1740 in Wales
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Events from the year 1740 in Wales.
See also:List of years in Wales
Timeline of Welsh history
Timeline of Welsh history
- 1740 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 Herring[4]
- Bishop of Llandaff â Matthias Mawson (until 21 October);[5] John Gilbert (from 28 December)[6]
- Bishop of St Asaph â Isaac Maddox[7][8]
- Bishop of St Davids â Nicholas Clagett[9]
Events
- 6 November - Charles Wesley records in his diary a visit to the Glascott family home at Cardiff.[10]
- date unknown - William Williams Pantycelyn becomes a deacon[11] and is appointed curate to Theophilus Evans at Llanfaes.[12]
Arts and literature
New books
- John Dyer - The Ruins of Rome
- Griffith Jones (Llanddowror) - Welsh Piety
- Zachariah Williams - The Mariners Compass Completed[13]
Music
- Howell Harris - Llyfr o Hymneu o Waith Amryw Awdwyr (collection of hymns)[14]
Births
- 23 February - Benjamin Evans, Congregational minister and author (died 1821)[15]
- 26 December - John Williams (Ioan Rhagfyr), musician (died 1821)
- date unknown - Sir Watkin Lewes, politician (died 1821)
Deaths
- 3 April - Thomas Dominic Williams, Roman Catholic bishop, 78/9[16]
- 7 August - Jane Brereton, poet, 55[17]
- 3 October - Price Devereux, 9th Viscount Hereford, politician, 76[18]
- 20 October - Sir William Williams, 2nd Baronet, of Gray's Inn, politician, 75?[19]
- date unknown
- Enoch Francis, Baptist
- John Morris, youngest of the Morris brothers of Anglesey, 34 (died at sea during an attack on Cartagena)[20]