1735 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1735 to Wales and its people.
See also:List of years in Wales
Timeline of Welsh history
Timeline of Welsh history
- 1735 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 Charles Cecil (from 15 January)[4]
- Bishop of Llandaff â John Harris[5]
- Bishop of St Asaph â Thomas Tanner (until 14 December)[6][7]
- Bishop of St Davids â Nicholas Clagett[8]
Events
- 29 January â The Kemeys baronetcy of Cefn Mabli becomes extinct on the death of Sir Charles Kemeys, 4th Baronet.[9] His property at Cefn Mably is inherited by Sir Charles Tynte, 5th Baronet.
- 20 April â Religious conversion of Howell Harris at Talgarth, marking a beginning of the Welsh Methodist revival.[10]
- September â Griffith Hughes records in his diary that he has broken his "knee pan" while travelling in Pennsylvania on behalf of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel.
- date unknown â Swansea-born Beau Nash appoints himself Master of Ceremonies at Tunbridge Wells, where a public house is later named after him.[11]
Arts and literature
New books
- Lewis Morris â Tlysau yr Hen Oesoedd
Births
- 1 March â John Price, librarian (died 1813)
- 24 June â Barbara Herbert, Countess of Powis, posthumous daughter of Lord Edward Herbert (died 1786)[12]
- July â Cecil de Cardonnel, 2nd Baroness Dynevor, peeress (died 1793)
Deaths
- 5 April â Sir Edward Stradling, 5th Baronet, MP for Cardiff and Sheriff of Glamorgan, 62[13]
- July â John Ellis, antiquarian, 61
- 14 December â Thomas Tanner, Bishop of St Asaph, 61[7]