CHAMBERLAYNE, EDWARD, descended from an ancient family, was born in Gloucestershire in 1616, and made the tour of Europe during the distractions of the civil war. After the restoration he went as secretary with the Earl of Carlisle, who carried the order of the garter to the king of Sweden. He was appointed tutor to the
Duke of Grafton, natural son of Charles II., and was afterwards pitched on to instruct Prince George of Denmark in the English tongue. He died in 1703, and was buried in a vault in Chelsea churchyard. His monumental inscription mentions six books of his composition; and adds, that he was so desirous of doing service to posterity, that he ordered some copies of his books to be covered with wax, and buried along with him. That work by which he is best known is his Anglicæ Notitiæ, or The Present State of England, which has been often printed since.