1730 in Great Britain

Events from the year 1730 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Incumbents

*Monarch - George II of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister - Robert Walpole, Whig

Events

* 15 May - Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend resigns as Secretary of State for the Northern Department after a dispute with Robert Walpole.citebook|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8]

Undated

* Glasite sect formed in Scotland.cite book|title=The Pocket Date Book|publisher=Chapman and Hall|author=William L. R. Cates|year=1863]
* "The Daly Advertiser" is founded as the first newspaper funded by advertising.

Births

* 16 April - Henry Clinton, general (died 1795)
* 13 May - Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Prime Minister (died 1782)
* 12 July - Josiah Wedgwood, potter (died 1795)
* 1 November - George Horne, bishop (died 1792)
* 30 December - William Hamilton, diplomat and antiquary (died 1803)
* "date unknown"
** John Moore, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1805)
** John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, governor of the Province of New York (died 1809)

Deaths

* 1 January - Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, politician (born 1647)
* 30 May - Arabella Churchill, mistress of King James II (born 1648)
* 27 September - Laurence Eusden, poet (born 1688)
* 23 October - Anne Oldfield, actress (born 1683)

References

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