Значение слова BUCKINGHAM в Литературной энциклопедии

1) GEORGE VILLIERS, 2ND DUKE of (1628-1687).-Dramatist, _s._ of the 1st Duke, who was in 1628 assassinated by Felton. His life was full of adventure and change of fortune. The Restoration gave him back his already twice lost estates, which he again squandered by a life of wild extravagance and profligacy at Court. He was a member of the "Cabal" and intrigued against Clarendon. He wrote pamphlets, lampoons, and plays, but his chief contribution to literature was _The Rehearsal_, a comedy, in which he satirised the heroic drama of Dryden and others. It is believed that S. Butler had a hand in it. Dryden had his revenge in his picture of B. as _Zimri_ in _Absalom and Achitophel_. 2) BUCKINGHAM AND NORMANBY, JOHN SHEFFIELD, 1ST DUKE of (1648-1721).-_S._ of the 2nd Earl of Mulgrave, served in his youth as a soldier under Prince Rupert and Turenne, and is also said to have made love to the Princess, afterwards Queen, Anne. He was a Privy Councillor under James II., William and Mary, and Anne, with the last of whom he remained a favourite. His magnificent mansion was purchased and pulled down to make way for Buckingham Palace. He wrote _An Account of the Revolution_, _An Essay on Satire_, and _An Essay on Poetry_. He also remodelled Shakespeare's _Julius Caesar_.3)BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK (1786-1855).-Journalist and traveller, wrote many books of travel, both on the Old and New World. He established, and for a year or two ed., _The Athenaeum_, and produced many pamphlets on political and social subjects.