1709 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1709 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - vacant
- Princess of Wales - vacant
Events
- 1 December - William Gambold, son of John Gambold of Puncheston, becomes rector of Puncheston with Llanychaer.[1]
- date unknown
- Griffith Jones (Llanddowror) takes charge of a school at Laugharne.[2]
- The "Company of Mine Adventures", headed by Humphrey Mackworth, goes bankrupt.[3]
Arts and literature
New books
- Edward Holdsworth - The mouse-trap; or, The Welsh engagement with the mice (a mock-heroic satire on the Welsh people, published anonymously)[4]
Births
- March - William Wynn, clergyman and poet (died 1760)[5]
- 11 June - Philip David, Independent minister (died 1787)
- date unknown
- Sir William Glynne, 5th Baronet (died 1730)[6]
- Joseph Hoare, academic (died 1802)
- David Williams, schoolmaster (died 1784)[7]
Deaths
- 6 June - James Herbert, politician, about 55[8]
- 30 June - Edward Lhuyd, naturalist and antiquary, 49[9]
- 22 August - John Jones, clergyman and physician, 63/64[10]
- August - Huw Morys, poet, 86/87[11]
See also
References
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "GAMBOLD family". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ^ Mary Clement. "BEVAN, BRIDGET ('Madam Bevan'; 1698-1779), philanthropist and educationist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ^ David Williams. "MACKWORTH, Sir HUMPHREY ( 1657-1727), industrialist and parliamentarian". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ^ Money, D. K. "Holdsworth, Edward". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13498. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Wiliam, Dafydd Wyn (2004). "Wynn, William (bap. 1709, d. 1760)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
- ^ David Jenkins. "GLYNNE family, of Hawarden, Flints". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ^ "WILLIAMS, DAVID (1709-1784), Independent minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ^ http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/herbert-sir-james-1644-1709
- ^ Thomas Jones. "LHUYD, EDWARD (1660-1709), botanist, geologist, antiquary, and philologist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ^ Thomas Iorwerth Ellis. "JONES, JOHN (1645-1709), cleric". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ^ David Jenkins. "MORYS, HUW (Eos Ceiriog; 1622-1709), poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2018.