BEAUMONT (Sir John), the elder brother of Mr Francis Beaumont the famous dramatic poet, was born in the year 1582, and in 1626 had the dignity of a baronet conferred upon him by king Charles I. In his youth he applied himself to the Muses with good success; and wrote, The Crown of Thorns, a poem, in eight books: a miscellany, intitled Bosworth Field: Translations from the Latin Poets; and several poems on religious and political subjects; as, On the Festivals; On the Blessed Trinity; A Dialogue between the World, a Pilgrim, and Virtue; Of the miserable State of Man; Of Sickness, &c. He died in 1628. His poetic genius was celebrated by Ben Johnson, Michael Drayton, and others.