1736 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1736 to Wales and its people.
See also:List of years in Wales
Timeline of Welsh history
Timeline of Welsh history
- 1736 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[4]
- Bishop of Llandaff â John Harris[5]
- Bishop of St Asaph â Isaac Maddox (from 4 July)[6][7][8]
- Bishop of St Davids â Nicholas Clagett[9]
Events
- 17 April - Frederick, Prince of Wales, marries Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha at the Chapel Royal in St James's Palace, London.[10]
- 4 July - Isaac Maddox is consecrated Bishop of St Asaph. Maddox continues to reside in south-east England and rarely visits the diocese.[11]
- 28 July - John Harris, Bishop of Llandaff, becomes Dean of Wells Cathedral in succession to Isaac Maddox.[12]
- Thomas Frye paints the Prince of Wales for the Worshipful Company of Saddlers.[13]
- date unknown
- Sixty soldiers are drowned after their vessel is wrecked on the Wolves rocks near Flat Holm; the incident leads to the building of a lighthouse on the island.[14]
- Howell Harris opens a school.
- Fortunatus Wright marries Mary, daughter of William Bulkeley, in Dublin.
Arts and literature
New books
- Rees Ellis - "A Summer Carol"[15]
- Anthony Ellys - A Plea for the Sacramental Test as best Security for the Church established, and very conducive to the Welfare of the State[16]
- John Reynolds - Heraldry Displayed[17]
Births
- 6 July - Daniel Morgan, American pioneer, soldier and politician, of Welsh ancestry (d. 1802)
- 10 July - David Jones, Church of England priest and an early supporter of Welsh Calvinistic Methodism (d. 1810)
- 31 August - David Ellis, clergyman, poet and transcriber of manuscripts (d. 1795)[18]
- 22 October - John Thomas, Anglican priest and antiquarian (d. 1769)
- date unknown
- Charles Morgan, politician (d. 1787)
- Thomas Wynn, 1st Baron Newborough, politician (d. 1807)[19]
Deaths
- June - Edward Prideaux Gwyn, about 38[20]
- November? - Griffith Wynn, translator, about 76[21]
- 22 November - Thomas Lewis, politician, owner of The Van estate, 56/57[22]
- date unknown - Edward Kemys, MP for Monmouth Boroughs, about 43[23]