1737 in Ireland explained

This article lists events from the year 1737 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch

George II

Events

• April 9 – William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire, appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in succession to Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset (sworn 7 September).
• August 29 – proclamation reducing the ratio of gold to silver in coins of Ireland to conform with the British standard.^[1]
• September 1 – The News Letter is first published in Belfast by Francis Joy, making it the world's oldest existing English language newspaper.^[2]

Births

• April 18 – William Hazlitt, Unitarian minister and writer (d. 1820)
• May 2 – William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, British Whig statesman, Home Secretary in 1782 and Prime Minister 1782–1783 (d. 1805)
• May 14 – George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, statesman, colonial administrator and diplomat (d. 1806)
• Christopher Hewetson, sculptor (d. c.1798)
• Joseph Wall, British army officer, colonial governor and murderer (d. 1802)

Deaths

• August 7 – Hugh MacMahon, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher, later Archbishop of Armagh (b. 1660)
• November – Sir Gerard Lally, Jacobite and French military officer.
• John Neale, influential Dublin music publisher and musical instrument maker.

Notes and References

1. Book: Moody, T. W.. A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. 1989. 978-0-19-821744-2. etal.
2. Web site: Ruth. Johnston. Belfast News Letter. Your Place & Mine. BBC. 2011-11-15.