1715 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1715 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 (until 14 October); after this date, Lord Lieutenants are appointed for each individual county.^{[1] [3] [4]}
• Bishop of Bangor – John Evans^[5]
• Bishop of Llandaff – John Tyler^[6]
• Bishop of St Asaph – John Wynne^[7]
• Bishop of St Davids – Adam Ottley

Events

• 6 February - John Wynne is enthroned as Bishop of St Asaph.^[8]
• 9 February - An advertisement appears in the London Gazette for the first St David's Day dinner in London, to be followed by a sermon given by Rev George Lewis.^[9]
• 1 March - The Society of Antient Britons is founded in London.^[10] Thomas Jones, its first treasurer and secretary, presents the society's "loyal address" to King George I and is subsequently knighted.^[11]
• March - Owen Meyrick, a Whig, challenges the supremacy of the Tory Bulkeley family in Anglesey by being elected to Parliament for the constituency.^[12]
• September - William Herbert, 2nd Marquess of Powis, is among those arrested in connection with the first Jacobite Rebellion.^[13]
• 9 November - Silvanus Bevan marries Elizabeth, daughter of royal clockmaker Daniel Quare.^[14]

Arts and literature

New books

• John Roderick - Welsh almanack (first in the series)^[15]

Births

• 7 March (in Massachusetts) - Ephraim Williams, American landowner and slave owner of Welsh descent, founder of Williams College (died 1755)^[16]

Deaths

• 1 January - John Morgan, lord of the manor and lordship of Gwynllwg, merchant and MP for Monmouth Boroughs, 74?^{[17] [18]}
• 16 January - Robert Nelson, philanthropist and non-juror, 58^[19]
• 29 June - Richard Lucas, clergyman and author, 66?^[20]
• 29 October - John Barlow, MP for Pembrokeshire, 57?
• 19 December - Robert Jones, MP for Glamorganshire, 33^[21]

See also

• 1715 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: West Wales Historical Records: The Annual Magazine of the Historical Society of West Wales. W. Spurrell and son. 1916. 167.
5. Book: Charles John Abbey. The English Church and Its Bishops 1700-1800. Longmans, Green. 1887. 357-359.
6. 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
7. Book: Stephen Hyde Cassan. Lives of the Bishops of Bath. 1829. 162.
8. Wynne, John (1667-1743).
9. Book: Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England). The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorian. 2000. The Society. 59.
10. Book: R.T. . Jenkins . Robert Thomas Jenkins . Helen M. . Ramage . A History of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion and of the Gwyneddigion and Cymreigyddion Societies (1751-1951) . London . Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion . Y Cymmrodor . 50 . 1951 . 12–15.
11. s-JONE-THO-1731. JONES, Sir THOMAS (d. 1731), first treasurer and secretary of the ‘Society of Antient Britons’ in London, and author. Robert Thomas Jenkins. 12 March 2018.
12. s-MEYR-BOD-1485. MEYRICK family, Bodorgan, Anglesey. Emyr Gwynne Jones. yes. 12 March 2018.
13. Herbert, William (d.1745). 26.
14. The Gracechurch Street Meeting House (Gamble 1923, 28–29).
15. s-RODE-JOH-1675. RODERICK, JOHN (JOHN or SION RHYDDERCH) (1673-1735), grammarian, printer and publisher of almanacks and books, poet, and eisteddfodwr. William Llewelyn Davies. Enid Pierce Roberts. Llewelyn Gwyn Chambers. yes. 12 March 2018.
16. Wyllis Eaton Wright, Colonel Ephraim Williams, a documentary life (1970), p. 4.
17. Web site: MORGAN, John I (c.1641-1715), of Ruperra, Glam.. History of Parliament Online. 28 March 2019.
18. s-MORG-TRE-1384 . Morgan family, of Tredegar Park, etc., Mon. yes. Walter Thomas Morgan. 28 March 2019.
19. Web site: Robert Nelson (1656-1715) Find A Grave memorial . 9 October 2019.
20. Web site: Lucas, Richard (1648/9–1715) . Vallance. Edward. 2004. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition, subscription access) . Oxford University Press. 2008-05-08.
21. Web site: JONES, Robert (?1682-1715), of Fonmon Castle, Glam. . History of Parliament Online . 4 July 2013.