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Sir John Denham - LoveToKnow 1911 |
 | | SIR JOHN DENHAM (1615-1669), English poet, only son of Sir John Denham (1559-1639), lord chief baron of the exchequer in Ireland, was born in Dublin in 1615. |
 | | He was entrusted with the charge of forwarding letters to and from the king when he was in the custody of the parliament, a duty which he discharged successfully with Abraham Cowley, but in 1648 he was suspected by the Parliamentary authorities, and thought it wiser to cross the Channel. |
 | | While Denham was recovering, his wife died, poisoned, it was said, by a cup of chocolate. |
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