CARYL, JOHN, an English poet, was secretary to Queen Mary, the wife of James II., and followed the fortunes of his abdicated master, by whom he was rewarded with the honorary titles of Earl Caryl and Baron Dartford. He was in England in the reign of Queen Anne, and recommended the subject of the Rape of the Lock to Pope, who dedicated it to him. The last of his works, which consisted of a translation of the Psalms, was published in 1700; and he was still alive in 1717.