1707 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1707 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents[edit]
- Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) – Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley[1][2]
- Lord Lieutenant of South Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan, Brecknockshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Monmouthshire, Pembrokeshire, Radnorshire) – Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke[1][3]
- Bishop of Bangor – John Evans[4]
- Bishop of Llandaff – John Tyler[5]
- Bishop of St Asaph – William Beveridge[6]
- Bishop of St Davids – George Bull[7]
Events[edit]
- 1 May – The Acts of Union come into force, making Wales officially a part of the Kingdom of Great Britain.[8] The newly established Parliament of Great Britain has a total of 27 MPs representing Welsh constituencies, as opposed to 45 for Scotland and 486 for England.[9]
- December – Richard Bulkeley, 4th Viscount Bulkeley, is accused of having appropriated building materials from Beaumaris Castle for use on his own estates.[10]
Arts and literature[edit]
New books[edit]
- Egwyddorion y Grefydd Gristianogawl[11]
- Godidawgrwydd Rhinwedd[11]
- Edward Lhuyd – Archaeologia Britannica: an Account of the Languages, Histories and Customs of Great Britain, from Travels through Wales, Cornwall, Bas-Bretagne, Ireland and Scotland. Vol. 1: Glossography[12] Lhuyd's work was compiled with assistance from Moses Williams,[13] and was dedicated to Thomas Mansel, 1st Baron Mansel.[14]
Births[edit]
- 1 February – Frederick, Prince of Wales, son of the future George II of Great Britain (died 1751)[15]
- April? – Griffith Hughes, naturalist and author (died c.1758)[16]
- 1 September – John Salusbury, explorer and diarist (died 1762)[17]
- 30 September – Richard Trevor, Bishop of St David's (died 1771)[18]
- probable
- Thomas Allgood II, heir to the Pontypool japanning works, who would make further improvements to the process[19]
- William Vaughan of Corsygedol, politician (died 1775)[20]
Deaths[edit]
- 14 December – Humphrey Edwin, London merchant and owner of the Llanmihangel estate, 65[21]
- date unknown – Love Parry, ancestor of the Jones-Parry Baronets, 53[22]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
- ^ Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN 9780806313146.
- ^ Brown, Richard (1991). Church and state in modern Britain, 1700-1850. London; New York: Routledge. p. 25. ISBN 9781134982707.
- ^ Charles John Abbey (1887). The English Church and Its Bishops 1700-1800. Longmans, Green. pp. 357–359.
- ^ From: 'Tracie-Tyson', Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714 (1891), pp. 1501–1528. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=119393 Date accessed: 1 October 2014
- ^ Grosart, Rev. A. B. (1885). Dictionary of National Biography. pp. 447–448.
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ "Quick Guide – The Constitution – Wales in the United Kingdom" (PDF). Assembly Wales. April 2007. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 291. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ Great Britain. Public Record Office (1874). 1702-1707. Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer. pp. 559–560.
- ^ a b Welsh Bibliographical Society (1966). The Journal of the Welsh Bibliographical Society. Welsh Bibliographical Society. p. 132.
- ^ Campbell, Lyle, and William J. Poser (2007). Language Classification. History and Method. Cambridge University Press. p. 29. ISBN 978-0-521-88005-3.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Geraint Bowen. "WILLIAMS, MOSES ( 1685-1742), cleric and scholar". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ William Llewelyn Davies. "MANSEL family, of Oxwich, Penrice, and Margam abbey, Glam". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ Weir, Alison (1989). Britain's royal families : the complete genealogy. London: Bodley Head. p. 278. ISBN 9781446449110.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Hughes, Griffith (fl. 1707-1750), cleric and naturalist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ^ Rompkey, Ronald (1974). "Salusbury, John". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. III (1741–1770) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- ^ "TREVOR family, of Trevalun, Denbs., Plas Têg, Flints., and Glynde, Sussex". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ Robert Stephen. "ALLGOOD family, of Pontypool and Usk". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ "VAUGHAN, William (?1707-75), of Corsygedol, Merion". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "EDWIN family, of Llanfihangel or 'Llanmihangel', Glam". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ Thomas Richards. "PARRY (and JONES-PARRY) family, Madryn, Llŷn". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 June 2018.