1721 in Great Britain

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Events from the year 1721 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Contents

1 Incumbents
2 Events
- 2.1 Undated
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 References
6 See also

Incumbents

Monarch - George I of Great Britain
Prime Minister - (From 4 April) Robert Walpole, Whig

Events

9 March - John Aislabie imprisoned in the Tower of London, found guilt for corruption for his part in the South Sea Company collapse as Chancellor of the Exchequer.^[1]
4 April - Robert Walpole becomes the first Prime Minister.^[2]

Undated

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu introduces smallpox inoculation to Britain, the Prince of Wales is inoculated and the procedure becomes fashionable.^[1]
Nathan Bailey publishes An Universal Etymological English Dictionary.^[1]
Thomas Guy founds Guy's Hospital in London.^[3]

Births

2 January - John Manners, Marquess of Granby (died 1770)
19 March - Tobias Smollett, physician and author (died 1771)
15 April - Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, military leader (died 1765)
14 July - John Douglas, Anglican bishop and man of letters (died 1807)
4 August - Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, politician (died 1803)
31 August - George Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol, statesman (died 1775)
9 November - Mark Akenside, poet and physician (died 1770)
6 December - James Elphinston, philologist (died 1809)

Deaths

5 February - James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope, statesman and soldier (born c. 1673)
16 February - James Craggs the Younger, politician (born 1686)
24 February - John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, statesman and poet (born 1648)
16 March - James Craggs the Elder, politician (born 1657)
8 July - Elihu Yale, educationist (born 1649, Massachusetts)
3 August - Grinling Gibbons, sculptor (born 1648, Rotterdam)
18 September - Matthew Prior, poet and diplomat (born 1664)
11 October - Edward Colston, merchant and philanthropist (born 1636)
13 December - Alexander Selkirk, sailor (born 1676)
17 December - Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, statesman (born 1650)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
^ "PMs in history, Sir Robert Walope, number-10.gov.uk". http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/page174.asp. Retrieved on 2007-09-03.
^ "History of Guy's and St Thomas' Charity". http://www.gsttcharity.org.uk/aboutus/index.html. Retrieved on 2007-09-03.

See also

Years in the Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800)

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