Francis Tolson

Francis Tolson ( 1719 – 1745) was an English poet, dramatist, and the author of several works. He was the Vicar of Easton Maudit and Chaplain to the Rt. Hon.ble the Earl of Sussex.

Works Octavius Prince of Syra: Or, a Lash for Levi. A Poem (1719) The Earl of Warwick: Or, British Exile. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane (1719) A Poem on His Majesty's Passing the South-Sea Bill (1720) Proposals for Printing, Hermathenæ: Or, One Hundred and Twenty Moral Emblems, and Ethnick Tales. with Notes (1739) Hermathenæ, Or Moral Emblems, and Ethnick Tales, with Explanatory Notes (1740)