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 of 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 Waller.