1721 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1721 to Wales and its people.
See also:List of years in Wales
Timeline of Welsh history
Timeline of Welsh history
- 1721 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 Glamorgan â vacant until 1729
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire â Sir William Morgan of Tredegar (from 7 March)[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire â John Vaughan, 1st Viscount Lisburne (until 20 March); John Vaughan, 2nd Viscount Lisburne (from 21 March)[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire â vacant until 1755
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire â Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire â Thomas Coningsby, 1st Earl Coningsby (until 11 September);[3][4]James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (from 11 September)[1]
- Bishop of Bangor â Benjamin Hoadly (until 7 November);[5] Richard Reynolds (from 3 December)[6]
- Bishop of Llandaff â John Tyler[7]
- Bishop of St Asaph â John Wynne[8]
- Bishop of St Davids â Adam Ottley[9]
Events
- 11 January â Printer Isaac Carter marries Ann Lewis at Cenarth.[10]
- May â Prince William, the youngest child of the Prince and Princess of Wales, is taken ill with suspected smallpox; it turns out to be a false alarm, but inoculation becomes popular among aristocratic families as well as the royal family.[11]
- 30 December â Bridget Vaughan marries Arthur Bevan, a barrister.
Arts and literature
Births
- 17 March â Jonathan Hughes, poet (died 1805)[14]
- 30 November â John Egerton, bishop of Bangor (died 1787)
- date unknown â John Walters, lexicographer[15]
- probable â Hugh Williams, Anglican priest and writer (died 1779)
Deaths
- 20 March â John Vaughan, 1st Viscount Lisburne, Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire and former MP for Cardiganshire, 53[16]
- 8 July â Elihu Yale, American-born East India merchant and benefactor of Yale University, 72 (died in London)[17]
- 28 July â Sir Edward Williams, MP, 61[18]
- 3 September â Sir William Glynne, 2nd Baronet, 58[19]
- 5 September â Thomas Edwards, orientalist, 69[20]