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Events on Thursday 18 September 1721 1
1664 – 1721Matthew Prior (1664-1721)Died 18 September 1721, aged 57Matthew Prior was an English poet and diplomat who played a key role in negotiating the Treaty of Utrecht. He was also a prominent Tory politician whose later years were clouded by his implication in Jacobite intrigue.