Correspondent names beginning with the letter "B"

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• Mrs Bacon  (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
• Earl of Bath  (b. March 22, 1684 - d. July 7, 1764)
  Also known as:

  • William Pulteney
• James Beattie  (b. Oct. 24, 1735 - d. Aug. 18, 1803)
• Duchess of Beaufort  (b. May 28, 1747 - d. June 15, 1828)
  Also known as:

  • Elizabeth Boscawen (née  Somerset)
• Thomas Bellamy  (b. 1745 - d. 1800)
• Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (née Harley) (b. Feb. 11, 1715 - d. July 17, 1785)
  Also known as:

  • Duchess of Portland
• William Bentinck  (b. March 1, 1709 - d. May 1, 1762)
  Also known as:

  • 2nd Duke of Portland
• Eliza Berkeley (née Frinsham) (b. 1734 - d. 1800)
• Caroline Best (née Scott) (b. 1717 - d. April 29, 1782)
• Hugh Blair  (b. April 7, 1718 - d. Dec. 27, 1800)
• Elizabeth Boscawen (née Somerset) (b. May 28, 1747 - d. June 15, 1828)
  Also known as:

  • Duchess of Beaufort
• Frances Boscawen  (b. July 23, 1719 - d. Feb. 26, 1805)
• James Boswell  (b. Oct. 29, 1740 - d. May 19, 1795)
• Matthew Boulton  (b. Sept. 14, 1728 - d. Aug. 17, 1809)
  Also known as:

  • Matthew Boulton
• Matthew Boulton  (b. Sept. 14, 1728 - d. Aug. 17, 1809)
  Also known as:

  • Matthew Boulton
• Edward Bridgen  (b. 1720 - d. July 28, 1787)
• Hans Moritz von Brühl  (b. Dec. 20, 1736 - d. June 9, 1809)
• Catharina Lydia Brydges  (b. Oct. 20, 1693 - d. Nov. 17, 1750)
  Also known as:

  • Duchess of Chandos
• Edmund Burke  (b. Jan. 1, 1729 - d. July 9, 1797)
• John Burrows  (b. 1733 - d. 1786)

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