noble (d. 1800) March 19 – Edmund Nelson (clergyman), English priest (d. 1802) March 23 Marguerite-Thérèse Lemoine Despins, Canadian mother superior (d. 1792) Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche, French astronomer (d. 1769) April 8 – Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, German composer (d. 1794) April 11 – Christopher Smart, English poet (d. 1771) April 12 – Pietro Nardini, Italian composer and violinist (d. 1793) April 19 – Duke Clement Francis of Bavaria, German nobleman (d. 1770) April 22 (bapt.) – Joseph Warton, English poet and critic (d. 1800) April 25 – Mark Robinson (Royal Navy officer), Royal Navy admiral (d. 1799) April 26 – George Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry, English noble and politician (d. 1809) April 29 – Francesco Carafa di Trajetto, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1818) May 2 – Gerhard Schøning, Norwegian historian (d. 1780) May 4 David Leslie, 6th Earl of Leven, British noble (d. 1802) Robert McQueen, Lord Braxfield, Scottish advocate and judge (d. 1799) May 9 – Morgan Edwards, British historian and minister (d. 1795) May 11 – Petrus Camper, Dutch scientist (d. 1789) May 23 – Claudius Franciscus Gagnières des Granges, French martyr (d. 1792) May 25 – Anton Cebej, Slovenian artist (d. 1774) May 26 – Washington Shirley, 5th Earl Ferrers, British Royal Navy admiral (d. 1778) May 28 – Hugh Pigot (Royal Navy officer, born 1722), British Royal Navy admiral (d. 1792) May 29 – James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster (d. 1773) June 7 – George Paulet, 12th Marquess of Winchester, British politician (d. 1800) June 19 – George Gordon, 3rd Earl of Aberdeen (d. 1801) June 25 – St George Gore-St George, Irish politician (d. 1746) June 28 – Daniel Dulany the Younger, American politician (d. 1797) June 30 – Jiří Antonín Benda, Bohemian composer (d. 1795) July 1 – Vasily Dolgorukov-Krymsky, Russian general (d. 1782) July 11 – Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt, German prince (d. 1782) July 14 – Jean-Pierre du Teil, French general (d. 1794) July 16 – Joseph Wilton, English sculptor (d. 1803) July 21 – James Colebrooke, British baronet (d. 1761) July 23 Antoine Petit, French physician (d. 1794) Anne-Catherine de Ligniville, Madame Helvétius, French salon holder (d. 1800) July 25 – Jakab Fellner, Hungarian architect (d. 1780) August 1 – Anne Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne, French princess (d. 1739) August 5 – William Fortescue, 1st Earl of Clermont, Irish politician (d. 1806) August 9 – Prince