John Howe, fourth Baron Chedworth

(1754-1804)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Chedworth, John Howe, Baron, 1754-1804 DNB: Howe, John, fourth Baron Chedworth (1754–1804), eccentric LBT ID: LdChedw4 VIAF ID: 70948684 LOC ID: no90012608	B/BAP: 1754-08-22 DIED: 1804-11-29
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Educated at Harrow and at Queen's College, Oxford, after inheriting the title from his uncle in 1781 he refused to participate in polite society, preferring the company of players. He wrote Notes upon some of the Obscure Passages in Shakespeare's Plays (1805).
REFERENCES TO John Howe, fourth Baron Chedworth: William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch. XXVII. 1801-1803 Found 10: ¶ 1 ¶ 2 ¶ 6 ¶ 9 ¶ 10 ¶ 11 ¶ 12 ¶ 13 ¶ 14 ¶ 18 Appendix Verse 4: p. 479a p. 479b p. 479a p. 479b