall asleep on the 5th of
August, two days later. His account was signed by William Hill,
sen., No. 1. Lincoln's Inn."
(Note in Mr. Morley's edition.)
Haym, Nicolino Francesco (d. 1730?), musician and numismatist, of
German origin, one of the Clayton trio (q.v.). He composed the
operas of Camilla and Etearco, adapted many, and wrote some
sonatas. He came to England in 1704.
Heidegger, John James (1659 ?-1749), of Swiss origin, manager of
the opera-house and of the masquerades. His portrait is in the
clock of the large masquerade ticket by Hogarth (1727), and at the
window of Hogarth's 'Taste of the Town' (1724). See note,
i. 316.

Hellier, John. See Brook and Hellier.

Henley, Anthony (d. 1711), politician and wit. He was a member of
the Kit-Cat Club, and is said to have been a contributor to the
Tatler and to the Memoirs of Scriblerus.

Henley, John ('Orator Henley ') (1692-1756), a preacher, satirized in
the Dunciad (ii. and iii.), author of a poem on Esther and of a
number of pamphlets on oratory.

Heywood, James (1687-1776), linen-draper in Fish Street Hill, the
'Mr. Beaver' of No. 49 and the 'James Easy' of No. 268. He
was the author of a volume of Letters and Poems on Several Subjects
(1722).

Hill, Aaron (1685-1750), poet and letter-writer, author of the opera of
Rinaldo, for which Handel wrote the score. He wrote seven plays,
and his collected Works appeared in 4 vols. in 1753.

Hill, William, of Lincoln's Inn. See under Hart, Nicholas.

Hirst, James. See i. 343.

Hughes, John (1677-1720), contributor to the Spectator, as also to the
Tatler, in which he is probably the 'Calicolo' of No. 211. He
sent, according to Carruthers, several pieces to the Poetical
Miscellanies of 1714, but, alarıned by the tone of Pope's Wife of
Bath, withdrew all but two short anonymous poems.
He was
the author of a tragedy, The Siege of Damascus, and he translated
Fontenelle's Dialogues of the Dead. See the account of him in
Steele's Theatre, No. 15.

Ince, Richard, of Gray's Inn, contributor to the Spectator.
Johnson, Benjamin (1665 ?-1742) actor, Dogget's successor in his
leading parts. He sustained his reputation during a long life,
and was much applauded for his renderings of some of Ben
Jonson's characters, notably 'Morose' and 'Corbaccio.'
Jones of Newington, one of Dr. Grant's (q.v.) 'cases.' See vi. 298.
Keen, Edward, 'the father of twenty children,' See v. 104.
Kempenfelt, Magnus (1665-1727), father of the famous rear-admiral
Richard Kempenfelt, said to have supplied some of the traits of
Captain Sentry.' He was a native of Sweden; he attained the
rank of lieutenant-colonel in the English army, and was latterly
lieutenant-governor of Jersey.

Kidney, Mr., head-waiter at the St. James's Coffee-house (No. 24).
See Tatler, Nos. 1, 69, etc.

was,

Kneller, Sir Godfrey (1646-1723), painter, of German origin (his
name was Gottfried Kniller), who came to England in 1675. He
in 1711, appointed governor of the first academy of paint-
ing. He painted the series of Kit-Cat portraits (see i. 317), and
many portraits of royal and notable persons, some of which are pre-
served at Hampton Court. Dryden, whose portrait was painted
by him several times, has written his panegyric.

His

Le Bossu, René (1631-1680), critic, canon of Sainte-Genevieve.
Traité du Poème épique appeared in 1675, and was Englished by
'W. J.' in 1695.

Lee, Nathaniel (1653-1692), dramatist.

His chief play, The Rival
Queens, or the Death of Alexander the Great, was produced in
1677. He collaborated with Dryden.

L'Estrange, Sir Roger (1616-1704), pamphleteer, and licenser of
the Press; translator of Quevedo, Letters from a Portuguese Nun,
Seneca's Morals, and Æsop's Fables.

Lillie, Charles, perfumer, at the corner of Beaufort-Buildings, Strand.
He acted as agent for the sale of the Spectator. He had been one
of the agents for the Tatler.

Lloyd, Edward (fl. 1668-1726), keeper of Lloyd's Coffee-house (see
note, i. 335), and founder of Lloyd's News (1696, revived 1726),
of Lloyd's Lists, and of the well-known shipping Register.
Locke, John (1632-1704), philosophical writer.

London & Wise. See note, i. 314-5. George London was chief
royal gardener (Evelyn's Quintinye, 1693). See Wise.
Lorrain, Paul (d. 1719), ordinary of Newgate.

Lowndes, William (1652-1724), financier.

See note, vi. 296.

Lulli, Giovanni Battista (1633-1687), French composer, and founder of
the French Grand Opera. See note, i. 325.

Manley, Mrs. Mary de la Rivière (1672-1724), authoress of the New
Atalantis (1709).

Mann, Jenny, proprietrix of the Tilt-yard Coffee-house. See ii. 330.
Marlborough, Duke of. See Churchill.

Martyn, Henry (d. 1721), lawyer and scholar, contributor to the
Spectator. Supposed by Chalmers to have been the model of 'Sir
Andrew Freeport,' and by some the Cottilus of No. 143.
He replied to Defoe's Mercator in the British Merchant (1713).
Mather, Charles, toy-dealer in Fleet Street, near Chancery Lane, the
'Charles Bubbleboy' of the Tatier (Nos. 27, 113, etc.).
referred to in Swift's Virtues of Sid Hamet the Magician's Roa
(1710).
Methuen, Sir Paul (1672-1757), diplomatist. See i. 333, vii. I.

He is

Millar, Sergeant James (later Captain). He fought in 1745 under

Cumberland.

Moore, Mr., quack. He advertised an infallible remedy against

worms.

More, Dr. Henry (1614-1687), philosophical and theological
writer.

Morecraft, Thomas, said by some to have been the original of
Will Wimble.' See note, ii. 330.

Moreton, John, linen-merchant. iii. 323, vii. 270.

Motteux, Peter Anthony (1660-1718), dramatist, and translator of
Rabelais and Don Quixote. See Dryden's verses, To my friend
Mr. Motteux.

Newton, Sir Isaac (1642-1727).
Nicolini. See Grimaldi.

Norris, Henry (1665-1730?), actor. He frequently performed at
Bartholomew Fair (i. 166), but his reputation as an actor was
made at Drury Lane. After his success as Dicky in Farquhar's
Constant Couple, or A Trip to the Jubilee, he was known, even in
the theatre bills, as 'Jubilee Dicky.'

Oates, Titus (1649-1705).

Ogilby, John (1600-1676), translator, printer, and cosmographer. He
translated the Eneid in 1649, Æsop's Fables in 1651, the Iliad in
1660, and the Odyssey in 1665. He is satirized in MacFlecknoe
and the Dunciad.

Oldfield, Mrs. Anne (1683-1730), an actress of great beauty and
talent. Her chief parts were 'Lady Townley' and 'Cleopatra.'.
Oldham, John (1653-1683), writer of satirical verse.
Osborne, Francis (1593-1659), miscellaneous writer.
is Advice to a Son (1656, 1658).

Otway, Thomas (1652-1685), dramatist.
Page, Susanna. See vi. 145.

Pakington, Sir John. See note, i. 311.
'Palmquist,' Monsieur. See note, i. 333.
Parker, Richard. See note, vii. 311.

Parkes, John. See Sparkes, John.

His chief work

Parnell, Thomas (1679-1718), poet, contributor to the Spectator,
author of The Hermit and other pieces. He wrote the Essay on
Homer which was printed with Pope's translation of the Iliad.
The first collective edition of his poems was published posthumously
by Pope in 1721.

Parr, John (1633?-1716?), nonconformist minister. See v. 298.
Pearce, Zachary (1690-1774), Bishop of Rochester.

He was known
later as the editor of Cicero's De Oratore (1716), and, especially, of
Longinus On the Sublime (1724). See note, viii. 274.