1753 in Ireland

Events from the year 1753 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch: George II

Events

• Renewed dispute over revenue surplus.
• 15 December – Lady Charlotte Cavendish, married to William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (future Prime Minister of Great Britain & Ireland), inherits her family's estates, including Lismore Castle, from her father, Richard Boyle, 4th Earl of Cork, bringing them into the Devonshire family.

Publications

• Charles O'Conor – Dissertations on the Ancient History of Ireland.

Births

• 16 November – James McHenry, signer of the United States Constitution from Maryland, third United States Secretary of War (died 1816)
• 22 November – Richard John Uniacke, lawyer, politician, member of Nova Scotia Legislative Assembly and Attorney General of Nova Scotia (died 1830)
• Gilbert Austin, educator, clergyman and author (died 1837)
• John Barrett, clergyman and Hebrew scholar (died 1821)

Deaths

• 11 January – Hans Sloane, physician and collector (born 1660)
• 14 January – George Berkeley, also known as Bishop Berkeley, philosopher and writer (born 1685)

References