1729 In Great Britain
Events from the year 1729 in Great Britain. Incumbents * Monarch – George II * Regent – Caroline, Queen Consort (starting 22 May, until 11 September) * Prime Minister – Robert Walpole ( Whig) Events * 8 January – Frederick, the eldest son of George II, is made Prince of Wales at the age of 21, a few months after he comes to Britain for the first time after growing up in Hanover. For 23 years, he will be heir apparent to the British throne but dies of a lung injury in 1751. * 25 February – James Oglethorpe M.P. begins service as the Chairman of the Gaols Committee to investigate the conditions of Britain's gaols and prisons after the death in Fleet Prison of his friend, Robert Castell. The Oglethorpe Committee's report propels him to notability and marks a start to British penal reforms. * 26 April – the House of Commons is adjourned for lack of a quorum for the first time since one of 40 was fixed in 1640. * 1 May – a tornado destroys buildings in Sussex and K ...
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