1724 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1724 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 – William Baker^[3]
• Bishop of Llandaff – John Tyler (until 8 July)^[4]
• Bishop of St Asaph – John Wynne^[5]
• Bishop of St Davids – Richard Smalbroke (from 3 February)^[6]

Events

• 14 September - Robert Clavering, a canon of Christ Church, Oxford, is nominated to succeed John Tyler as Bishop of Llandaff.
• The Shire Hall, Monmouth, is built.^[7]
• A charity school is built at Caerleon as the result of a bequest from Charles Williams.^[8]
• The title of Baron Bergavenny is inherited by William Nevill.

Arts and literature

New books

• William Wynne - The Life of Sir Leoline Jenkins^[9]

Births

• 26 April (baptised) - Joshua Eddowes, printer and bookseller (died 1811)^[10]
• 17 May - Gabriel Jones, Welsh American lawyer, legislator, court clerk and civil servant (died 1806)
• 22 September - John Parry, lawyer and politician (died 1797)^[11]
• 4 December - Princess Louise of Wales, daughter of the Prince and Princess of Wales (died 1751)
• date unknown - George Rice, politician (died 1779)^[12]

Deaths

• 8 January - Mary Herbert, Marchioness of Powis, age unknown^[13]
• 22 March - John Evans, Bishop of Bangor and Meath, 73?^[14]
• 1 June - Erasmus Saunders, clergyman, 54?
• 4 June - Richard Bulkeley, 4th Viscount Bulkeley, 41^[15]
• 8 July - John Tyler, Bishop of Llandaff, 84^[16]
• 15 December - Stephen Parry, MP for Cardigan Boroughs, 49^[17]
• date unknown - Jeremiah Jones, independent tutor and biblical critic, 30/31

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. Baker, William (1668-1732).
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. Smalbroke, Richard.
7. Book: Alfred John Taylor. Monmouth Castle and Great Castle House, Monmouthshire. 1951. H.M. Stationery Office. 20.
8. Book: Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. 1980. University of Wales Press. 276.
9. s-WYNN-OWE-1652. WYNNE, OWEN (1652–?), civil servant. A. H. Dodd. A. H. Dodd. 25 June 2018.
10. s-EDDO-JOS-1724. Eddowes, Joshua (1724-1811), printer and bookseller at Shrewsbury. William Llewelyn Davies. yes. 2 October 2021.
11. Web site: PARRY, John (1724–97), of Wernfawr, Caern.. History of Parliament Online. 25 June 2018.
12. Web site: RICE, George (?1724-79), of Newton Castle, Carm.. History of Parliament Online. 25 June 2018.
13. 13061. Herbert, William. Paul. Hopkins.
14. Evans, John (d.1724).
15. Web site: Thomas. Peter D.G.. Bulkeley, Richard, 4th Visct. Bulkeley [I] (1682-1724), of Baron Hill, Anglesey]. The History of Parliament. 25 August 2014.
16. 67980. John Tyler. Stuart. Handley.
17. Web site: PARRY, Stephen (1675-1724), of Neuadd Trefawr, Card. . History of Parliament Online. 18 August 2018.