1732 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1732 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 – Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton^[3]
• Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Thomas Morgan^[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 – Thomas Sherlock^[4]
• Bishop of Llandaff – John Harris^[5]
• Bishop of St Asaph – Thomas Tanner (from 23 January)^{[6] [7]}
• Bishop of St Davids – Nicholas Clagett (from 23 January)^[8]

Events

• 23 January - Thomas Tanner becomes Bishop of St Asaph.^[9]
• 1 July - Charles Hanbury Williams marries Frances, the daughter of earl Coningsby.^[10]
• John Wynne buys the Soughton Hall estate in Northop, Flintshire.
• A mineral spring is discovered at Llanwrtyd Wells by the Rev. Theophilus Evans.
• "Madam" Bridget Bevan begins her correspondence with Griffith Jones (Llanddowror).^[11]
• Artist Edward Owen is robbed and beaten in London, receiving serious injuries that contribute to his death some years later.^[12]
• Frederick, Prince of Wales, purchases Carlton House in London as his new home.^[13]
• Howell Harris becomes a schoolmaster at Llangors.
• Bishop John Wynne purchases the Northop estate in Flintshire.

Arts and literature

New books

• David Evans - A Help for parents and Heads of families … by David Evans, a Labourer in the Gospel at Tredyffren in Pennsylvania (published in Philadelphia by B. Franklin)
• Jeremy Owen - Golwg ar y Beiau sydd yn yr Hanes a Brintiwyd ynghylch Pedair i Bump Mlynedd i nawr, ym mherthynas i'r Rhwygiad a wnaethpwyd yn Eglwys Henllan yny Blynyddoedd 1707, 1708, 1709^[14]
• David Rees - Adnodau or rai Lleoedd Cableddus a Sarhaus o Lyfrau … ar Fedydd Plant

Births

• 5 October - Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon, lawyer and politician (died 1802)^[15]
• date unknown - Stafford Prys, bookseller and printer (died 1784)^[16]

Deaths

• April - Lady Pryce of Newtown Hall, second wife of Sir John Pryce, 5th baronet
• 4 December - William Baker, former Bishop of Bangor, 64^[17]
• 16 December - William Bradshaw, Bishop of Bristol, 61

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: Arthur Collins. The Peerage of England ... The third edition, corrected and enlarged in every family, with memoirs, not hitherto printed. H. Woodfall. 1768. 235.
4. Book: E. B. Pryde. D. E. Greenway. S. Porter. I. Roy. Handbook of British Chronology. 23 February 1996. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-56350-5. 292.
5. s-HARR-JOH-1680. Harris, John (1680 - 1738), bishop of Llandaff . Thomas. Lawrence. 3 October 2021.
6. Book: Arthur Philip Perceval. An Apology for the Doctrine of Apostolical Succession; with an appendix on the English Orders. 1839. 197.
7. Tanner, Thomas (1674-1735). 55. William Prideaux . Courtney.
8. Book: Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae or a calendar of the principal ecclesiastical dignitaries in England and Wales. University Press. 1854. 304.
9. Tanner, Thomas (1674-1735). 55. William Prideaux . Courtney.
10. s-WILL-HAN-1708. Williams, Sir Charles Hanbury. yes. 1 November 2021.
11. s-BEVA-BRI-1698. Bevan, Bridget (1698-1732), philanthropist and educationist. Mary Clement. yes. 29 March 2020.
12. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-15692699 BBC News - "Edward Owen's 'lost' self-portrait on show in Gwynedd", 13 November 2011
13. John Summerson, Georgian London (Barrie & Jenkins, 1986 ed.)
14. s-MAUR-MAT-1684. Maurice, Mathias (1684-1738), Independent minister and writer. Robert Thomas Jenkins. George Thomas Streather. yes. 29 March 2020.
15. Web site: Oxford DNB article: Kenyon, Lloyd (subscription needed). Hay. Douglas. 2004. Oxford University Press. 18 March 2010.
16. s-PRYS-STA-1732. Prys, Stafford (1732-1784), bookseller and printer of books at Shrewsbury. yes. 29 March 2020.
17. Baker, William (1668-1732).