Anniversarial — 2018
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Here are some of those correspondents whose birth or death is marked in 2018:
Births
- Abarca y Bolea, Pedro Pablo, 10th conde de Aranda (born 1718–died 1798), Spanish army officer, diplomat, politician, civil servant
- Abercromby, George (born before 1718–died 1800), Scottish lawyer, university teacher
- Acheson, Archibald, 1st Viscount Gosford (born 1718–died 1790), Irish politician, member of Parliament
- Aglancier de Saint-Germain, Claude (born 1718–died 1788), French army officer
- Albert d'Ailly, Anne-Josèphe Bonnier d’, duchesse de Chaulnes en Hébé [née de La Mosson] (born 1718–died 1787), French aristocrat, courtier
- Baculard d'Arnaud, François Thomas Marie de (born 1718–died 1805), French author, playwright, novelist
- Bartlet, David (born c. 1718–died 1780), Scottish lawyer
- Bergier, père Nicolas Sylvestre, abbé Bergier (born 1718–died 1790), French churchman, theologian
- Berthelot, Claude François (born 1718–died 1800), French engineer
- Besenval, Théodora Elisabeth Catherine de, marquise de Broglie (born 1718–died 1777), French aristocrat
- Bettinelli, Saverio (born 1718–died 1808), Italian author, playwright, scholar, academic
- Blair, Hugh (born 1718–died 1800), Scottish churchman, Presbyterian, university teacher
- Bourgeois de Boynes, Pierre Étienne (born 1718–died 1783), French government minister
- Broglie, Victor François de, 2nd duc de Broglie (born 1718–died 1804), French aristocrat, soldier, military officer
- Burnett, James (born c. 1718–died c. 1787), Scottish merchant
- Canton, John (born 1718–died 1772), English school administrator, physicist, academician
- Carrión y Ribas, Francisco Javier de (born 1718–died 1779), Spanish diplomat
- Croÿ, Emmanuel de, duc de Croÿ (born 1718–died 1784), French aristocrat, army officer
- D'Arcy, Robert, 4th earl of Holdernesse (born 1718–died 1778), English aristocrat, diplomat, civil servant
- Darquier de Pellepoix, Antoine (born 1718–died 1802), French astronomer
- Eliot, Reverend Andrew (born 1718–died 1778), American churchman, Congregationalist
- Ford, James (born 1718–died 1795), English physician
- Gallatin, Camille [née Pictet] (born 1718–died 1792), Swiss home-maker
- Gerdil, Cardinal Hyacinthe Sigismond (born 1718–died 1802), French churchman, scholar, academic
- Gosse, Pierre (born 1718–died 1794), Dutch publisher, bookseller
- Gounod, Ambroise Elisabeth [née Ravoisier] (born 1718–died 1786), Swiss home-maker
- Grosley, Pierre Jean (born 1718–died 1785), French author, travel-writer
- Guerry, Claude Alexandre Malo (born 1718–died 1788), French councillor, civil servant
- Hall-Stevenson, John (born 1718–died 1785), English author, poet, satirist
- Hill, Wills, 1st earl of Hillsborough (born 1718–died 1793), English politician, member of Parliament, civil servant
- Hunter, William (born 1718–died 1783), Scottish physician, anatomist, academician
- Joly, Hugues Adrien (born 1718–died 1800), French librarian, curator, civil servant
- Joly de Fleury, Jean François (born 1718–died 1802), French government minister
- Laliaud, Henri (born 1718–died 1780), French apothecary, tradesman
- Lane, Samuel (born 1718–died 1806), American [unknown occupation]
- Laurie, Gilbert (born 1718–died 1787), Scottish [unknown occupation]
- Lee, George Henry, 3rd earl of Lichfield (born 1718–died 1772), English aristocrat, university administrator
- Le Fèvre d'Ormesson de Noiseau, Louis François de Paule (born 1718–died 1789), French magistrate, academician
- Longchamps, Sébastien G. (born 1718–died 1793), French servant
- Macquer, Pierre Joseph (born 1718–died 1784), French civil servant, chemist, author, science-writer
- Maty, Matthew (born 1718–died 1776), Dutch journalist, librarian, academician, archivist
- Maury, Reverend James (born 1718–died 1769), Irish churchman, schoolteacher
- Menon, Louise (born 1718–died 1784), French home-maker
- Mondion de Montmirel, Charles Pierre de (born 1718), French lawyer, poet
- Montagu, Elizabeth [née Robinson] (born 1718–died 1800), English salon hostess, author
- Montagu, John, 4th earl of Sandwich (born 1718–died 1792), English politician, patron
- Mure, William, Baron Mure of Glanderston and Caldwell (born 1718–died 1776), Scottish politician, author
- Polier, Georges Louis de (born 1718–died 1793), Swiss army officer
- Preston, John (born c. 1718–died 1781), English churchman
- Rabaut, Paul (born 1718–died 1794), French churchman, Huguenot, reformer
- Rodon, Bénédict André de (born 1718–died 1770), Swiss merchant
- Roebuck, John (born 1718–died 1794), English inventor, entrepreneur
- Roguin, Georges Augustin (born 1718–died 1788), Swiss soldier, army officer
- Sarsfield, Guy Claude de, comte de Sarsfield (born 1718–died 1789), Irish soldier, army officer, mercenary
- Savage, Samuel Phillips (born 1718–died 1797), American merchant, farmer, judge
- Seymour Conway, Francis, 1st marquess of Hertford (born 1718–died 1794), English aristocrat, courtier, politician, government minister
- Sharpe, Horatio (born 1718–died 1790), English civil servant, colonial governor
- Sharpe, Joshua (born c. 1718–died 1786), English lawyer
- Stanley, Edward (born 1718–died 1789), English customs official, academician, civil servant
- Stuart, Captain John (born 1718–died 1779), Scottish civil servant, militia officer
- Taboureau Des Réaux, Louis Gabriel (born 1718–died 1782), French government minister
- Turnbull, Andrew (born c. 1718–died 1792), Scottish physician, diplomat
- Vigneron, Charles François (born 1718–died 1780), French judge, lawyer
- Watelet, Claude Henri (born 1718–died 1786), French author, poet, art critic, academician
- The Whitehall evening-post: or, London intelligencer (founded 1718–disbanded 1801), English newspaper
Deaths
- Ashe, Reverend St George, bishop of Derry (born 1658–died 1718), Irish churchman
- Bateman, Sir James (born 1660–died 1718), English financier, politician, member of Parliament
- Bernard, Jacques (born 1658–died 1718), French churchman, theologian, journalist, publicist
- Bohn, Johannes (born 1640–died 1718), German physician
- Caryll, John (died 1718), English aristocrat, recusant
- Chew, Samuel (born 1660–died 1718), American landowner, merchant
- Cornwall, Charles (born 1669–died 1718), English naval officer
- Cumberland, Doctor Richard (born 1632–died 1718), English churchman, philosopher
- Guide, Philippe (died 1718), French physician, medical author
- Howard, Henry, 6th earl of Suffolk (born c. 1670–died 1718), English aristocrat
- Le Fournière de Bernaville, Charles (born 1644–died 1718), French police-officer
- Lockhart, James (born c. 1675–died 1718), Scottish laird, politician, member of Parliament
- Parnell, Thomas (born 1679–died 1718), Irish author, poet, essayist
- Parvisol, Isaiah (died 1718), Irish steward, estate manager
- Penn, William (born 1644–died 1718), English Quaker, colonial landowner, politician
- Rowe, Nicholas (born 1674–died 1718), English author, playwright, poet
- Steele, Lady Mary [née Scurlock] (born 1678–died 1718), English home-maker
- Stephens, William (born 1649/1650–died 1718), English churchman, religious controversialist
- St John, Frances, Viscountess Bolingbroke [née Winchcombe] (born c. 1680–died 1718), English aristocrat
- Talbot, Charles, 1st duke of Shrewsbury (born 1660–died 1718), English politician, courtier
- Tyrrell, James (born 1642–died 1718), English author, political author, historian, political author
