Suckling
SIR JOHN, an English author; born in Whitton, Middlesex, Whitton, Middlesex , England, in 1609, and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1631-1632 he served as a volunteer under Gustavus Adolphus. In 1639 he equipped a troop of horse for the service of Charles I. against the Scotch. Being implicated in a plot to rescue the Earl of Strafford from the Tower, he was obliged to flee to France in 1640. His writings consist of letters; miscellaneous poems, including ballads and songs; a prose treatise entitled "An Account of Religion by Reason"; and several plays Aglaura, "The Goblins," and "Brennoralt." He died in Paris in 1642.