Charles
Dryden
Born in Charlton, Wiltshire, England
Ancestors 
Son of John Dryden
and Elizabeth (Howard) Dryden
Brother of
John Dryden and Erasmus Henry Dryden Bt
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died before
before age 37
in Datchet, Buckinghamshire, England
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Biography
Charles was the son of the writer John Dryden and Elizabeth Howard. He was born at his maternal grandfather's residence at Charlton, Wiltshire on 27 August 1666: his parents had taken refuge there from the Great Plague.[1]
He was educated at Westminster School, London and at Trinity College, Cambridge,[1] where he matriculated in 1680[2]
He was a minor poet. In the 1690s he was in Rome as a chamberlain of the Pope. He was back in England by 1698.[1][2]
In August 1704 Charles drowned in the River Thames at Datchet, Buckinghamshire. He was buried at Windsor, Berkshire on 20 August.[1][2]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, entry by Paul Hammond for 'Dryden, John', print and online 2004, revised online 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 J A Venn. Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 1922-1954, Ancestry.co.uk
- Wikipedia: Charles Dryden (English writer)
- Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Oil. 16, pp. 64-75, entry for John Dryden, Wikisource
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