JOHN LORD, a soldier of most hardy bravery in King William's wars, was son of Richard Cutts, Esq. of Matching in Essex; where the family were settled about the time of Henry VI. and had a great estate. He entered early into the service of the duke of Monmouth, was aide-de-camp to the duke of Lorraine in Hungary, and signalized himself in a very extraordinary manner at the taking of Buda by the Imperialists in 1686; which important place had been for near a century and a half in the hands of the Turks. Mr Addison, in a Latin poem worthy of the Augustan age, plainly hints at Mr Cutts's distinguished bravery at that siege. Returning to England at the revolution, he had a regiment of foot; was created baron of Gowran in Ireland, Dec. 6. 1690; appointed governor of the isle of Wight, April 14. 1693; was made a major-general; and, when the alliance project was discovered, in 1695-6, was captain of the king's guard. In 1698 he was complimented by Mr John Hopkins, as one to whom "a double crown was due," as a hero and a poet. He was colonel of the Coldstream, or second regiment of guards, in 1701; when Mr Steele, who was indebted to his interest for a military commission, inscribed to him his first work, "The Christian Hero." On the accession of Queen Anne, he was made a lieutenant-general of the forces in Holland; commander in chief of the forces in Ireland, under the duke of Ormond, March 23. 1704-5; and afterwards one of the lords justices of that kingdom, to keep him out of the way of action; a circumstance which broke his heart. He died at Dublin, Jan. 26. 1706-7, and is buried there in the cathedral of Christ church. He wrote a poem on the death of Queen Mary; and published, in 1687, "Poetical exercises, written upon several occasions, and dedicated to her royal highness Mary princess of Orange." It contains, besides the dedication signed J. Cutts, verses to that princess; a poem on Wisdom; another to Mr Waller on his commending it; seven more copies of verses (one of them called La Muse Cavalier, which had been ascribed to Lord Peterborough, and as such mentioned by Mr Walpole in the list of that nobleman's writings), and 11 songs; the whole composing but a very thin volume; which is by no means so scarce as Mr Walpole supposes it to be. A specimen of his poetry (of which the five first lines are quoted by Steele in his fifth Tatler) is here added:

Only tell her that I love, Leave the rest to her and fate; Some kind planet from above May perhaps her pity move; Lovers on their stars must wait; Only tell her that I love. Why, oh, why should I despair? Mercy's pictured in her eye; If she once vouchsafe to hear, Welcome hope, and welcome fear. She's too good to let me die; Why, oh, why should I despair?