1723 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1723 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^[1]
• Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – John Vaughan, 2nd Viscount Lisburne^[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^[1]
• Bishop of Bangor – Richard Reynolds (until 17 June)^[3] William Baker (from 11 August)^[4]
• Bishop of Llandaff – John Tyler^[5]
• Bishop of St Asaph – John Wynne^[6]
• Bishop of St Davids – Adam Ottley (until 3 October)

Events

• 7 May - Lewis Morris arrives in London from Anglesey.^[7]
• October - Following the death of Adam Ottley, bishop of St Davids, while in office, Richard Smalbroke, Treasurer of Llandaff, is selected as his successor.
• date unknown - The roles of Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Custos Rotulorum of Brecknockshire are merged.^[8]

Arts and literature

New books

• Henry Rowlands - Mona Antiqua Restaurata^[9]
• Christmas Samuel - Llun Agrippa^[10]

Births

• 1 January - Goronwy Owen, poet (died 1769)^[11]
• 23 February - Richard Price, philosopher (died 1791)
• 5 March - Princess Mary of Wales, daughter of the Prince and Princess of Wales (died 1772)
• August - Sir Richard Perryn, judge (died 1803)^[12]

Deaths

• 28 April - Sir John Williams, 2nd Baronet, of Eltham, English-born politician of Welsh parentage, 69
• 31 May - William Baxter, classical scholar, 72
• 4 August - William Fleetwood, Bishop of St Asaph 1704-1708, 67
• 3 October - Adam Ottley, Bishop of St Davids, 68^[13]
• 21 November - Henry Rowlands, antiquary, 68^[14]
• 10 December - Thomas Mansel, 1st Baron Mansel, politician, about 55^[15]
• 28 December - Sir Charles Lloyd, 1st Baronet, of Milfield, politician, 61^[16]

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. Baker, William (1668-1732).
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: Stephen Hyde Cassan . Lives of the Bishops of Bath . 1829 . 162.
7. s-MORR-RIC-1703. Morris, Richard (1703-1779), founder of the Cymmrodorion Society. Robert Thomas Jenkins. 15 May 2018.
8. http://www.history.ac.uk/publications/office/custodes1660 Institute of Historical Research - Custodes Rotulorum 1660-1828
9. Book: Philip Jenkins. A History of Modern Wales 1536-1990. 13 October 2014. Routledge. 978-1-317-87269-6. 75.
10. Book: Geraint H. Jenkins. Professor of Welsh History Geraint H Jenkins. Literature, Religion and Society in Wales, 1660-1730. 1978. University of Wales Press [for] the History and Law Committee of the Board of Celtic Studies. 978-0-7083-0669-7. 126.
11. s-OWEN-GOR-1723. Owen, Goronwy. David Gwenallt Jones. yes. 15 May 2018.
12. Book: Thomas Rowland Roberts. Eminent Welshmen: A Short Biographical Dictionary of Welshmen who Have Attained Distinction from the Earliest Times to the Present. 1908. Educational Publishing Company. 410.
13. Book: Bray, Gerald . Records of Convocation . Boydell Press in association with the Church of England Record Society . Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK Rochester, NY . 2005 . 9781843832270 . 2.
14. Book: Thomas Mardy Rees. Notable Welshmen (1700-1900): ... with Brief Notes, in Chronological Order, and Authorities. Also a Complete Alphabetical Index. 1908. Herald Office. 25.
15. Web site: Mansel, Thomas II (1667-1723), of Gerard Street, Westminster and Margam Abbey, Glam.. History of Parliament Online (1660-1690). 1 July 2019 .
16. Hayton, D. W. (2002) "Lloyd, Sir Charles (c.1662–1723), of Maesyfelin, nr. Lampeter, Card. and Ludlow, Salop." The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690–1715