KILLIGREW (William), eldest son of Sir Robert Killigrew knight, was born in 1605. He was gentleman-usher of the privy-chamber to king Charles I. and on the restoration to Charles II. When the latter married the princess Catharine of Portugal, he was created vice-chamberlain; in which station he continued 22 years, and died in 1693. He was the author of four plays, which, though now thrown aside, were much applauded by the poets of that time, particularly by Mr Waller; and in the decline of life he published some pious reflections on the instability of human happiness, when our views are not directed to a future state.