(died 1871) 29 March – Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, Prime Minister (died 1869) 17 April – Eliza Acton, cookery writer (died 1859) 13 May – Catherine Gore, author (died 1861) 21 May – Mary Anning, paleontologist (died 1847) 23 May – Thomas Hood, poet (died 1845) 18 June – William Lassell, astronomer (died 1880) 25 June – David Douglas, Scottish botanist (died 1834 in Hawaii) 8 September – James Bowman Lindsay, Scottish inventor (died 1862) 21 December – Ignatius Spencer, priest (died 1864) James Townsend Saward, barrister and forger (date of death unknown) Approximate date – William Simson, Scottish-born painter (died 1847) Deaths 26 January – Gabriel Christie, Scottish-born general and settler in Montreal (born 1722) 26 May – James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish judge and comparative linguist (born 1714) 14 June – Sir Patrick Warrender, Scottish soldier and politician (born 1731) 4 August – John Bacon, sculptor (born 1740) 5 August – Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, admiral (born 1726) 25 August – John Arnold, watchmaker (born 1736) 3 September – William Thomas, academic and Chancellor of Llandaff Cathedral (born 1726) 6 October – William Withering, physician (born 1741) 4 November – Josiah Tucker, economist (born 1713) References Years in Great Britain