1727 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1727 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) – George Cholmondeley, 2nd 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 (until 19 December)^[3]
• Bishop of Llandaff – Robert Clavering^[4]
• Bishop of St Asaph – John Wynne (until 17 December); Francis Hare (from 17 December)^{[5] [6]}
• Bishop of St Davids – Richard Smalbroke^[7]

Events

• 22 June - On the death of his father, King George I of Great Britain, the Prince of Wales becomes King George II of Great Britain.^[8]
• 25 August - Herbert Mackworth inherits the Gnoll estate, Neath, on his father's death.
• 17 October - In the general election:
  • Bussy Manse becomes MP for Cardiff.
  • Hugh Williams (of Chester) retains his seat as MP for Anglesey.
• date unknown
  • The Piercefield estate is sold for £3,366, 5.6d to Thomas Rous of Wotton-under-Edge.^[9]
  • Sir Roger Mostyn, 3rd Baronet, becomes Custos Rotulorum of Flintshire.^[10]

Arts and literature

New books

• Rowland Ellis - English translation of Ellis Pugh's Annerch ir Cymru (the first Welsh book printed in America)
• William Gambold - A Grammar of the Welsh Language^[11]
• Matthias Maurice - Y Wir Eglwys^[12]

Births

• 4 May - Paul Panton, antiquarian collector (died 1797)^[13]
• 8 June - Thomas Morgan (of Rhiwpera), politician (died 1771)^[14]
• date unknown -, hymn-writer (died 1783)

Deaths

• 25 August - Sir Humphrey Mackworth, industrialist and politician, 70^[15]
• 6 September - George Hooper, Bishop of St Asaph 1703-4, 86^[16]
• date unknown - Ann Maddocks, the "Maid of Cefn Ydfa", 23^[17]

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. Book: Bray, Gerald . Records of Convocation . Boydell Press in association with the Church of England Record Society . Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK Rochester, NY . 2005 . 9781843832270 . 298.
5. Book: Arthur Philip Perceval. An Apology for the Doctrine of Apostolical Succession; with an appendix on the English Orders. 1839. 197.
6. Book: Stephen Hyde Cassan. Lives of the Bishops of Bath. 1829. 162.
7. Smalbroke, Richard.
8. Note: Great Britain at this time used the Old Style Julian calendar. Hanover adopted the New Style Gregorian calendar on 1 March 1700 (N.S.) / 19 February 1700 (O.S.). New Style is used for dates in this article unless otherwise indicated.
9. Book: John Street. C. Douglas Peters. A Genealogy of the Rouses of Devon. J.C. Street. 2002. 126.
10. http://www.history.ac.uk/publications/office/custodes1660 Institute of Historical Research - Custodes Rotulorum 1660-1828
11. s-GAMB-OLD-1650. Gambold family.
12. s-MAUR-MAT-1684. Maurice, Matthias. yes.
13. s-PANT-PAU-1727. Panton, Paul (1727-1797), barrister-at-law and antiquary. Evan David Jones. yes. 2 October 2021.
14. s-MORG-TRE-1384 . Morgan family . yes . 2007-10-17.
15. s-MACK-HUM-1657. Mackworth, Sir Humphrey. yes.
16. Hooper, George. 27. John Henry Overton.
17. s-MADD-ANN-1704. Ann Maddocks. yes. 2 October 2021.