James Howard (dramatist)

James Howard (c. 1640 – July 1669)[1] was an English dramatist and member of a Royalist family during the English Civil War and the Restoration.

He was the eighth son of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire, and Elizabeth Cecil, daughter of William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter.

Howard married Charlotte Fitzroy, a daughter of the Stuart King Charles II and Elizabeth Killigrew. Their daughter was named Stuarta.

Works

Howard wrote two comedies, All Mistaken, or the Mad Couple, (c.1667), and The English Mounsieur (1666). Both starred Nell Gwynn, the mistress of Charles II.[1]

Three of Howard's brothers also wrote plays: Edward Howard, Colonel Henry Howard, and Robert Howard. A sister, Elizabeth Howard, married the poet John Dryden.[1]

References
  1. "Howard, James (c.1640–1669)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13918. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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