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Who was Elizabeth Howard and when did she marry John Dryden?
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John Dryden, oil painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1693; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Lady Elizabeth Howard was the youngest daughter of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire, and the sister of the English dramatist Sir Robert Howard. She married the poet and playwright John Dryden on December 1, 1663.12