June 1746. She was wrecked on the Barbary Coast of North Africa on 28 November 1758. Lichfield was built as a replacement to the previous HMS Lichfield which...

fate is unknown. HMS Lichfield (1695) was a 48-gun fourth rate launched in 1695, rebuilt in 1730 and broken up in 1744. HMS Lichfield (1746) was a 50-gun...

at King's Yard in Harwich by John Barnard as a sister ship to HMS Lichfield (1746) to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment, and launched on...

command of the fifth-rate HMS Sheerness in 1694 and of the fourth-rate HMS Lichfield in 1697. In December 1695 he was active in the English Channel pursuing...

1722. Lee became captain of HMS Falkland in 1734 and was commissioned Governor of Newfoundland in May 1735. Around 1746, the Navy relieved Lee of command...

be printed in several editions. Byron was appointed captain of HMS Siren in December 1746. In 1760, during the Seven Years' War, Byron commanded a squadron...

recommencement of the war with France, when he was appointed to the 50-gun HMS Lichfield, one of the fleet which went to North America with Edward Boscawen in...

in Harwich in 1746 HMS Severn a 50-gun ship of the line launched at King's Yard in Harwich in 1747 as a sister ship to HMS Lichfield HMS Seahorse a 24-gun...

after which Knowles took command of the 50-gun HMS Lichfield. He soon moved to command the 60-gun HMS Weymouth, and sailed with her from St Helens Roads...

(1745) – broken up 1765 Colchester 50 (1746) – broken up 1773 Lichfield 50 (1746) – wrecked 1758 Panther 50 (1746) – broken up 1756 Bristol class – Non-Establishment...

Schmauss, German jurist (d. 1757) March 12 – George Lee, 2nd Earl of Lichfield, British peer (d. 1743) March 16 – Benjamin Elbel, German theologian (d...

of piracy although he is later reprieved. January 27 The crew of the ship HMS Welfare, commanded by John Strong, become the first European people to land...

warships at Harwich Dockyard, this time as a private contractor; one of these, HMS Harwich, was considered by Pepys to be one of the finest vessels in the Navy...

Meissen porcelain manufactury (d. 1775) July 3 – Robert Lee, 4th Earl of Lichfield, English politician and peer (d. 1776) July 8 – John Hart, militia officer...

ex-officio colonel of the Berkshire Militia under William and Mary. The first HMS Norfolk was named after him. His private surgeon was Thomas Greenhill. A...

The same map shows Pen Ponds, a lake divided in two by a causeway, dug in 1746 and initially referred to as the Canals, which is now a good place to see...

be commander of the bomb vessel HMS Terrible. In the course of 1743, he was appointed acting captain of the 20-gun HMS Kennington, and was officially confirmed...

Baron Deramore (1911–2006), British architect Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield (1939–2005), photographer Sir Claude Francis Barry, 3rd Baronet (1883–1970)...

Filipino religious sister (d. 1748) February 4 – Edward Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield, English peer (d. 1716) February 12 – Cotton Mather, American theologian...

an early example being at New Place, King's Nympton, Devon, built between 1746 and 1749 to the design of Francis Cartwright of Blandford in Dorset. An archaeological...

for Ludlow 1727–1741 and 1743–1754, who lost an eye in a pistol duel in 1746. William Windham, MP for Sudbury 1720–1727 and Aldeburgh 1727–1730, who lost...

Sauveur, French mathematician (b. 1653) July 14 – Edward Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield, English peer (b. 1663) July 26 – Paolo Alessandro Maffei, Italian antiquarian...

1737 2 March: Samuel Johnson and his former pupil David Garrick leave Lichfield to seek their fortunes in London. 21 June: The Theatrical Licensing Act...