1730 in Great Britain

none 1730 yes Events from the year 1730 in Great Britain. Incumbents Monarch – George II Prime Minister – Robert Walpole (Whig)History of Sir Robert Walpole - GOV.UK https://www.gov.uk/government/history/past-prime-ministers/robert-walpole www.gov.uk 12 June 2023 en Events 3 February – The Daily Advertiser is founded in London as the first newspaper funded by advertising. 12 March – John Glas deposed from the Church of Scotland; the Glasite sect forms around him.The Pocket Date Book https://archive.org/details/pocketdatebooko00categoog Chapman and Hall William L. R. Cates William Leist Readwin Cates 1863 15 May – Walpole–Townshend ministry dissolved when Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend resigns as Secretary of State for the Northern Department after a dispute with Robert Walpole.Williams Hywel Cassell's Chronology of World History https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will registration Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2005 0-304-35730-8 Undated The population of the UK exceeds 10 million for the first time.http://www.ukpublicspending.co.uk/spending_chart_1692_2015UKp_XXc1li111tcn_G0t#view Time Series Chart of UK Public Spending ukpublicspending.co.uk 9 May 2015 Reputedly the last originally native roe deer in England is killed at Hexham, Northumberland.P. J. W. Langley Yalden, D. W. The decline of the rarer carnivores in Great Britain during the nineteenth century Mammal Review 7 1977 113 10.1111/j.1365-2907.1977.tb00363.x 3–4 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)History of Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham - GOV.UK https://www.gov.uk/government/history/past-prime-ministers/charles-watson-wentworth-2nd-marquess-of-rockingham www.gov.uk 1 July 2023 en 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 1730 in Wales References 1730 Category:Years in the Kingdom of Great Britain Category:1730 by country Category:1730 in Europe Category:1730s in Great Britain