ABSTRACT
Garrard was one of Donne's closest friends and most frequent correspondents from the time they shared lodgings between 1607 and 161 I; Donne treated him as his literary confidant. He was the second son of Sir William Garrard and came of wealthy merchant stock on both sides. In late life he entered the service of the Percy family, with whom Donne too had close connections, and then became Master of the Charterhouse, of which Donne had been a governor.
