1740 in Great Britain explained
Events from the year 1740 in Great Britain.
Incumbents
Events
Unknown dates
Births
Deaths
- 29 January – Richard Lumley, 2nd Earl of Scarbrough, military officer and politician, suicide (born 1686)
- 19 February – Hester Pinney, businesswoman (born 1658)
- 23 April – Thomas Tickell, writer (born 1685)
- 6 June – Alexander Spotswood, governor of Virginia Colony (born 1676)
- 17 June – Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet, politician (born 1687)
- 20 December – Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, military officer and statesman (born 1675)
- 23 December – Daniel Waterland, English theologian (born 1683)
See also
Notes and References
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- Book: Williams, Hywel. Cassell's Chronology of World History. registration. London. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 2005. 0-304-35730-8. 308.
- Book: Hamilton, Sidney Graves. Hertford College. London. Robinson. 1903. University of Oxford college histories.
- Book: Pack, A. J.. Nelson's Blood: the story of naval rum. Havant. K. Mason. 1982. 0-85937-279-0.
- Web site: Icons, a portrait of England 1700–1750. 2007-08-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20070817164123/http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/icons-timeline/1700-1750. 2007-08-17.
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