1742 in Great Britain

1742 in Great Britain:
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Sport

Events from the year 1742 in Great Britain.

Incumbents

Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, Great Britain's second prime minister

Events

Publications

Births

  • 1 January – Isaac Reed, Shakespearean editor (died 1807)
  • 8 January – Philip Astley, circus organiser (died 1814)
  • 15 March (bapt.)John Stackhouse, Cornish-born botanist (died 1819)
  • 25 March – William Combe, born William Combes, writer, poet and adventurer (died 1823)
  • 28 April – Henry Dundas, statesman (died 1811)
  • 26 December (bapt.)George Chalmers, Scottish-born antiquarian (died 1825)

Deaths

References

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  3. "Earl of Wilmington, PMs in history". Archived from the original on 5 July 2007. Retrieved 14 July 2007.
  4. The British Chronologist. 1789.
  5. Gordon, Ian; Inglis, Simon (2009). Great Lengths: the historic indoor swimming pools of Britain. Swindon: English Heritage. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-90562-452-2.
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  10. Birley, Robert (1962). Sunk without Trace: some forgotten masterpieces reconsidered. London: Rupert Hart-Davis.

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