Births
- 2 January - Edward Seymour, 9th Duke of Somerset, son of Edward Seymour, 8th Duke of Somerset and Mary Webb (died 1792)
- 5 January - William Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington, statesman (died 1793)
- 23 January - Benjamin Beddome, Baptist minister and hymnist (died 1795)
- 29 January - Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, soldier and conqueror of Quebec (died 1797)
- 19 February - David Garrick, actor (died 1779)
- 5 June - Emanuel Mendez da Costa, botanist (died 1791)
- 15 August - John Metcalf, roadbuilder (died 1810)
- 4 September - Job Orton, dissenting minister (died 1783)
- 24 September - Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, writer (died 1797)
- 28 September - William Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford, diplomat and statesman (died 1781)
- 30 October - Jonathan Hornblower, pioneer of steam power (died 1780)
- 13 November - Prince George William, member of the Royal Family (died 1718)
- 17 November - Caroline Townshend, 1st Baroness Greenwich, peeress (died 1794)
- 16 December - Elizabeth Carter, writer (died 1806)
- 25 December - George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield (died 1790)
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