Sir GEORGE Howland, the seventh baronet of a family in Leicestershire, was a distinguished amateur of the fine arts, and an excellent landscape painter. He was a magnificent contributor to the National Gallery, and to that of Dulwich. He was born in 1753, and died in 1827.

Sir John, the elder brother of Francis Beaumont, the famous dramatic poet, was born in the year 1582, and in 1626 had the dignity of baronet conferred upon him by Charles I. In his youth he applied himself to poetry with tolerable success, and wrote: The Crown of Thorns, a poem, in eight books; a miscellany, entitled Bosworth Field; Translations from the Latin poets; and several poems on religious and political subjects. He died in 1628. His poetic genius was celebrated by Ben Jonson, Michael Drayton, and others.