NORTH, Dudley, Lord, the third baron of that accomplished family, was one of the finest gentlemen in the court of King James; but in supporting that character, dissipated and gained away the greatest part of his fortune. In 1645, he appears to have acted with the parliament; and was nominated by them to be administrator of the admiralty, in conjunction with the great earls of Northumberland, Essex, Warwick, and others. He lived to the age of 85, the latter part of which he passed in retirement; and wrote a small folio of miscellanies, in prose and verse, under this title, A Forest promiscuous of several Seasons Productions, in four parts, 1659.