Button Gwinnett, 2nd Governor of Georgia, dies near Savannah, Georgia, United States (born 1735) 27 July – William Hayes, composer (bapt. 1708) 7 October – Simon Fraser, general (born 1729) 21 October – Samuel Foote, dramatist and actor (born 1720) 26 December – Dolly Pentreath, last-known fluent native speaker of the Cornish language (born 1692) References Further reading Years in Great Britain