NORTH. Francis, Lord Guilford, born at Rougham, Norfolk, about , Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and afterwards Lord Chancellor, one of the best amateur musicians of his time, published anonymously in 1677 ‘A Philosophical Essay on Musick,
’ containing some curious observations on the phenomena of sounds. He died .
The Hon. Roger North, his brother, born at Rougham in , was also bred to the bar, and became Attorney-General to James II. He wrote several family biographies...