Francis North, 4th Earl of Guilford, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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British peer, Army officer, and playwright
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About Francis North, 4th Earl of Guilford
- Francis North, 4th Earl of Guilford (25 December 1761 – 11 January 1817), styled The Honourable Francis North until 1802, was a British peer, Army officer, and playwright. North was the second son of Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford.
- On 8 July 1777, he was commissioned an ensign in the 58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot.
- On 27 January 1778, he became a cornet in the 2nd Dragoons, and in December 1778 or May 1779 was promoted lieutenant in the 2nd Dragoon Guards.
- On 29 April 1780, he became a captain in the 96th Regiment of Foot.Capt.
- North was appointed aide-de-camp in extraordinary to Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle, the new Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, on 30 December 1780, a post he held for the duration of Carlisle's tenure in office.
- On 9 April 1781, he exchanged into the 49th Regiment of Foot.
- On 22 April 1783, he was promoted major in the 83rd Regiment of Foot, which regiment, however, was disbanded the following year.North was also a playwright, and his drama, The Kentish Baron, was produced at the Haymarket in 1791 and deemed a success.
- On 9 September 1794, he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel.
- He was appointed lieutenant of Dover Castle in 1795 and captain of Deal Castle in 1799, succeeding his elder brother George North, 3rd Earl of Guilford in 1802.
- On 5 May 1803, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Kent.He married Maria Boycott on 19 July 1810, but had no children by her.
- Upon his death in 1817 in Pisa, he was succeeded in the earldom by his brother, Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford.
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