1738 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1738 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 – Thomas Herring (from 15 January)^[4]
• Bishop of Llandaff – John Harris (until 28 August)^[5]
• Bishop of St Asaph – Isaac Maddox^{[6] [7]}
• Bishop of St Davids – Nicholas Clagett

Events

• March – Howel Harris preaches in Monmouthshire for the first time.^[8]
• 14 May – John Wesley hears William Holland read from the work of Martin Luther, occasioning his own conversion.^[9]
• May – The Bala Eisteddfod takes place, chaired by Edward Wynne. Ellis Cadwaladr is winner of the bardic chair.^[10]
• unknown dates
  • A new building, designed by James Steer to house the Welsh Charity School is erected in London.
  • A Baptist church is founded at Welsh Neck in South Carolina, United States.^[11]
  • Morgan Edwards begins his career as a preacher.
  • Lawyer John Meredith is knighted and becomes High Sheriff of Brecknock.^[12]

Arts and literature

New books

English language

• Anne Penny – Select Poems from Mr. Gesner's Pastorals^[13]

Welsh language

• Newyddion Mawr Oddiwrth y Ser

Music

• William Williams Pantycelyn – Caniadau … y Môr o Wydr^[14]

Births

• 4 June – Prince George, eldest son of the Prince and Princess of Wales (died 1820)
• September (in Ireland) – Francis Mathew, 1st Earl Landaff (died 1806)^[15]
• date unknown – David Williams, philosopher (died 1816)^[16]

Deaths

• January – Thomas Harley (of Kinsham), former MP for Radnorshire, about 63^[17]
• 12 June – Samuel Edwards, politician, about 70^[18]
• 28 August – John Harris, Bishop of Llandaff, 58^[5]
• 1 September – Mathias Maurice, minister and author, 54^[19]
• 27 September – Sir Thomas Stradling, 6th Baronet, 28 (in a duel)^[20]

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. Book: Richard Bennett. The Early Life of Howell Harris. Banner of Truth Trust. 1962. 157.
9. s-HOLL-WIL-1711. Holland, William (1711-1761). yes.
10. s-CADW-ELL-1707. CADWALADR, ELLIS (fl. 1707-40), poet. Elwyn Evan. yes. 12 August 2018.
11. Web site: Welsh Neck–Long Bluff–Society Hill Historic District, Darlington County (U.S. Hwy. 15, Society Hill vicinity). National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. 17 March 2014. and Accompanying map
12. s-MERE-JOH-1714. Meredith, Sir John (1714-1780), lawyer, of Brecon. Robert Thomas Jenkins. yes. 15 October 2021.
13. s-PENN-ANN-1729. Penny, Anne (fl. 1729-1780), author. William Llewelyn Davies. yes. 15 October 2021.
14. s-WILL-WIL-1717. Williams, William (1717-1791), Methodist cleric, author, and hymn-writer. Gomer Morgan Roberts. yes. 15 October 2021.
15. https://books.google.com/books?id=-1pIAQAAMAAJ&dq=Francis+Mathew%2C+1st+Earl+Landaff+peerage&pg=PA447 Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage
16. Book: Geraint H. Jenkins. Bard of Liberty: The Political Radicalism of Iolo Morganwg. 7 January 2012. University of Wales Press. 978-0-7083-2500-1. 80.
17. Web site: HARLEY, Thomas (c.1667-1738), of Kinsham Court, Herefs.. History of Parliament Online. 4 August 2019 .
18. Web site: EDWARDS, Samuel (c.1668-1738), of Frodesley, Salop.. History of Parliament Online . 31 December 2018.
19. s-MAUR-MAT-1684. Maurice, Mathias (1684-1738), Independent minister and writer. yes. Robert Thomas Jenkins. George Thomas Streather. 11 February 2020.
20. s-STRA-MOR-1275. Stradling family of Glamorganshire . yes. Evan David Jones. 11 February 2020.