| SOTHEBYS | Fine art auctioneers established in London in 1744 by Samuel Baker |
| CHRISTIE | Founder 254 years ago of what is now the world's oldest fine art auctioneer (8) |
| LAKEALBERT | Body of water in East Africa, named by the Victorian explorer Samuel Baker and his wife Florence (4,6) |
| HACKNEYCARRIAGE | Mode of transport for hire established in London in 1662 (7,8) |
| REUTERS | International news agency established in London in 1851 (7) |
| BARING | English financial and commercial house established in London in 1770 (6) |
| SOTHEBY | Auctioneer and antiquary, founded a sale room in Covent Garden in 1744, now located in New Bond Street (7) |
| THESILVERCLUB | Golf's first trophy, awarded in Edinburgh in 1744 |
| ASONG | English nursery rhyme that first appeared in print in 1744, Sing ... Of Sixpence (1,4) |
| RICHARDSAVAGE | English poet who was the subject of Samuel Johnson's first extended literary biography, published in 1744 (7,6) |
| TIEPOLO | Artist who created the painting The Banquet of Cleopatra in 1744 (7) |
| ANSON | George ?, English naval commander who completed a circumnavigation of the globe in 1744 (5) |
| ALITTLEPRETTYPOCKETBOOK | Collection of rhymes published in 1744, considered the first volume for children |
| BOSTONSPA | West Yorkshire village with sulphur springs found in 1744 |
| MARYMARYQUITECONTRARY | Nursery rhyme first published in 1744 |
| LAMARCK | Jean-Baptiste ___ 1744-1829, French naturalist who worked in the field of evolution (7) |
| LAMARCKISM | A theory developed by a French naturalist (1744-1829) (10) |
| PIGALLE | Jean-Baptiste ___, French sculptor whose works include 1744 marble Mercury Attaching his Wings (7) |
| POPE | English poet and sa rist 1688 1744, Alexander ___ |
| ROTHSCHILD | Meyer Amschel --, 1744-1812, German financier (10) |
