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Events from the year 1730 in Great Britain. Incumbents- Monarch – George II
- Prime Minister – Robert Walpole (Whig)
- Parliament – 7th
Events- 3 February – The Daily Advertiser is founded in London as the first newspaper funded by advertising.[1]
- 12 March – John Glas deposed from the Church of Scotland; the Glasite sect forms around him.[1]
- 15 May – Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend resigns as Secretary of State for the Northern Department after a dispute with Robert Walpole.[2]
Undated- The population of the UK exceeds 10 million for the first time.[3]
- Reputedly the last originally native roe deer in England is killed at Hexham, Northumberland.[4]
Births- 16 April – Henry Clinton, general (died 1795)
- 26 April – John Moore, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1805)
- 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 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)
References1. ^{{cite book|title=The Pocket Date Book|publisher=Chapman and Hall|first=William L. R.|last=Cates|authorlink=William Leist Readwin Cates|year=1863}} 2. ^1 {{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8}} 3. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.ukpublicspending.co.uk/spending_chart_1692_2015UKp_XXc1li111tcn_G0t#view |title=Time Series Chart of UK Public Spending |work=ukpublicspending.co.uk |accessdate=9 May 2015}} 4. ^{{cite journal|first=P. J. W.|last=Langley|author2=Yalden, D. W.|title=The decline of the rarer carnivores in Great Britain during the nineteenth century|journal=Mammal Review|volume=7|year=1977|page=113|doi=10.1111/j.1365-2907.1977.tb00363.x|issue=3–4}}
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