Anniversarial — 2012
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Here are some of those correspondents whose birth or death is marked in 2012:
Births
- Abbot, Mary [née Pearce] (born c. 1762–died 1793), English — home-maker
- Alexander, Christine [née Alexander] (born 1762–died 1845), Scottish — home-maker
- Alexander, John [junior] (born 1762–died 1831), English — lawyer, landowner
- Anthony, Joseph (born 1762–died 1814), American — silversmith
- Baillie, Joanna [née Baillie] (born 1762–died 1851), Scottish — author, playwright, poet
- Bourbon-Conti, Stéphanie Louise de (born c. 1762–died 1825), French — aristocrat, shopkeeper
- Bourrit, Pierre Marc Isaac (born 1762–died 1841), Swiss — churchman, Protestant, politician
- Bowles, Reverend William Lisle (born 1762–died 1850), English — churchman, poet
- Chérin, Louis Nicolas Hyacinthe (born 1762–died 1799), French — genealogist, army officer
- Colman, George [the younger] (born 1762–died 1836), English — author, playwright, theatre manager
- Davis, Daniel (born 1762–died 1835), American — lawyer, politician
- Dawson, John (born 1762–died 1814), American — lawyer, planter, politician, plantation owner
- Desgouttes, Henri Zacharie (born 1762–died 1834), Swiss — politician, revolutionary, author
- Dreux-Brézé, Henri Evrard de, marquis de Dreux-Brézé (born 1762–died 1829), French — aristocrat, courtier
- Fallery, Marianne Paule [née Malignon] (born 1762–died 1834), Swiss — home-maker
- Fauche, Abraham Louis (born 1762–died 1829), Swiss — printer, royalist secret agent, publisher, bookseller, royalist, spy
- Fay de Sathonay, Nicolas Jean Claude Marie, baron de Sathonay (born 1762–died 1812), French — royalist, politician
- Forestier, Jacques Antoine Isidore (born 1762–died 1825), French — secretary, civil servant
- George IV, king of Great Britain and Ireland (born 1762–died 1830), English — monarch
- Girardin, Cécile Stanislas Xavier de, comte de Girardin (born 1762–died 1827), French — politician, author
- Gray, Reverend Doctor Robert, bishop of Bristol (born 1762–died 1834), English — churchman, author
- Gwyn, John Fraunceis (born 1762–died 1846), English — gentleman
- Home Drummond, Janet [née Jardine] (born 1762–died 1840), Scottish — home-maker
- Kelly, Michael (born 1762–died 1826), Irish — singer, composer
- Lakanal, Joseph (born 1762–died 1845), French — politician, revolutionary, university teacher, educationalist, plantation owner, academy member
- Laporte, Jean Jacques (born c. 1762), French — physician
- Livermore, Edward (born 1762–died 1832), American — lawyer
- Lysons, Reverend Daniel (born 1762–died 1834), English — antiquarian, topographer, author
- Noel, John Young (born 1762–died 1817), American — lawyer, judge
- Nourse, John (born c. 1762–died 1790), American — newspaper editor
- Perceval, Spencer (born 1762–died 1812), English — lawyer, civil servant, prime minister, politician, member of Parliament, Evangelical
- Rémusat, Augustin Laurent de, comte de Rémusat (born 1762–died 1823), French — aristocrat, courtier, royalist politician
- Salis-Seewis, Baron Johann Gaudenz von (born 1762–died 1834), Swiss — army officer, poet
- Stoddard, Amos (born 1762–died 1813), American — soldier, soldier, legal clerk
- The Equitable Life Assurance Society (founded 1762–disbanded 2000), English — insurance company
- Throckmorton, Maria Catherine, Lady Throckmorton [née Giffard] (born 1762–died 1821), English — aristocrat, Recusant, amanuensis
- Tucker, Benjamin (born 1762–died 1829), English — civil servant
- Vaughan, Samuel [junior] (born 1762–died 1827), English — merchant, plantation owner, radical, garden designer
- Vernon, Elizabeth [née Vernon] (born c. 1762), English — gentlewoman
- Wait, Thomas B. (born 1762–died 1830), American — publisher
Deaths
- Altuna y Portu, Don Manuel Ignacio de (born 1722–died 1762), Spanish — lawyer, politician
- Anson, George, Baron Anson of Soberton (born 1697–died 1762), English — navy officer, civil servant, politician, member of Parliament, naval officer
- Baker, Sophia [née Defoe] (born 1701–died 1762), English — home-maker
- Berryer de Ravenoville, Nicolas René (born 1703–died 1762), French — government minister
- Bertin de Rocheret, Valentin Philippe (born 1693–died 1762), French — lawyer, historian
- Bousquet, Marc Michel (born 1696–died 1762), Swiss — printer, bookseller
- Boyle, John, 5th earl of Cork and Orrery (born 1707–died 1762), Irish — aristocrat, biographer
- Browne, John (born before 1707–died 1762), Irish — ironmaster, politician, member of Parliament
- Charbonnel, Jean Antoine (died after 1762), French — draper, tradesman
- Chauvelin, Germain Louis (born 1685–died 1762), French — government minister
- Cornwallis, Charles, 1st Earl Cornwallis (born 1700–died 1762), English — aristocrat
- Crawford, Ronald (died 1762), Scottish — lawyer
- Crussol, Charles Emmanuel de, duc d’Uzès (born 1707–died 1762), French — aristocrat, army officer
- Delafaye, Charles (born 1677–died 1762), English — civil servant, politician, member of Parliament
- Dodington, George Bubb, Baron Melcombe (born 1691–died 1762), English — politician, member of Parliament, arts-patron, diarist, author
- Donnellan, Anne [née Donnellan] (died 1762), Irish — society singer
- Garbillion, Jean Claude François, comte de Garbillion (died 1762), French — lawyer, politician, patriot
- Gélas de Voisins d'Ambres, Daniel François de, comte de Lautrec (born 1686–died 1762), French — aristocrat, army officer, diplomat
- Golovkin, Count Aleksandr Gavrilovich (born 1688–died 1762), Russian — aristocrat, diplomat
- Gotter, Count Gustav Adolf von (born 1692–died 1762), German — diplomat, collector, art critic
- Gottsched, Louise Adelgunde Victorie [née Kulmus] (born 1713–died 1762), German — author, playwright, translator
- Hayter, Reverend Thomas, bishop of London (born 1702–died 1762), English — churchman, bishop, academy member
- Hinxman, John (died 1762), English — bookseller
- Johnstone, Charlotte, dowager marchioness of Annandale [née van Lore Bempde] (died 1762), English — aristocrat
- Jolyot de Crébillon, Prosper (born 1674–died 1762), French — author, playwright, poet, academy member
- Lambert, Marie [née Lenieps] (born 1730–died 1762), Swiss — aristocrat
- La Tour, Françoise Louise Eléonore de, baronne de Warens (born 1699–died 1762), Swiss — aristocrat, religious convert, Catholic, courtier, businesswoman
- Le Riche de La Popelinière, Alexandre Jean Joseph (born 1692–died 1762), French — financier, patron
- Lévesque de La Ravalière, Pierre Alexandre (born 1697–died 1762), French — philologist, medievalist, academy member
- Ligniville d'Autricourt, Élisabeth Charlotte de [née de Soreau] (born 1700–died 1762), French — aristocrat
- Lutzelbourg, François Walther de, comte de Lutzelbourg (born 1707–died 1762), French — army officer
- Mendes, Solomon (died c. 1762), unknown nationality & occupation
- Morgan, MacNamara (born c. 1720–died 1762), Irish — author, playwright
- Oglethorpe, Frances Charlotte, marquise des Marches (born 1696–died 1762), English — aristocrat
- Reid, Lewis (born 1676–died 1762), Scottish — churchman, Presbyterian
- Rousset de Missy, Jean (born 1686–died 1762), French — journalist, author
- Saint-George, Armand Louis de, comte de Marsay (born 1680–died 1762), French — diplomat
- Taylor, Robert (born 1710–died 1762), English — physician, academy member
- Titon Du Tillet, Everard (born 1677–died 1762), French — author, historian
- Wortley Montagu, Lady Mary [née Pierrepont] (born 1689–died 1762), English — aristocrat, author
