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Great Britain-related events during the year of 1730
Events from the year
1730 in
Great Britain .
Incumbents
Events
Undated
Births
9 January –
John Scott of Amwell , Quaker poet and landscape gardener (died 1783)
27 March –
Thomas Tyrwhitt , classical scholar and critic (died 1786)
16 April –
Henry Clinton , general (died 1795)
26 April –
John Moore ,
Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1805)
13 May –
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ,
Prime Minister (died 1782)
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12 July –
Josiah Wedgwood , pottery manufacturer and abolitionist (died 1795)
1 August –
Frederick Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol , Anglican Bishop of Derry, art collector and philanthropist (died 1803)
7 September –
Elisabetta de Gambarini , composer (died 1765)
1 November –
George Horne , bishop (died 1792)
14 December –
James Bruce , Scottish explorer of the Nile (died 1794)
30 December –
William Hamilton , diplomat and antiquary (died 1803)
date unknown –
John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore , Scottish peer and colonial governor in the Americas (died 1809)
Deaths
1 January –
Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham , politician (born 1647)
13 May –
Sir Justinian Isham, 4th Baronet , landowner and politician (born 1658)
30 May –
Arabella Churchill , mistress of
King James II (born 1648)
19 June –
Thomas Trevor, 1st Baron Trevor , judge and politician (born 1658)
9 September –
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland , courtier (born 1662)
27 September –
Laurence Eusden , poet laureate (born 1688)
23 October –
Anne Oldfield , actress (born 1683)
See also
References