Francis North may refer to:
- Francis North, 1st Baron Guilford (1637–1685)
- Francis North, 2nd Baron Guilford (1673–1729)
- Francis North, 3rd Baron Guilford (1704–1790) (created Earl of Guilford in 1752)
- Francis North, 4th Earl of Guilford (1761–1817)
- Francis North, 6th Earl of Guilford (1772–1861)
Famous quotes containing the words francis and/or north:
“Then came the Lord Chamberlain with his white staff,
And all the people began to laugh;
And then the Queen began to speak,
‘You’re welcome home, Sir Francis Drake.’”
—Unknown. Upon Sir Francis Drake’s Return from His Voyage about the World, and the Queen’s Meeting Him (l. 5–8)
“Exporting Church employees to Latin America masks a universal and unconscious fear of a new Church. North and South American authorities, differently motivated but equally fearful, become accomplices in maintaining a clerical and irrelevant Church. Sacralizing employees and property, this Church becomes progressively more blind to the possibilities of sacralizing person and community.”
—Ivan Illich (b. 1926)