1722 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1722 to Wales and its people.
See also:List of years in Wales
Timeline of Welsh history
Timeline of Welsh history
- 1722 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 James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (from 11 September)[1]
Events
- February - Jane Brereton's husband Thomas drowns in the River Dee at Saltney; following his death, she returns to live in Wrexham.[7]
- 9 May - At the conclusion of the general election, new MPs for Welsh constituencies include Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet (Pembroke Boroughs); Francis Edwardes (Haverfordwest) and Sir William Morgan for Brecon and Monmouthshire.[8]
- June - William Wotton returns to London, where he continues to work on his Leges Wallicae, a translation of the old laws of Wales.[9]
Arts and literature
New books
- Dwysfawr Rym Buchedd Grefyddol[10]
Births
- 9 May - Morgan Edwards, Baptist historian (died 1795)[11]
- date unknown
- Thomas Crofts, priest, Fellow of the Royal Society, traveller and book-collector (died 1781)
- Rowland Jones, lawyer and philologist (died 1774)
- probable
- James Relly, Methodist minister (died 1778)
- Hugh Williams, clergyman and writer (died 1779)[12]
Deaths
- 10 February - Bartholomew Roberts, pirate ("Black Bart"), 39 (in battle)[13]
- 16 November - John Vaughan, reformer, 59
- 16 December - Abel Morgan, Baptist minister, pastor of Pennepack Baptist Church in Philadelphia, 49[14]