1703 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1703 to Wales and its people.
See also:List of years in Wales
Timeline of Welsh history
Timeline of Welsh history
- 1703 in
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) â Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley[1][2] (10 June â 5 November 1702)[3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of South Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan, Brecknockshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Monmouthshire, Pembrokeshire, Radnorshire) â Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke[2][5]
- Bishop of Bangor â John Evans[6]
- Bishop of Llandaff â William Beaw[6]
- Bishop of St Asaph â Edward Jones (until 10 May); George Hooper (from 13 October)[7]
- Bishop of St Davids â vacant
Events
- 30 March â Catherine Price, sister of Richard Price, marries William Thomas of Cefn Ydfa, Llangynwyd; they would become the parents of Ann Maddocks.[8]
- July â John Hanbury II marries Bridget Ayscough, the eldest daughter of Sir Edward Ayscough of Stallingbough, Lincolnshire. Sir Edward's only son having died, Bridget inherits a share of his estates and brings a fortune of £10,000 to the marriage.[9]
- 20 July â Sir Roger Mostyn, 3rd Baronet, marries Lady Essex Finch, daughter of the Earl of Nottingham.[10]
- 28 August â Thomas Windsor, 1st Viscount Windsor, marries Charlotte Herbert, daughter of Philip Herbert, 7th Earl of Pembroke, and widow of John Jeffreys, 2nd Baron Jeffreys[11]
- date unknown
- Baptist leader Thomas Griffiths and a small group of followers settle at Welsh Tract, Delaware, where they found the Welsh Tract Baptist church.[12]
Arts and literature
New books
- James Owen â Moderation a Virtue[13]
- Ellis Wynne â Gweledigaetheu y Bardd Cwsc[14]
- Pasc y Christion (translation of a work by Thomas Doolittle)[15]
Music
- Thomas Baddy â hymns appended to Pasc y Christion[16]
Births
- 2 February â Richard Morris, one of the celebrated Morris brothers of Anglesey (d. 1779)[17]
- probable â Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis (d. 1772)[18]
Deaths
- 10 May â Edward Jones, Bishop of St Asaph, 62[19]
- 16 July â Robert Brudenell, 2nd Earl of Cardigan, 96[20]