1) SIR RICHARD (_c._ 1650, _d._ 1729).-Poet, one of the Court Physicians to William III. and Anne, wrote several very long and well-intentioned, but dull and tedious, poems, which, though praised by Addison and Johnson, are now utterly forgotten. They include _Prince Arthur_, _Creation_, _Redemption_, _Alfred_. As may be imagined, they were th