John Sheffield, first duke of Buckingham and Normanby

(1647-1721)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Buckingham, John Sheffield, Duke of, 1648-1720 or 21 NRA: Sheffield John (1648-1721) 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby DNB: Sheffield, John, first duke of Buckingham and Normanby (1647-1721), politician and author LBT ID: DuBucki1721 VIAF ID: 7818454 LOC ID: n50056207	B/BAP: 1647-09-08 DIED: 1721-02-24
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The patron of Dryden and friend of Pope; author of An Essay upon Poetry (1682).