Suckling

Suckling, SIR JOHN (1609-42), poet and courtier, was born at Whitton in Middlesex, and studied at Cambridge. After travelling on the Continent and serving ten months under Gustavus Adolphus (1631-32), be earned a great reputation at Court as a poet, wit, and leader of fashion. During the Civil War he raised a troop of horse to serve against the Covenanters, but was driven back with the other royal forces at Duns. In consequence of a plot to release Strafford with French aid, he withdrew to Paris, and is said to have there committed suicide. His dramas have no great merit, but he Wrote many exquisite lyrics.