1769 in Great Britain

Births

6 January - Lord Charles Townshend, Member of Parliament (died 1796)
2 March - Walter Fawkes, writer and Member of Parliament (died 1825)
23 March - William Smith, geologist and cartographer (died 1839)
3 April - Josiah Wedgwood II, Member of Parliament (died 1843)
5 April - Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet, naval officer (died 1839)
13 April - Thomas Lawrence, painter (died 1830)
1 May - Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, general and Prime Minister (died 1852)
2 May - John Malcolm, soldier, statesman and historian (died 1833)
21 May - John Hookham Frere, diplomat and author (died 1846)
18 June - Viscount Castlereagh, statesman, diplomat, and soldier (died 1822)
14 August - Richard Barry, 7th Earl of Barrymore, noble (died 1793)
10 September - Charles Bullen, admiral (died 1853)
19 September - George Raper, naval officer and illustrator (died 1797)
28 September - John Jackson, boxer (died 1845)
6 October - Isaac Brock, general and administrator (died 1812)
23 October - James Ward, painter and engraver (died 1859)
7 November - William Sturges Bourne, politician (died 1845)
12 November - Amelia Opie, author (died 1853)
13 December - James Scarlett Abinger, judge (died 1844)
23 December
- William Henry Clinton, general (died 1846)
- Martin Archer Shee, portrait painter (died 1850)
date unknown
- Maria Bland, singer (died 1838)
- Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness Conyngham, mistress of George IV (died 1861)
- James Dadford, English canal engineer (year of death unknown)
- Charles Ewart, soldier (died 1846)
- Francis Gore, officer and colonial administrator (died 1852)
- Robert Hetrick, poet (died 1849)
- William Rae, Member of Parliament (died 1842)
- Ellen Sharples, painter (died 1849)