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Great Britain in 1754

Historical records for Great Britain in 1754, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

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5Events
5Named people
3Places
3Categories

Historical records

March

16 March 1754Prime Minister of Great BritainThomas Pelham-Holles Newcastle, 1st

Government / Whig Party Government

Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1st term

May

20 May 1754ElectionWilliam Pitt the Elder Chatham, 1st

Aldborough · Politics / Whig Party

Returned by Aldborough

20 May 1754ElectionWilliam Pitt the Elder Chatham, 1st

Aldborough · Politics / Whig Party

The Government wins a landslide election victory

Other Events

1754Attorney GeneralMurray Mansfield, 1st

London · Politics / Whig Party

Appointed Attorney General

1754CommanderSamuel Hood Hood, 1st

Warfare / Military

Appointed Commander of the sloop Jamaica and serves in her on the North American station

1754Member of ParliamentThomas Townshend Sydney, 1st

Whitchurch · Politics / Whig Party

Elected Member of Parliament for Whitchurch

Names involved

Murray Mansfield, 1stSamuel Hood Hood, 1stThomas Pelham-Holles Newcastle, 1stThomas Townshend Sydney, 1stWilliam Pitt the Elder Chatham, 1st

Places involved

AldboroughLondonWhitchurch

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varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.