1756 in Ireland
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- 30 June - Charles FitzGerald, 1st Baron LecaleCharles FitzGerald, 1st Baron LecaleRear-Admiral Charles James FitzGerald, 1st Baron Lecale PC , styled Lord Charles FitzGerald between 1761 and 1800, was an Irish naval commander and politician.-Background:...
, politician (d.18101810 in Ireland-Births:*3 January - Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, geographer .*10 March - Samuel Ferguson, poet, barrister, antiquarian, artist and public servant .*3 June - Robert Mallet, geologist, civil engineer and inventor ....
). - July - John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of AbercornJohn Hamilton, 1st Marquess of AbercornJohn James Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn KG, PC was an Irish peer and politician.-Background:He was the son of Captain Hon. John Hamilton and grandson of James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn. He was educated at Harrow and Pembroke College, Cambridge...
, politician (d.18181818 in Ireland-Births:*28 January - Robert Carew, 2nd Baron Carew, politician .*4 April - Thomas Mayne Reid, novelist .*April - Cecil Frances Humphreys Alexander, hymn-writer and poet .*24 May - John Henry Foley, sculptor ....
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