Deaths on March 16

James Craggs the Elder

Died on March 16, 1721

James Craggs the Elder, English politician, Postmaster General of the United Kingdom (b. 1657)

James Craggs the Elder (1657 – 16 March 1721), of Jermyn Street, Westminster and Charlton, Lewisham, Kent, was an English financier and Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1702 to 1713.

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James Craggs the Elder
Postmaster General of the United Kingdom

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Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt
Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated six concertos to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt, now commonly called the Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046-1051.