DRYDEN, John (c.1641-1708), of Chesterton, Hunts.

b. c. 1641, 2nd s. of Sir John Dryden, 2nd Bt.†, of Canons Ashby, Northants. by his 3rd w. Honor, da. and coh. of Sir Robert Bevill† of Chesterton, Hunts. educ. Wadham, Oxf. matric. 1651; M. Temple 1654. unm. suc. fa. in Chesterton estate c.1658. Vis. Northants. (Harl. Soc. lxxxvii), 67; Bridges, Northants. i. 226; VCH Hunts. iii. 140.