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'M. Prior', (1664-1721), 1830. Matthew Prior (1664-1721) English poet and diplomat educated at Westminster School and St John's College, Cambridge, appointed a gentleman to William III, known as a contributor to The Examiner. When Queen Anne died he was impeached and imprisoned by Robert Walpole and retired from public life. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830]