Anniversarial — 2011
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Here are some of those correspondents whose birth or death is marked in 2011:
Births
- Amherst County, Virginia, justices of (founded c. 1761), American judge, lawyer
- Baillie, Matthew (born 1761–died 1823), Scottish physician, anatomist, university teacher, academician, author
- Baldwin, Simeon (born 1761–died 1851), American lawyer, legal author
- Baptiste, Nicolas-Eustache Anselme, l’ainé (born 1761–died 1835), French actor
- Barnwell, Robert (born 1761–died 1814), American [unknown occupation]
- Beck, Jacob Sigismund (born 1761–died 1840), German philosopher
- Beugnot, Jacques Claude (born 1761–died 1835), French politician, civil servant
- Bourn, Silvanus (born c. 1761–died 1817), American merchant, consular official
- Brooke, Robert (born c. 1761–died 1800), American lawyer, governor, army officer, civil servant, freemason
- Christie, Thomas (born 1761–died 1796), Scottish author, political author, journalist, political author
- Decrès, Denis, duc Decrès (born 1761–died 1820), French naval officer, government minister
- Dexter, Samuel (born 1761–died 1816), American [unknown occupation]
- Douglas, George, 16th earl of Morton (born 1761–died 1827), Scottish aristocrat
- Francis, Charlotte Anne [née Burney] (born 1761–died 1838), English home-maker
- Gallatin, Albert (born 1761–died 1849), American financier, diplomat
- Gallois, Jean Antoine Gauvin (born 1761–died 1828), French politician, revolutionary
- Graun, Johanna Elisabeth [née Fischer] (born 1761–died 1835), German home-maker
- Gregory, William (born 1761–died 1803), Scottish churchman
- Higgins, Jesse (born 1761–died 1810), American [unknown occupation]
- Hooker, John (born 1761–died 1829), American [unknown occupation]
- Hussey, Reverend John (born 1761), English churchman, East India Company official
- Johnson, Samuel William (born 1761–died 1846), American lawyer, politician
- Jordan, Dorothy [née Bland] (born 1761–died 1816), Irish actor
- Laya, Jean Louis (born 1761–died 1833), French author, critic, journalist, academic, teacher
- Lee, Richard Bland (born 1761–died 1827), American politician
- Mackenzie, Roderic (born c. 1761–died 1844), Canadian fur-trader, militia officer, politician, academician, tradesman
- Matthisson, Friedrich von (born 1761–died 1831), German poet, tutor
- Maury, Fontaine (born 1761–died 1824), American landowner, politician, abolitionist
- Mendoza y Ríos, Joseph de (born 1761–died 1816), Spanish astronomer
- Montolieu, Louis de (born 1761–died 1817), French aristocrat
- Morse, Jedidiah (born 1761–died 1826), American churchman, author
- Nicholas, Wilson Cary (born 1761–died 1820), American [unknown occupation]
- Oliveira, Doctor João Francisco de (born 1761–died 1829), Portuguese physician, politician
- Parsons, Reverend Doctor John, bishop of Peterborough (born 1761–died 1819), English churchman, university administrator
- Ponsonby, Henrietta Frances, countess of Bessborough [née Spencer] (born 1761–died 1821), English aristocrat
- Raynouard, François Juste Marie (born 1761–died 1836), French politician, historian, linguist
- Rehausen, Gotthard Mauritz von (born 1761–died 1822), Swedish diplomat
- Roederer, Marie Catherine Adélaïde, comtesse Roederer [née Decrétot] (born 1761–died 1818), French aristocrat
- Russell, Benjamin (born 1761–died 1845), American printer, newspaper editor, politician
- The Saint James’s Chronicle (founded 1761), English newspaper
- Smith, Caroline [née Vernon] (born 1761–died 1833), English home-maker
- Storer, Charles (born 1761–died 1829), American [unknown occupation]
- Tierney, George (born 1761–died 1830), English politician, member of Parliament
- Verninac de Saint-Maur, Raimond (born 1761–died 1822), French lawyer, poet, diplomat
- Walker, Joseph Cooper (born 1761–died 1810), Irish antiquarian, author
- Warton, Charlotte (born 1761–died 1841), English home-maker
- Welles, Arnold (born 1761–died 1827), American businessman
- Wickham, William (born 1761–died 1840), English politician, member of Parliament, spymaster, diplomat, spy, civil servant
- Williams, Sir John (born 1761–died 1830), Welsh politician, member of Parliament, civil servant
Deaths
- Baulacre, Léonard (born 1670–died 1761), Swiss churchman, Protestant, librarian, archivist
- Boscawen, Admiral Edward (born 1711–died 1761), English naval officer, politician
- Bouveries, Jacob des, Viscount Folkestone (died 1761), English merchant
- Boyle, Patrick (died 1761), Scottish lawyer, judge
- Campbell, Archibald, 3rd duke of Argyll (born 1682–died 1761), Scottish politician, scholar, classicist
- Campbell, Neil (born 1678–died 1761), Scottish churchman, Presbyterian, university teacher, university administrator
- Caron, Jean François (died 1761), French notary
- Cawthorn, James (born 1719–died 1761), English author, poet, schoolteacher
- Charlevoix, Pierre François Xavier de (born 1682–died 1761), French churchman, Jesuit, explorer, author
- Corsembleu Desmahis, Joseph François Edouard de (born 1722–died 1761), French author, playwright
- Davies, Reverend Samuel (born 1723–died 1761), American churchman, missionary, university administrator
- Dewes, Anne [née Granville] (born 1707–died 1761), English gentlewoman
- Dollond, John (born 1706–died 1761), English optician, scientific-instrument maker, academician
- Du Bellay Du Resnel, Jean François (born 1692–died 1761), French churchman, Oratorian, poet, translator, academician
- Fermor, Henrietta Louisa, 1st countess of Pomfret [née Jeffreys] (born c. 1700–died 1761), English aristocrat
- Fouquet, Charles Louis Auguste, duc de Belle-Isle (born 1684–died 1761), French aristocrat, diplomat
- Geree, Reverend John (born 1672–died 1761), English churchman
- Gualtieri, Cardinal Luigi (born 1706–died 1761), Italian churchman
- Hoadly, Reverend Benjamin, bishop of Winchester (born 1676–died 1761), English churchman
- Ingram, Henry, 7th Viscount Irvine (born 1691–died 1761), English aristocrat, militia officer, politician, member of Parliament
- Lindesay, Hercules (died 1761), Scottish university teacher, lawyer
- Meny, Edme Louis (born 1685–died 1761), French notary, politician
- Montboissier-Beaufort de Canillac, père Claude François de (born 1693–died 1761), French churchman
- Moreau de Séchelles, Jean (born 1690–died 1761), French government minister
- Musschenbroek, Petrus van (born 1692–died 1761), Dutch physicist
- Nash, Richard (born 1674–died 1761), English social celebrity
- Passionei, Cardinal Domenico (born 1682–died 1761), Italian churchman, scholar, academic
- Petty, John, 1st earl of Shelburne [née FitzMaurice] (born 1706–died 1761), Irish lawyer, politician, member of Parliament
- Poleni, Giovanni (born 1683–died 1761), Italian mathematician, physicist, engineer
- Rich, John (born 1692–died 1761), English pantomime theatre manager
- Richardson, Samuel (born 1689–died 1761), English author, printer
- Rouillé, Antoine Louis de, comte de Jouy (born 1689–died 1761), French government minister
- Sade, Joseph David de (born 1692–died 1761), French army officer
- Salley, Charles Alexandre (died 1761), French censor, civil servant
- Sallier, Claude (born 1685–died 1761), French philologist, academician
- Séguy, Joseph (born 1689–died 1761), French churchman, poet, academician
- Sherlock, Reverend Thomas, bishop of London (born 1677–died 1761), English churchman, bishop
- Tamburini, Cardinal Fortunato (born 1683–died 1761), Italian churchman, monk, Benedictine, academic, scholar, church administrator
- Vaux de Giry, père Odet Joseph de, abbé de Saint-Cyr (born 1699–died 1761), French churchman, academician
- Wackerbarth, Joseph Anton Gabaleon von, graf von Wackerbarth (born 1685–died 1761), German army officer, courtier, diplomat, civil servant
- Wortley Montagu, Edward (born 1678–died 1761), English diplomat, politician, member of Parliament
