1736 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1736 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) – George Cholmondeley, 3rd 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 Denbighshire – Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 3rd Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet^[1]
• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos^[1]
• Bishop of Bangor – Charles Cecil^[4]
• Bishop of Llandaff – John Harris^[5]
• Bishop of St Asaph – Isaac Maddox (from 4 July)^{[6] [7] [8]}
• Bishop of St Davids – Nicholas Clagett

Events

• 17 April - Frederick, Prince of Wales, marries Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha at the Chapel Royal in St James's Palace, London.^[9]
• 4 July - Isaac Maddox is consecrated Bishop of St Asaph. Maddox continues to reside in south-east England and rarely visits the diocese.^[10]
• 28 July - John Harris, Bishop of Llandaff, becomes Dean of Wells Cathedral in succession to Isaac Maddox.^[11]
• Thomas Frye paints the Prince of Wales for the Worshipful Company of Saddlers.^[12]
• date unknown
  • Sixty soldiers are drowned after their vessel is wrecked on the Wolves rocks near Flat Holm; the incident leads to the building of a lighthouse on the island.^[13]
  • Howell Harris opens a school.
  • Fortunatus Wright marries Mary, daughter of William Bulkeley, in Dublin.

Arts and literature

New books

• Rees Ellis - "A Summer Carol"^[14]
• Anthony Ellys - A Plea for the Sacramental Test as best Security for the Church established, and very conducive to the Welfare of the State^[15]
• John Reynolds - Heraldry Displayed^[16]

Births

• 6 July - Daniel Morgan, American pioneer, soldier and politician, of Welsh ancestry (d. 1802)
• 10 July - David Jones, Church of England priest and an early supporter of Welsh Calvinistic Methodism (d. 1810)
• 31 August - David Ellis, clergyman, poet and transcriber of manuscripts (d. 1795)^[17]
• 22 October - John Thomas, Anglican priest and antiquarian (d. 1769)
• date unknown
  • Charles Morgan, politician (d. 1787)
  • Thomas Wynn, 1st Baron Newborough, politician (d. 1807)^[18]

Deaths

• June - Edward Prideaux Gwyn, about 38^[19]
• November? - Griffith Wynn, translator, about 76^[20]
• 22 November - Thomas Lewis, politician, owner of The Van estate, 56/57^[21]
• date unknown - Edward Kemys, MP for Monmouth Boroughs, about 43^[22]

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: Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae or a calendar of the principal ecclesiastical dignitaries in England and Wales. University Press. 1854. 108.
5. s-HARR-JOH-1680. Harris, John (1680 - 1738), bishop of Llandaff . Thomas. Lawrence. 3 October 2021.
6. Book: Guides and Handbooks. Royal Historical Society (Great Britain). 1939. 203.
7. Book: Arthur Philip Perceval. An Apology for the Doctrine of Apostolical Succession; with an appendix on the English Orders. 1839. 197.
8. Tanner, Thomas (1674-1735). 55. William Prideaux . Courtney.
9. Book: The Royal Kalendar and Court and City Register for England, Scotland, Ireland and the Colonies: For the Year .... 1833. 1833. 4.
10. Book: Paul de Rapin-Thoyras. The History of England. 1747. J. and P. Knapton. 282.
11. Book: Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts. Reports. 1914. 531.
12. Book: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Katharine Baetjer. British Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1575-1875. 2009. Metropolitan Museum of Art. 978-1-58839-348-7. 54.
13. Book: Chaplin, Captain W.R. . The History of Flat Holm Lighthouse . Reprinted from the American Neptune V. XX . 1960 .
14. s-ELLI-REE-1714. Ellis, Rees (fl. 1714), bard. Nansi Ceridwen Jones. yes. 5 October 2021.
15. Book: William Thomas Lowndes. British Librarian; Or, Book-collector's Guide. Whittaker. 1842. 1142.
16. s-REYN-JOH-1739. Reynolds, John (fl. 1739), antiquary. Walter Thomas Morgan. yes. 5 October 2021.
17. s-ELLI-DAV-1736. Jenkins. David. Ellis, David (1736-1795), cleric, poet, translator, and transcriber of manuscripts. yes. 5 October 2021.
18. Web site: WYNN, Thomas (1736-1807), of Glynnllivon, Caern. .. History of Parliament Online. 3 December 2017.
19. Web site: GWYN, Edward Prideaux (?1698-1736), of Llansannor, Glam. and Forde Abbey, Dorset. . History of Parliament Online. 27 July 2020.
20. s-WYNN-GRI-1669. WYNN, GRIFFITH (1669?-1736), cleric and translator. William Llewelyn Davies. William Llewelyn Davies. yes. 26 June 2018.
21. Web site: LEWIS, Thomas (c.1679-1736), of Soberton, Hants.. History of Parliament Online (1690-1715). 9 August 2018.
22. Web site: KEMYS, Edward (c.1693-1736), of Pertholey, Mon.. History of Parliament. 21 February 2019.