1707 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1707 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) – Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley^{[1] [2]}
• Lord Lieutenant of South Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan, Brecknockshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Monmouthshire, Pembrokeshire, Radnorshire) – Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke^{[1] [3]}
• Bishop of Bangor – John Evans^[4]
• Bishop of Llandaff – John Tyler^[5]
• Bishop of St Asaph – William Beveridge^[6]
• Bishop of St Davids – George Bull

Events

• 1 May – The Acts of Union come into force, making Wales officially a part of the Kingdom of Great Britain.^[7] The newly established Parliament of Great Britain has a total of 27 MPs representing Welsh constituencies, as opposed to 45 for Scotland and 486 for England.^[8]
• December – Richard Bulkeley, 4th Viscount Bulkeley, is accused of having appropriated building materials from Beaumaris Castle for use on his own estates.^[9]

Arts and literature

New books

• Egwyddorion y Grefydd Gristianogawl^[10]
• Godidawgrwydd Rhinwedd^[10]
• Edward Lhuyd – Archaeologia Britannica: an Account of the Languages, Histories and Customs of Great Britain, from Travels through Wales, Cornwall, Bas-Bretagne, Ireland and Scotland. Vol. 1: Glossography^[11] Lhuyd's work was compiled with assistance from Moses Williams,^[12] and was dedicated to Thomas Mansel, 1st Baron Mansel.^[13]

Births

• 1 February – Frederick, Prince of Wales, son of the future George II of Great Britain (died 1751)^[14]
• April? – Griffith Hughes, naturalist and author (died c.1758)^[15]
• 1 September – John Salusbury, explorer and diarist (died 1762)^[16]
• 30 September – Richard Trevor, Bishop of St David's (died 1771)^[17]
• probable
  • Thomas Allgood II, heir to the Pontypool japanning works, who would make further improvements to the process^[18]
  • William Vaughan of Corsygedol, politician (died 1775)^[19]

Deaths

• 14 December – Humphrey Edwin, London merchant and owner of the Llanmihangel estate, 65^[20]
• date unknown – Love Parry, ancestor of the Jones-Parry Baronets, 53^[21]

See also

• 1707 in Scotland

Notes and References

1. Book: J.C. Sainty . John Sainty (civil servant) . List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974 . Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd . London . 1979.
2. Book: Nicholas, Thomas . Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales . Genealogical Pub. Co . Baltimore . 1991 . 9780806313146 . 695.
3. Book: Brown, Richard . Church and state in modern Britain, 1700-1850 . Routledge . London; New York . 1991 . 9781134982707 . 25.
4. Book: Charles John Abbey. The English Church and Its Bishops 1700-1800. Longmans, Green. 1887. 357–359.
5. From: 'Tracie-Tyson', Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714 (1891), pp. 1501–1528. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=119393 Date accessed: 1 October 2014
6. Book: Grosart, Rev. A. B. . Dictionary of National Biography . 1885 . 447–448.
7. Web site: Quick Guide – The Constitution – Wales in the United Kingdom. April 2007. Assembly Wales. 1 July 2018.
8. Book: Williams, Hywel. Cassell's Chronology of World History. registration. London. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 2005. 0-304-35730-8. 291.
9. Book: Great Britain. Public Record Office. 1702-1707. 1874. Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer. 559–560.
10. Book: Welsh Bibliographical Society. The Journal of the Welsh Bibliographical Society. 1966. Welsh Bibliographical Society. 132.
11. Book: Language Classification. History and Method. Campbell. Lyle. William J. . Poser. Cambridge University Press. 2007. 978-0-521-88005-3. 29.
12. s-WILL-MOS-1685. WILLIAMS, MOSES (1685-1742), cleric and scholar. Geraint Bowen. Geraint Bowen (poet). 1 July 2018.
13. s-MANS-OXW-1250. MANSEL family, of Oxwich, Penrice, and Margam abbey, Glam. William Llewelyn Davies. William Llewelyn Davies. yes. 1 July 2018.
14. Book: Weir, Alison . Britain's royal families : the complete genealogy . Bodley Head . London . 1989 . 9781446449110 . 278.
15. s-HUGH-GRI-1707. Hughes, Griffith (fl. 1707-1750), cleric and naturalist. Robert Thomas Jenkins. yes. 18 January 2020.
16. Salusbury, John . Ronald . Rompkey . 3 .
17. s-TREV-TRE-1500. TREVOR family, of Trevalun, Denbs., Plas Têg, Flints., and Glynde, Sussex. yes. 13 February 2018.
18. s-ALLG-OOD-1640. ALLGOOD family, of Pontypool and Usk. Robert Stephen. yes. 1 July 2018.
19. Web site: VAUGHAN, William (?1707-75), of Corsygedol, Merion.. History of Parliament Online. 30 June 2018.
20. s-EDWI-LLA-1642. EDWIN family, of Llanfihangel or ‘Llanmihangel’, Glam. Robert Thomas Jenkins. Robert Thomas Jenkins. yes. 1 July 2018.
21. s-PARR-MAD-1658. PARRY (and JONES-PARRY) family, Madryn, Llŷn. Thomas Richards. yes. 30 June 2018.