Sophia Carteret (née Fermor), Countess Granville

1 portrait by Christian Friedrich Zincke

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Sophia Carteret (née Fermor), Countess Granville

by Thomas Major, after Christian Friedrich Zincke
line engraving, published 1755
13 in. x 8 7/8 in. (329 mm x 226 mm) paper size
Reference Collection
NPG D21011

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  • Thomas Major (1719-1799). Artist or producer associated with 9 portraits.
  • Christian Friedrich Zincke (1684?-1767), Artist. Artist or producer associated with 27 portraits, Sitter in 4 portraits.

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  • NPG D21010: Sophia Carteret (née Fermor), Countess Granville (from same plate)

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George Grenville resigns as Treasurer of the Navy and Henry Bilson Legge as Chancellor of the Exchequer in protest over payments made to Russia to protect Hanover. William Pitt the Elder is dismissed from the position of Paymaster of the Forces.

Art and science

Samuel Johnson publishes his monumental Dictionary; the first authoritative dictionary of the English language.
Methodist preacher John Wesley publishes Notes on a New Testament.

International

An earthquake nearly completely destroys Lisbon, Portugal. The event is widely discussed by European Enlightenment thinkers, inspiring Voltaire's Candide. Its intensive study leads to the birth of modern seismology and earthquake engineering.
Edward Braddock fights French and Indian troops in the Ohio valley. His army are ambushed at Fort Duquesne and he is killed; one of several encounters prior to the declaration of the Seven Years War.

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