List of Old Etonians Born in The 18th Century - 1720s

1720s

  • Lieutenant-General John Manners, Marquess of Granby (1721–1770), Master-General of the Ordnance, 1763–1766, and Commander-in-Chief of the Forces, 1766–1770
  • Daniel Dulany the Younger (1722–1797), Maryland Loyalist politician, Mayor of Annapolis, and lawyer.
  • William Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton of Frankley (1724–1808), Governor of South Carolina, 1756–1760, and Jamaica, 1762–1766, and Ambassador to Portugal, 1766–1771
  • Brigadier-General George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe (1725–1758), soldier
  • Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes (1726–1792), advocate, historian, and Scottish Lord of Session, 1766–1792, and Lord of Justiciary, 1776–1792
  • Admiral of the Fleet Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726–1799), Commander-in-Chief, North American Station, 1775–1778, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1783–1788, and Vice-Admiral of England, 1792–1796
  • General William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe (1729–1814), Commander-in-Chief, North America, 1775–1778, and Lieutenant-General of Ordnance, 1782–1803

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