1708 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1708 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 (until 5 March);^[6] William Fleetwood (from 6 June)^[7]
• Bishop of St Davids – George Bull

Events

• July - Following the British general election, some changes in representation occur in Wales:
  • Whig Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet, replaces Tory John Meyrick as MP for Pembroke
  • Whig Thomas Windsor replaces Sir Hopton Williams, 3rd Baronet, of the same party, as MP for Monmouthshire
  • Sir John Aubrey, 3rd Baronet, is re-elected as MP for Cardiff, after his opponent, Sir Edward Stradling, 5th Baronet, falls out with his supporters.^{[8] [9]}
  • John Roberts replaces Sir William Williams, 2nd Baronet, as MP for Denbigh Boroughs
• October – Edmund Meyrick sets up a school at Carmarthen.^[10]
• Edward Lhuyd is elected a fellow of the Royal Society.^[11]
• Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol, marries Cecil Mathew of Castell y Mynach in Pentyrch.^[12]

Arts and literature

New books

• Welsh: Cennad oddiwrth y Ser... (almanac)^[13]
• Jenkin Evans - Catecism Byr i Blant (translation of Mathew Henry's Short Catechism for Children)^[14]

Births

• 8 December - Charles Hanbury Williams, diplomat and satirist (died 1759)^[15]
• date unknown - John Pettingall, antiquary (died 1781)^[16]
• probable
  • Joshua Andrews, Baptist minister (died 1793)^[17]
  • Lewis Hopkin, poet and artisan (died 1771)^[18]

Deaths

• 5 March – William Beveridge, Bishop of St Asaph, 71^[19]
• 23 March - Thomas Bulkeley, politician, 75^[20]
• 1 December - William Wogan, judge and politician, about 70^[21]

See also

• 1708 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 England New York, NY . 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. Book: Guides and Handbooks, no 2. Royal Historical Society (Great Britain). 1939. 203.
8. Web site: STRADLING, Sir Edward, 5th Bt. (1672-1735), of St. Donat’s Castle, Glam.. History of Parliament Online. 10 June 2019.
9. Web site: AUBREY, Sir John, 3rd Bt. (1680-1743), of Llantriddyd, Glam. and Boarstall, Bucks.. History of Parliament Online. 10 June 2019.
10. Book: The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. The Society. 1906. 187.
11. s-LHUY-EDW-1660. LHUYD, EDWARD (1660-1709), botanist, geologist, antiquary, and philologist. Thomas Jones. 24 June 2018.
12. s-TALB-CHA-1685. TALBOT, CHARLES (1685-1737), 1st baron Talbot of Hensol (Glamorgan) and lord chancellor. William Llewelyn Davies. yes. 24 June 2018.
13. s-ROGE-JOH-1738. ROGERS, JOHN (d.1738), bookseller and printer at Shrewsbury. William Llewelyn Davies. yes. 24 June 2018.
14. s-EVAN-JEN-1674. Evans, Jenkin (1674-1709), Independent minister. John Dyfnallt Owen. yes. 10 June 2019.
15. s-WILL-HAN-1708. Williams, Sir Charles Hanbury (1708-1759), satirical writer and diplomatist. David Williams. yes. 10 June 2019.
16. s-PETT-JOH-1708. Pettingal, John (1708-1781), antiquary. Walter Thomas Morgan. yes. 10 June 2019.
17. Joshua Andrews. s-ANDR-JOS-1708. yes. 12 January 2016.
18. Book: Glamorgan County History. W. Lewis (printers) limited. 1936. 612.
19. Book: Grosart, Rev. A. B. . Dictionary of National Biography . 1885 . 447–448.
20. Web site: Hayton. D. W.. Bulkeley, Hon. Thomas (c.1633-1708), of Dinas, Caern.. The History of Parliament. 24 June 2018.
21. s-WOGA-PEN-1250. WOGAN families, Pembrokeshire. Charles, Bertie George . yes. 24 June 2018.