1721 in Great Britain
Great Britain-related events during the year of 1721
1721 in Great Britain:
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Sport
Events from the year 1721 in Great Britain .
Incumbents
Walpole
Events
Undated
Publications
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 )
28 April – Mary Read , pirate, in Jamaica (born 1685 )
11 June – Sir Anthony Deane , naval architect and politician (born 1633 )
8 July – Elihu Yale , East India merchant and educationist (born 1649 in Massachusetts)
3 August – Grinling Gibbons , sculptor (born 1648 in 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 in Scotland )
17 December – Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough , statesman (born 1650 )
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