1708 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1708 to Wales and its people.
See also:List of years in Wales
Timeline of Welsh history
Timeline of Welsh history
- 1708 in
- Great Britain
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 John Tyler[5]
- Bishop of St Asaph â William Beveridge (until 5 March);[6] William Fleetwood (from 6 June)[7]
- Bishop of St Davids â George Bull[8]
Events
- July - Following the British general election, some changes in representation occur in Wales:
- Whig Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet, replaces Tory John Meyrick as MP for Pembroke
- Whig Thomas Windsor replaces Sir Hopton Williams, 3rd Baronet, of the same party, as MP for Monmouthshire
- Sir John Aubrey, 3rd Baronet, is re-elected as MP for Cardiff, after his opponent, Sir Edward Stradling, 5th Baronet, falls out with his supporters.[9][10]
- John Roberts replaces Sir William Williams, 2nd Baronet, as MP for Denbigh Boroughs
- October â Edmund Meyrick sets up a school at Carmarthen.[11]
- Edward Lhuyd is elected a fellow of the Royal Society.[12]
- Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol, marries Cecil Mathew of Castell y Mynach in Pentyrch.[13]
Arts and literature
Births
- 8 December - Charles Hanbury Williams, diplomat and satirist (died 1759)[16]
- date unknown - John Pettingall, antiquary (died 1781)[17]
- probable
- Joshua Andrews, Baptist minister (died 1793)[18]
- Lewis Hopkin, poet and artisan (died 1771)[19]
Deaths
- 5 March â William Beveridge, Bishop of St Asaph, 71[6]
- 23 March - Thomas Bulkeley, politician, 75[20]
- 1 December - William Wogan, judge and politician, about 70[21]