1704 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1704 to Wales and its people.
See also:List of years in Wales
Timeline of Welsh history
Timeline of Welsh history
- 1704 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]
- Lord Lieutenant of South Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan, Brecknockshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Monmouthshire, Pembrokeshire, Radnorshire) â Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke[1][3]
- Bishop of Bangor â John Evans[4]
- Bishop of Llandaff â William Beaw[4]
- Bishop of St Asaph â George Hooper (until 14 March);[5] William Beveridge (from 16 July)[6]
- Bishop of St Davids â vacant
Events
- 6 April - Sir Humphrey Mackworth proposes to the SPCK the "Erection of libraries in Wales".[7]
- May - Erasmus Lewis becomes secretary to Robert Harley at the Northern Department.[8]
- July - Richard Vaughan of Corsygedol becomes Constable of Harlech Castle.[9]
- 9 October - Roger Griffith is installed as archdeacon of Brecon.[10]
- date unknown
- Jane Kemeys of Cefn Mabli marries Sir John Tynte, 2nd Baronet, resulting in an alliance between two important families and the beginning of the Kemeys-Tynte dynasty.[11]
Arts and literature
New books
- John Morgan - Bloeddnad Ofnadwy yr Utcorn Diweddaf (posthumously published)[12]
- Robert Nelson - A Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England[13]
Births
- May - Ann Maddocks, the "maid of Cefn Ydfa" (died 1727)[14]
- December - Richard Herbert, politician (died 1754)[15]
- date unknown - Robert Jones, politician (died 1774)[16]
Deaths
- May - William Wynne, historian, about 33[17]
- 9 August - Richard Bulkeley, 3rd Viscount Bulkeley, about 46, politician[18]
- November - Sir John Williams, 2nd Baronet, of Llangibby, about 53[19]