‘Tis the most tender part of love, each other to forgive.
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Birth: | 8th September, 1647 |
Death: | 24th February, 1721 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Poet, Politician |
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John Sheffield was an English poet and Tory politician. He served as Lord Privy Seal and Lord President of the Council. He was also known by his original title, Lord Mulgrave. At the age of eighteen he joined the fleet, to serve in the Second Anglo-Dutch War; on the renewal of hostilities in 1672 he was present at the Battle of Sole Bay, and in the next year received the command of a ship. He was also made a colonel of infantry, and served for some time under Turenne. He was made a Knight of the Garter in 1674. He was the author of An Account of the Revolution and some other essays, and of numerous poems, among them the Essay on Poetry and the Essay on Satire.
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