_G. Netscher_ (Dutch: 1639-1784). _See 843._
The first Earl of Berkeley--a man of considerable note in his day, and
the author of a religious work to which some complimentary couplets
by Waller have given a kind of immortality--was born in 1628 and died
in 1698. He was one of the Commissioners nominated in 1660 to proceed
to the Hague to invite Charles to return to the kingdom, and shortly
afterwards he received various important appointments. In 1688, after
the flight of the King, he was one of the lords assembled at the
Guildhall to draw up the celebrated declaration constituting themselves
a provisional government until such time as the Prince of Orange should
arrive.