1722 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1722 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 Glamorgan – vacant until 1729
• Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Sir William Morgan of Tredegar (from 7 March)^[1]
• Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – John Vaughan, 1st Viscount Lisburne (until 20 March); John Vaughan, 2nd Viscount Lisburne (from 21 March)^[1]
• Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – vacant until 1755
• Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet^[1]
• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (from 11 September)^[1]
• Bishop of Bangor – Richard Reynolds^[3]
• Bishop of Llandaff – John Tyler^[4]
• Bishop of St Asaph – John Wynne^[5]
• Bishop of St Davids – Adam Ottley

Events

• February - Jane Brereton's husband Thomas drowns in the River Dee at Saltney; following his death, she returns to live in Wrexham.^[6]
• 9 May - At the conclusion of the general election, new MPs for Welsh constituencies include Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet (Pembroke Boroughs); Francis Edwardes (Haverfordwest) and Sir William Morgan for Brecon and Monmouthshire.^[7]
• June - William Wotton returns to London, where he continues to work on his Leges Wallicae, a translation of the old laws of Wales.^[8]

Arts and literature

New books

• Dwysfawr Rym Buchedd Grefyddol^[9]

Births

• 9 May - Morgan Edwards, Baptist historian (died 1795)^[10]
• date unknown
  • Thomas Crofts, priest, Fellow of the Royal Society, traveller and book-collector (died 1781)
  • Rowland Jones, lawyer and philologist (died 1774)
• probable
  • James Relly, Methodist minister (died 1778)
  • Hugh Williams, clergyman and writer (died 1779)^[11]

Deaths

• 10 February - Bartholomew Roberts, pirate ("Black Bart"), 39 (in battle)^[12]
• 16 November - John Vaughan, reformer, 59
• 16 December - Abel Morgan, Baptist minister, pastor of Pennepack Baptist Church in Philadelphia, 49^[13]

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. Reynolds, Richard (1674-1743).
4. 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
5. Book: Stephen Hyde Cassan. Lives of the Bishops of Bath. 1829. 162.
6. s-BRER-JAN-1685. Brereton, Jane (1685-1740), poetess. Griffith Milwyn Griffiths. 15 May 2018.
7. Book: Williams, William Retlaw . The Parliamentary History of Wales . 1895 . 129 . 2007-10-17.
8. Book: Iolo Morganwg. Geraint H. Jenkins. Ffion Mair Jones. David Ceri Jones. The Correspondence of Iolo Morganwg: 1797-1809. 2007. University of Wales Press. 978-0-7083-2133-1. 116.
9. s-CART-ISA-1741. Carter, Isaac (died 1741). yes.
10. s-EDWA-MOR-1722. Edwards, Morgan (1722-1795); Baptist minister and historian. Edward William Price Evans. yes. 30 September 2021.
11. Williams, Hugh (1722?-1779), cleric and author. s-WILL-HUG-1722. Jenkins. Robert Thomas. Robert Thomas Jenkins. yes. 1959. 3 April 2009.
12. Book: Newark, Peter . The crimson book of pirates . Jupiter . London . 1978 . 9780904041828 . 142.
13. Web site: Morgan, Abel (1673-1722). Geiter. Mary K.. 2004. Oxforddnb.com. 4 October 2017.