1753 in Ireland

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Events

• Renewed dispute over revenue surplus.^[1]
• 15 December - Lady Charlotte Cavendish, wife of William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (future Prime Minister of Great Britain & Ireland), inherits her family's estates, including Lismore Castle, from her father, Richard Boyle, 4th Earl of Cork, bringing them into the Devonshire family.

Publications

• Charles O'Conor - Dissertations on the Ancient History of Ireland.

Births

• 16 November - James McHenry, signer of the United States Constitution from Maryland, third United States Secretary of War (died 1816).
• 22 November - Richard John Uniacke, lawyer, politician, member of Nova Scotia Legislative Assembly and Attorney General of Nova Scotia (died 1830).
• Gilbert Austin, educator, clergyman and author (died 1837).
• John Barrett, clergyman and Hebrew scholar (died 1821).

Deaths

• 11 January - Hans Sloane, physician and collector (born 1660)
• 14 January - George Berkeley, also known as Bishop Berkeley, philosopher and writer (born 1685).

References