1732 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1732 to Wales and its people.
See also:List of years in Wales
Timeline of Welsh history
Timeline of Welsh history
- 1732 in
- Great Britain
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) â George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley[1][2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan â Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton[3]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire â Thomas Morgan[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire â John Vaughan, 2nd Viscount Lisburne[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire â 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 Thomas Sherlock[4]
- Bishop of Llandaff â John Harris[5]
- Bishop of St Asaph â Thomas Tanner (from 23 January)[6][7]
- Bishop of St Davids â Nicholas Clagett (from 23 January)[8]
Events
- 23 January - Thomas Tanner becomes Bishop of St Asaph.[9]
- 1 July - Charles Hanbury Williams marries Frances, the daughter of earl Coningsby.[10]
- John Wynne buys the Soughton Hall estate in Northop, Flintshire.
- A mineral spring is discovered at Llanwrtyd Wells by the Rev. Theophilus Evans.
- "Madam" Bridget Bevan begins her correspondence with Griffith Jones (Llanddowror).[11]
- Artist Edward Owen is robbed and beaten in London, receiving serious injuries that contribute to his death some years later.[12]
- Frederick, Prince of Wales, purchases Carlton House in London as his new home.[13]
- Howell Harris becomes a schoolmaster at Llangors.
- Bishop John Wynne purchases the Northop estate in Flintshire.
Arts and literature
New books
- David Evans - A Help for parents and Heads of families ... by David Evans, a Labourer in the Gospel at Tredyffren in Pennsylvania (published in Philadelphia by B. Franklin)
- Jeremy Owen - Golwg ar y Beiau sydd yn yr Hanes a Brintiwyd ynghylch Pedair i Bump Mlynedd i nawr, ym mherthynas i'r Rhwygiad a wnaethpwyd yn Eglwys Henllan yny Blynyddoedd 1707, 1708, 1709[14]
- David Rees - Adnodau or rai Lleoedd Cableddus a Sarhaus o Lyfrau ... ar Fedydd Plant
Births
Deaths
- April - Lady Pryce of Newtown Hall, second wife of Sir John Pryce , 5th baronet
- 4 December - William Baker, former Bishop of Bangor, 64[17]
- 16 December - William Bradshaw, Bishop of Bristol, 61[18]
