List of Old Etonians born in the 18th century

The following notable old boys of Eton College were born in the 18th century. == 1700s == Thomas Morell (1703–1784), classical scholar Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland (1705–1774), Secretary at War, 1746–1754, Secretary of State for the Southern Department, 1755–1756, and Paymaster General, 1757–1765 Henry Fielding (1707–1754), novelist Other Windsor, 3rd Earl of Plymouth (1707–1732) William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708–1778), Paymaster General, 1746–1755, Secretary of State for the Southern Department, 1756–1757, 1757–1761, and Prime Minister, 1766–1768 Francis Dashwood, 11th Baron le Despencer (1708–1781), Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1762–1763 George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (1709–1773), Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1755–1756 Thomas Arne (1710–1778), composer == 1710s == George Grenville (1712–1770), First Lord of the Admiralty, 1762–1763, Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1763–1765 Edward Cornwallis (1713–1776), Lieutenant-General and founder of Halifax, Nova Scotia Frederick Cornwallis (1713–1783), Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, 1750–1766, Dean of St Paul's, 1766–1768, and Archbishop of Canterbury, 1768–1783 John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713–1792), Secretary of State for the Northern Department, 1761–1762, and Prime Minister, 1762–1763 Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst (1714–1794), Lord Chancellor, 1771–1778 Charles Lyttelton (1714–1768), Bishop of Carlisle, 1762–1768, and antiquary Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden (1714–1794), Lord Chancellor, 1766–1770 Thomas Gray (1716–1771), poet Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (1717–1797), author and politician John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718–1792), First Lord of the Admiralty, 1748–1751, 1771–1782, and Secretary of State for the Northern Department, 1763–1765, 1770–1771 George Selwyn (1719–1791), politician and wit Edward Weston (1703–1770), politician and Chief Secretary of Ireland == 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.

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List of Old Etonians born in the 18th century

The following notable old boys of Eton College were born in the 18th century. == 1700s == Thomas Morell (1703–1784), classical scholar Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland (1705–1774), Secretary at War, 1746–1754, Secretary of State for the Southern Department, 1755–1756, and Paymaster General, 1757–1765 Henry Fielding (1707–1754), novelist Other Windsor, 3rd Earl of Plymouth (1707–1732) William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708–1778), Paymaster General, 1746–1755, Secretary of State for the Southern Department, 1756–1757, 1757–1761, and Prime Minister, 1766–1768 Francis Dashwood, 11th Baron le Despencer (1708–1781), Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1762–1763 George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (1709–1773), Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1755–1756 Thomas Arne (1710–1778), composer == 1710s == George Grenville (1712–1770), First Lord of the Admiralty, 1762–1763, Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1763–1765 Edward Cornwallis (1713–1776), Lieutenant-General and founder of Halifax, Nova Scotia Frederick Cornwallis (1713–1783), Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, 1750–1766, Dean of St Paul's, 1766–1768, and Archbishop of Canterbury, 1768–1783 John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713–1792), Secretary of State for the Northern Department, 1761–1762, and Prime Minister, 1762–1763 Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst (1714–1794), Lord Chancellor, 1771–1778 Charles Lyttelton (1714–1768), Bishop of Carlisle, 1762–1768, and antiquary Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden (1714–1794), Lord Chancellor, 1766–1770 Thomas Gray (1716–1771), poet Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (1717–1797), author and politician John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718–1792), First Lord of the Admiralty, 1748–1751, 1771–1782, and Secretary of State for the Northern Department, 1763–1765, 1770–1771 George Selwyn (1719–1791), politician and wit Edward Weston (1703–1770), politician and Chief Secretary of Ireland == 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.

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