1724 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1724 to Wales and its people.
See also:List of years in Wales
Timeline of Welsh history
Timeline of Welsh history
- 1724 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[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire â John Vaughan, 2nd Viscount Lisburne[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[1]
- Bishop of Bangor â William Baker[3]
- Bishop of Llandaff â John Tyler (until 8 July)[4]
- Bishop of St Asaph â John Wynne[5]
- Bishop of St Davids â Richard Smalbroke (from 3 February)[6]
Events
- 14 September - Robert Clavering, a canon of Christ Church, Oxford, is nominated to succeed John Tyler as Bishop of Llandaff.
- The Shire Hall, Monmouth, is built.[7]
- A charity school is built at Caerleon as the result of a bequest from Charles Williams.[8]
- The title of Baron Bergavenny is inherited by William Nevill.
Arts and literature
New books
- William Wynne - The Life of Sir Leoline Jenkins[9]
Births
- 26 April (baptised) - Joshua Eddowes, printer and bookseller (died 1811)[10]
- 17 May - Gabriel Jones, Welsh American lawyer, legislator, court clerk and civil servant (died 1806)
- 22 September - John Parry, lawyer and politician (died 1797)[11]
- 4 December - Princess Louise of Wales, daughter of the Prince and Princess of Wales (died 1751)
- date unknown - George Rice, politician (died 1779)[12]
Deaths
- 8 January - Mary Herbert, Marchioness of Powis, age unknown[13]
- 22 March - John Evans, Bishop of Bangor and Meath, 73?[14]
- 1 June - Erasmus Saunders, clergyman, 54?
- 4 June - Richard Bulkeley, 4th Viscount Bulkeley, 41[15]
- 8 July - John Tyler, Bishop of Llandaff, 84[16]
- 15 December - Stephen Parry, MP for Cardigan Boroughs, 49[17]
- date unknown - Jeremiah Jones, independent tutor and biblical critic, 30/31[18]
