JOHN, Lord, a distinguished English officer, 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 first signalized himself at the taking of Buda from the Turks in 1686. Addison, in a Latin poem, alludes to Cutts's distinguished bravery at that siege. After the Revolution, he was created Baron of Gowran in Ireland, and held various appointments at court. In 1701 we find Steele, who was indebted to his interest for a military commission, inscribing 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, and afterwards one of the lords justices of that kingdom. Lord Cutts died at Dublin Jan. 26, 1707, and was buried in the cathedral of Christ-Church. He was the author of a poem on the death of Queen Mary, and published, in 1687, Poetical Exercises, with a dedication to her Royal Highness Mary princess of Orange.