1733 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1733 to Wales and its people.
See also:List of years in Wales
Timeline of Welsh history
Timeline of Welsh history
- 1733 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 (until 7 May); George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley (from 14 June)[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 vacant until 1755
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire â Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 3rd Baronet (from 21 June)
- 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[8]
Events
- 21 June - The post of Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire is combined with that of Custos Rotulorum of Denbighshire.[9]
- 29 November - Charles Talbot is appointed Lord Chancellor.[10]
- 5 December - Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol, is raised to the peerage.
- date unknown
- Legal proceedings in the Welsh courts to be conducted in the English language.
- John Myddelton, politician, inherits the estates of his brother Robert, including Chirk Castle.[11]
Arts and literature
New books
- "Gwinfrid Shones" (popular ballad)[12]
- William Wynn writes his first poem, while a student at Oxford.[13]
Births
- March - John Lloyd, Rector of Caerwys, antiquary (died 1793)[14]
Deaths
- 22 January - Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke, about 66[15]
- 2 February - Robert Price, judge, 80[16]
- 28 February - John Morgan, poet, 45[17]
- 7 May - George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley, Lord Lieutenant of North Wales, 66/67[18]
- June/July - Michael Pritchard, poet, 24[19]
- date unknown - Robert Myddelton, owner of the Myddelton estates[11]