1734 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1734 to Wales and its people.
See also:List of years in Wales
Timeline of Welsh history
Timeline of Welsh history
- 1734 in
- Great Britain
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) â George Cholmondeley, 3rd 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 vacant until 1755
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire â Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 3rd Baronet
- 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 (until 8 November);[4] Charles Cecil (from 15 January)[5]
- Bishop of Llandaff â John Harris[6]
- Bishop of St Asaph â Thomas Tanner[7][8]
- Bishop of St Davids â Nicholas Clagett[9]
Events
- March â In a report to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, missionary Griffith Hughes claims to have travelled over 1,100 miles in the Pennsylvania region in the course of his preaching.[10]
- 30 March â First entry in the diary of William Bulkeley.[11]
- date unknown
- Original construction (in stone) of Cilewent Farmhouse, now located at St Fagans National History Museum.[12]
- Daniel Rowland marries Eleanor Davies of Caer-llugest and is ordained a deacon.[13]
Arts and literature
New books
English language
- Edmund Curll â The Life of Robert Price ... one of the Justices of His Majesty's Court of Common-Pleas[14]
Welsh language
- Simon Thomas â Athrawiaethau Difinyddawl[15]
Births
- 20 January â Robert Morris, Welsh-born American merchant (died 1806)
- 15 April â Evan Lloyd, poet (died 1776)[16]
- 3 July â Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke (died 1794)[17]
- 24 October â Thomas Henry, apothecary (died 1816)
Deaths
- 14 June
- Francis Gwyn, politician, 85[18]
- John Hanbury, industrialist, 70?[19]
- 13 July â Ellis Wynne, clergyman and writer, 63[20]
- October â Thomas Lloyd, lexicographer, 61?[21]
- 26 December â Salusbury Lloyd, politician,[22]
- date unknown â Elisha Beadles, South Wales-based Quaker leader, 74?[23]
