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Events from the year 1767 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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[edit] Births
- January - William Shearman, physician and medical writer (died 1861)
- 1 January - Maria Edgeworth, novelist (died 1849)
- 6 March - Davies Gilbert, engineer, author, and politician (died 1839)
- 22 March - Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster, Member of Parliament (died 1845)
- 20 August - Lord William Russell, Member of Parliament (died 1840)
- 3 October - Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton, politician (died 1852)
- 2 November - Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, member of the Royal Family (died 1820)
- 2 December - Lord Charles Somerset, governor of the Cape Colony (died 1831)
- unknown dates
[edit] Deaths
- 10 July - Alexander Monro, physician (born 1697)
- 26 July - Henrietta Howard, Countess of Suffolk, mistress of George II of Great Britain (born 1688)
- 4 September - Charles Townshend, politician (born 1725)
- 17 September - Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, member of the Royal Family (born 1739)
- 26 October - Harry Pulteney, soldier and Member of Parliament (born 1686)
- 1 December - Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, Freemason (born 1710)
- 22 December - John Newbery, publisher (born 1713)
- unknown date - Laurence Oliphant, Jacobite (born 1691)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 324. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 224-225. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
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