Memoirs of Sarah Duchess of Marlborough And of the Court of Queen Anne volume
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Before entering upon the occurrences to which it refers, a brief account of one of the parties is necessary. Sir John Vanburgh was descended from a family originally from Ghent ; his grandfather. 270 MEMOIRS OF SARAH Gibes Vaiiburg'h, or Vanbiirg, being obliged to fly from tliat city on account of the persecution of the Protestants. The father of Sir John Van- burgh became a sugar-baker in Chester, where he amassed a considerable fortune, and, removing to London, obtained the place of comptroll...er of the treasury chamber. His mother was Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Dudley Carleton of Ember Court, Surrey. The future dramatist and architect was one of eight sons, and was destined for the army. A love of desultory reading, and a youthful ac- quaintance with Congreve, led him, however, to the stage. So early as 1698, the youth, re- linquishing a soldier's life, produced two come- dies, the " Relapse" and the " Provoked Wife ;" both remarkable for the wit of their dialogue, and for the licentiousness of the sentiments.
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