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Great Britain in 1734

Name: Great Britain in 1734 historical records
Creator: World History Database

Historical records for Great Britain in 1734, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

5Records

5Events

4Named people

2Places

4Categories

Historical records

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1734Birth of Ralph AbercrombyRalph Abercromby

Warfare / Military

Birth of Ralph Abercromby

1734BishopBenjamin Hoadly

Winchester · Religion / Church of England

Appointed Bishop of Winchester

1734ElectionRobert Walpole Orford, 1st

Government / Whig Party Government

Wins his 3rd general election victory

1734Member of ParliamentWilliam Pitt the Elder Chatham, 1st

Old Sarum · Politics / Whig Party

Pitt's brother Thomas is Returned at the general election of 1734 for two separate seats, Okehampton and Old Sarum, and passes Old Sarum to William

1734Prime Minister of Great BritainRobert Walpole Orford, 1st

Government / Whig Party Government

Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 3rd term

Names involved

Benjamin HoadlyRalph AbercrombyRobert Walpole Orford, 1stWilliam Pitt the Elder Chatham, 1st

Places involved

Old SarumWinchester

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.