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 appointed aide-de-camp in extraordinary to Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle, the new Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, on 30 December 1780,[6] a post he held for the duration of Carlisle's tenure in office.

[8] North was also a playwright, and his drama, The Kentish Baron, was produced at the Haymarket in 1791 and deemed a success.

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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