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'Denham', (c1614-1669), 1830. Sir John Denham (c1614-1669) Anglo-Irish poet and courtier educated at Trinity College, Oxford and at Lincoln's Inn, notorious for heavy gambling. During the English Civil War, was appointed High Sheriff of Surrey.His second wife Margaret had a public affair with King James II. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830]