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| Dr Henry Killigrew | |
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| Born | February 11, 1613 Hanworth, Middlesex, England |
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| Died | March 14, 1700 (aged 87) England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Chaplain, almoner, Master of the Savoy |
Dr Henry Killigrew (1613-1700) was the fifth and youngest son of Robert Killigrew and his wife Mary. He was the younger brother of the dramatist Thomas Killigrew, and became chaplain and almoner to the duke of York, and master of the Savoy after the Restoration.
Henry was born in Hanworth on 1613-02-11, and educated at Cripplegate, London. In 1628, he became a Commoner at Christ Church, Oxford. In 1638, he became MA and was appointed a chaplain in the army shortly afterwards. In November 1642, he became Doctor of Divinity, and subsequently chaplain to James, Duke of York and rector of Wheathampstead.
At the restoration, he was appointed almoner to the Duke of York and the following year Master of the Savoy. A juvenile play of his, The Conspiracy, was printed surreptitiously in 1638, and in an authenticated version in 1653 as Pallantus and Eudora.
He married Judith and had four children:
- Henry Killigrew (d. 1712), an admiral
- James Killigrew, also a naval officer, who was killed in an encounter with the French in January 1695
- Anne Killigrew (1660-1685), poet and painter, who was maid of honour to the duchess of York, and was the subject of an ode by Dryden, which Samuel Johnson thought the noblest in the language.
- Elizabeth Killigrew (d. 1701) married her father's curate at Wheathampstead, John Lambe, and produced 10 children
This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
[edit] References
- Account of the Dramatic Poets, &c. by Gerard Langhaim, printed 1691, p. 330.
Annotations
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(16377-1705)’Young Killigrew’; son of Thomas the dramatist. Page to the King 1661; Groom of the Bedchamber to the Duke of York 1662, and to the King 1674; 1694 Jester to the King. One of the most disreputable of the court sparks. ‘A most notorious lyer’, according to the King; twice banished from the court.