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In a Duel at Mullingar, Arthur Rochfort, MP for Co. Westmeath, Shoots Dillon Pollard Hampson in the Stomach, He Recovers

October 17, 1738

In a duel at Mullingar, Arthur Rochfort, MP for Co. Westmeath, shoots Dillon Pollard Hampson in the stomach, he recovers

A Mr Lorimer, receiver of Sir Arthur Acheson, is killed in a duel

Arthur Wolfe, 1st Viscount Kilwarden, born