Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1731. [1]
The Reverend Nathaniel Bliss was an English astronomer of the 18th century, serving as Britain's fourth Astronomer Royal between 1762 and 1764.
Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley PC was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1756 to 1782 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Grantley.
James Douglas was a Scottish physician and anatomist, and Physician Extraordinary to Queen Caroline.
Events from the year 1732 in Great Britain.
Meyer Löw Schomberg was a German-Jewish physician who moved to London and had a successful business there.
The Regius Professorship of Physic is a Regius Professorship in Medicine at the University of Dublin, Trinity College. The seat dates from at least 1637, placing it amongst the oldest academic posts at the university. Mention is made in the college's Register for 1598 of an annual grant of £40 from the government for a "Physitian's pay"; this is sometimes held to be the provision made for the Chair of Physic, but it is possible that it may have been in granted for medical services required by the troops stationed in Dublin.
Sir Harry Verney, 2nd Baronet PC, DL, JP was an English soldier and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1832 and 1885.
Mårten Triewald FRS, sometimes referred to as Mårten Triewald the Younger, was a Swedish merchant, engineer and amateur physicist.
The Right Hon. Robert Ord FRS MP was a British lawyer and politician.