1738 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1738 to Wales and its people.
See also:List of years in Wales
Timeline of Welsh history
Timeline of Welsh history
- 1738 in
- Great Britain
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) – George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley[1][2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton[3]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Thomas Morgan[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – John Vaughan, 2nd Viscount Lisburne[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – vacant until 1755
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 3rd Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos[1]
- Bishop of Bangor – Thomas Herring (from 15 January)[4]
- Bishop of Llandaff – John Harris (until 28 August)[5]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Isaac Maddox[6][7]
- Bishop of St Davids – Nicholas Clagett[8]
Events
- March – Howel Harris preaches in Monmouthshire for the first time.[9]
- 14 May – John Wesley hears William Holland read from the work of Martin Luther, occasioning his own conversion.[10]
- May – The Bala Eisteddfod takes place, chaired by Edward Wynne. Ellis Cadwaladr is winner of the bardic chair.[11]
- unknown dates
- A new building, designed by James Steer to house the Welsh Charity School is erected in London.
- A Baptist church is founded at Welsh Neck in South Carolina, United States.[12]
- Morgan Edwards begins his career as a preacher.
- Lawyer John Meredith is knighted and becomes High Sheriff of Brecknock.[13]
Arts and literature
New books
English language
- Anne Penny – Select Poems from Mr. Gesner's Pastorals[14]
Welsh language
- Newyddion Mawr Oddiwrth y Ser
Music
- William Williams Pantycelyn – Caniadau ... y Môr o Wydr[15]
Births
- 4 June – Prince George, eldest son of the Prince and Princess of Wales (died 1820)
- September (in Ireland) – Francis Mathew, 1st Earl Landaff (died 1806)[16]
- date unknown – David Williams, philosopher (died 1816)[17]
Deaths
- January – Thomas Harley (of Kinsham), former MP for Radnorshire, about 63[18]
- 12 June – Samuel Edwards, politician, about 70[19]
- 28 August – John Harris, Bishop of Llandaff, 58[5]
- 1 September – Mathias Maurice, minister and author, 54[20]
- 27 September – Sir Thomas Stradling, 6th Baronet, 28 (in a duel)[21]