1724 in Wales

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See also:	List of years in Wales Timeline of Welsh history 1724 in Great Britain Scotland Elsewhere

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1724 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - George, Prince of Wales
• Princess of Wales - Caroline of Ansbach

Events

• Shire Hall, Monmouth, built.
• A charity school is built at Caerleon as the result of a bequest from Charles Williams.
• The title of Baron Bergavenny is inherited by William Nevill.

Arts and literature

New books

• Owen Wynne - The Life of Sir Leoline Jenkins

Births

• April - Joshua Eddowes, printer and bookseller (died 1811)
• 17 May - Gabriel Jones, Welsh American lawyer, legislator, court clerk and civil servant (died 1806)
• 4 December - Princess Louise of Wales, daughter of the Prince and Princess of Wales (died 1751)
• date unknown - George Rice, politician (died 1779)

Deaths

• 22 March - John Evans, Bishop of Bangor and Meath, 73?
• 1 June - Erasmus Saunders, clergyman, 54?
• date unknown - Richard Bulkeley, 4th Viscount Bulkeley