Anniversarial — 2012
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Here are some of those correspondents whose birth or death is marked in 2012:
Births
- Abbot, Mary [née Pearce] (born c. 1762–died 1793), English home-maker
- Alexander, Christine (born 1762–died 1845), Scottish home-maker
- Alexander, John [junior] (born 1762–died 1831), English lawyer, landowner
- Anthony, Joseph (born 1762–died 1814), American silversmith
- Baillie, Joanna (born 1762–died 1851), Scottish author, playwright, poet
- Bourbon-Conti, Stéphanie Louise de (born c. 1762–died 1825), French aristocrat, shopkeeper
- Bourrit, Pierre Marc Isaac (born 1762–died 1841), Swiss churchman, Protestant, politician
- Bowles, Reverend William Lisle (born 1762–died 1850), English churchman, poet
- Chérin, Louis Nicolas Hyacinthe (born 1762–died 1799), French genealogist, army officer
- Colman, George [the younger] (born 1762–died 1836), English author, playwright, theatre manager
- Davis, Daniel (born 1762–died 1835), American lawyer, politician
- Dawson, John (born 1762–died 1814), American lawyer, plantation-owner, politician
- Desgouttes, Henri Zacharie (born 1762–died 1834), Swiss politician, revolutionary, author
- Dreux-Brézé, Henri Evrard de, marquis de Dreux-Brézé (born 1762–died 1829), French aristocrat, courtier
- Duclos-Guyot, César René (born 1762–died 1846), French soldier, military administrator, military engineer
- Fallery, Marianne Paule [née Malignon] (born 1762–died 1834), Swiss home-maker
- Fauche, Abraham Louis (born 1762–died 1829), Swiss printer, royalist secret agent, publisher, bookseller, royalist, spy
- Fay de Sathonay, Nicolas Jean Claude Marie, baron de Sathonay (born 1762–died 1812), French royalist, politician
- Fichte, Johann Gottlieb (born 1762–died 1814), German philosopher
- Forestier, Jacques Antoine Isidore (born 1762–died 1825), French secretary, civil servant
- George IV, king of Great Britain and Ireland (born 1762–died 1830), English monarch
- Girardin, Cécile Stanislas Xavier de, comte de Girardin (born 1762–died 1827), French politician, author
- Gray, Reverend Doctor Robert, bishop of Bristol (born 1762–died 1834), English churchman, author
- Griffin, Elizabeth [née Braxton] (born 1762), American home-maker
- Gwyn, John Fraunceis (born 1762–died 1846), English gentleman
- Holden, John (born 1762–died 1806), English university teacher
- Home Drummond, Janet [née Jardine] (born 1762–died 1840), Scottish home-maker
- Kelly, Michael (born 1762–died 1826), Irish singer, composer
- Lakanal, Joseph (born 1762–died 1845), French politician, revolutionary, university teacher, educationalist, plantation-owner, academician
- Laporte, Jean Jacques (born c. 1762), French physician
- Lear, Tobias (born 1762–died 1816), American [unknown occupation]
- Livermore, Edward St. Loe (born 1762–died 1832), American lawyer
- Lysons, Reverend Daniel (born 1762–died 1834), English antiquarian, topographer, author
- Madison, William (born 1762–died 1843), American [unknown occupation]
- Noel, John Young (born 1762–died 1817), American lawyer, judge
- Nourse, John (born c. 1762–died 1790), American newspaper editor
- Parsons, William Walter (born 1762–died 1801), American [unknown occupation]
- Pennington, Reverend Montagu (born 1762–died 1849), English churchman, editor, essayist
- Perceval, Spencer (born 1762–died 1812), English lawyer, civil servant, prime minister, politician, member of Parliament, Evangelical
- The Providence Gazette (founded 1762), American newspaper
- Pujoulx, Jean Baptiste (born 1762–died 1821), French author
- Rémusat, Augustin Laurent de, comte de Rémusat (born 1762–died 1823), French aristocrat, courtier, royalist politician
- Salis-Seewis, Johann Gaudenz von, baron von Salis-Seewis (born 1762–died 1834), Swiss army officer, poet
- Seyffer, Karl Felix von (born 1762–died 1822), German astronomer
- Smith, George W. (born 1762–died 1811), American [unknown occupation]
- Stoddard, Amos (born 1762–died 1813), American soldier, soldier, legal clerk
- The Equitable Life Assurance Society (founded 1762–disbanded 2000), English insurance company
- Throckmorton, Maria Catherine, Lady Throckmorton [née Giffard] (born 1762–died 1821), English aristocrat, Recusant, amanuensis
- Tucker, Benjamin (born 1762–died 1829), English civil servant
- Vaughan, Samuel [junior] (born 1762–died 1827), English merchant, plantation-owner, radical, garden designer
- Vernon, Elizabeth (born c. 1762), English gentlewoman
- Verplank, Daniel C. (born 1762–died 1834), American [unknown occupation]
- Wait, Thomas B. (born 1762–died 1830), American publisher
Deaths
- Altuna y Portu, Don Manuel Ignacio de (born 1722–died 1762), Spanish lawyer, politician
- Anson, George, Baron Anson of Soberton (born 1697–died 1762), English naval officer, civil servant, politician, member of Parliament
- Baker, Sophia [née Defoe] (born 1701–died 1762), English home-maker
- Barton, Elizabeth [née Lockwood] (born 1680–died 1762), English home-maker
- Berryer de Ravenoville, Nicolas René (born 1703–died 1762), French government minister
- Bertin de Rocheret, Valentin Philippe (born 1693–died 1762), French lawyer, historian
- Bousquet, Marc Michel (born 1696–died 1762), Swiss printer, bookseller
- Boyle, John, 5th earl of Cork and Orrery (born 1707–died 1762), Irish aristocrat, biographer
- Bradley, James (born 1692–died 1762), English astronomer, academician
- Browne, John (born before 1707–died 1762), Irish ironmaster, politician, member of Parliament
- Charbonnel, Jean Antoine (died after 1762), French draper, tradesman
- Chauvelin, Germain Louis (born 1685–died 1762), French government minister
- Cornwallis, Charles, 1st Earl Cornwallis (born 1700–died 1762), English aristocrat
- Crawford, Ronald (died 1762), Scottish lawyer
- Crussol, Charles Emmanuel de, duc d’Uzès (born 1707–died 1762), French aristocrat, army officer
- Delafaye, Charles (born 1677–died 1762), English civil servant, politician, member of Parliament
- Desmarets, Maréchal Jean Baptiste François, marquis de Maillebois (born 1682–died 1762), French aristocrat, military officer
- Dodington, George Bubb, Baron Melcombe (born 1691–died 1762), English politician, member of Parliament, arts-patron, diarist, author
- Donnellan, Anne (born 1700/1702–died 1762), Irish singer, editor
- Douglas, John (born c. 1714–died 1762), Scottish landowner
- Elizabeth I, czarina of Russia (born 1709–died 1762), Russian aristocrat, monarch
- Garbillion, Jean Claude François, comte de Garbillion (died 1762), French lawyer, politician, patriot
- Gélas de Voisins d’Ambres, Daniel François de, comte de Lautrec (born 1686–died 1762), French aristocrat, army officer, diplomat
- Golovkin, Count Aleksandr Gavrilovich (born 1688–died 1762), Russian aristocrat, diplomat
- Gotter, Count Gustav Adolf von (born 1692–died 1762), German diplomat, collector, art critic
- Gottsched, Louise Adelgunde Victorie [née Kulmus] (born 1713–died 1762), German author, playwright, translator
- Grymes, Philip (born 1721–died 1762), American civil servant
- Hayter, Reverend Thomas, bishop of London (born 1702–died 1762), English churchman, bishop, academician
- Hinxman, John (died 1762), English bookseller
- Johnstone, Charlotte, dowager marchioness of Annandale [née van Lore Bempde] (died 1762), English aristocrat
- Jolyot de Crébillon, Prosper (born 1674–died 1762), French author, playwright, poet, academician
- Lambert, Marie [née Lenieps] (born 1730–died 1762), Swiss aristocrat
- La Tour, Françoise Louise Eléonore de, baronne de Warens (born 1699–died 1762), Swiss aristocrat, religious convert, Catholic, courtier, businesswoman
- Le Riche de La Popelinière, Alexandre Jean Joseph (born 1692–died 1762), French financier, patron
- Lévesque de La Ravalière, Pierre Alexandre (born 1697–died 1762), French philologist, medievalist, academician
- Ligniville d’Autricourt, Élisabeth Charlotte de [née de Soreau] (born 1700–died 1762), French aristocrat
- Lutzelbourg, François Walther de, comte de Lutzelbourg (born 1707–died 1762), French army officer
- Mendes, Solomon (died c. 1762), [unknown nationality & occupation]
- Morgan, MacNamara (born c. 1720–died 1762), Irish author, playwright
- Oglethorpe, Frances Charlotte, marquise des Marches (born 1696–died 1762), English aristocrat
- Reid, Lewis (born 1676–died 1762), Scottish churchman, Presbyterian
- Rousset de Missy, Jean (born 1686–died 1762), French journalist, author
- Saint-George, Armand Louis de, comte de Marsay (born 1680–died 1762), French diplomat
- Salusbury, Sir John (born 1707–died 1762), Welsh aristocrat, explorer, colonist, author, diarist
- Shuvalov, Count Pyotr Ivanovich (born 1711–died 1762), Russian aristocrat, courtier, army officer, politician
- Taylor, Robert (born 1710–died 1762), English physician, academician
- Titon Du Tillet, Everard (born 1677–died 1762), French author, historian
- Wortley Montagu, Lady Mary [née Pierrepont] (born 1689–died 1762), English aristocrat, traveller, author, poet
