1705 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1705 to Wales and its people.
See also:List of years in Wales
Timeline of Welsh history
Timeline of Welsh history
- 1705 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 William Beveridge[5]
- Bishop of St Davids â George Bull (consecrated 29 April)[6]
Events
- 29 April - George Bull is consecrated Bishop of St David's.[7]
- MayâJune - In the 1705 English general election, Richard Bulkeley, 4th Viscount Bulkeley, becomes MP for Anglesey, and Sir Thomas Powell, 1st Baronet, is MP for Monmouth Boroughs.[8]
- date unknown - Edward Brereton is replaced as MP for Denbigh after having offended the local gentry.[9]
Arts and literature
New books
- Myles Davies - The Recantation of Mr. Pollett, a Roman priest
- Thomas Edwardes - Diocesan Episcopacy proved from Holy Scripture[10]
- Letters of Orinda to Poliarchus (the letters of Katherine Philips (posthumously published)
- Walter Morgan - The Parson's Jewel[11]
Births
- 6 May - William Morris, botanist, one of the Morris brothers of Anglesey (d. 1763)
- date unknown
- David Evans, Canon of St Asaph (d. 1788)[12]
- Dafydd Nicolas, poet (d. 1774)
Deaths
- August - William Richards, author of Wallography, or the Britton described[13]
- date unknown - Lionel Wafer, explorer, 65