1743 in Wales
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Events from the year 1743 in Wales.
See also:List of years in Wales
Timeline of Welsh history
Timeline of Welsh history
- 1743 in
- Great Britain
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire, 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 vacant
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire â vacant until 1755
- 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 (until 21 April)[4] Matthew Hutton (from 13 November)[5]
- Bishop of Llandaff â John Gilbert[6][7]
- Bishop of St Asaph â Isaac Maddox (until May)[8][9]
- Bishop of St Davids â Edward Willes (2 January - 12 December)[10]
Events
- January 2 - Edward Willes is consecrated Bishop of St David's.[11]
- April 21 - Thomas Herring becomes Archbishop of York and is replaced as Bishop of Bangor by Matthew Hutton. Both men go on to serve as Archbishop of Canterbury.[12]
- June 8 - William Bulkeley completes the first of his diaries.
- November - John Thomas is elected to replace Isaac Maddox as Bishop of St Asaph,[13] but is translated to the bishopric of Lincoln before his consecration and is himself replaced at St Asaph by Samuel Lisle.
- date unknown
- William Williams (Pantycelyn) is refused ordination as a priest because of his Methodist activities; from this time on he commits himself entirely to the Methodist movement.
- A notable eisteddfod is held at Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog in Powys.[14]
- Griffith Hughes returns from his travels in America and Barbados, and presents a hitherto unknown substance, asbestos, to the Royal Society.[15]
Arts and literature
New books
- Daniel Rowland & Ralph Erskine - Traethawd am farw i'r ddeddf, a byw i Dduw
Births
- May - Dafydd Siôn Siâms, musician, poet, and book-binder (died 1831)[16]
- 2 May â William Parry, portrait painter (died 1791)
- 30 July - Philip Yorke, genealogist (died 1804)
- date unknown
- Abraham Rees, encyclopaedist (died 1825)
- Sir John Stepney, 8th Baronet, politician (died 1811)[17]
Deaths
- March - Robert Wynne, priest and academic, about 80[18]
- 16 April - Sir John Aubrey, 3rd Baronet, politician, 62[19]
- 15 July - John Wynne, former Bishop of St Asaph and Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, 85[20]
- date unknown - Thomas Morgan, Deist theologian[21]