1761
John Willis, Esq., elected Mayor, but died before completing his term of office.
Hon. Sir Edward Walpole, K.B., and C. Townshend, Esq., returned to Parliament.
1762
The number of boys and girls at the Hospital School reduced from 49 to 41.
1763
Gorleston Parish, with the Hamlet of Southtown, in Mutford and Lothingland Hundreds (Suffolk) incorporated for the maintenance of the poor of its 24 parishes. Also by an amended Act in 1833.