1727 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1727 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents[edit]
- Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) – George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley[1][2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – vacant until 1729
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Sir William Morgan of Tredegar[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – John Vaughan, 2nd Viscount Lisburne[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – vacant until 1755
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos[1]
- Bishop of Bangor – William Baker (until 19 December)[3]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Robert Clavering[4]
- Bishop of St Asaph – John Wynne (until 17 December); Francis Hare (from 17 December)[5][6]
- Bishop of St Davids – Richard Smalbroke[7]
Events[edit]
- 22 June - On the death of his father, King George I of Great Britain, the Prince of Wales becomes King George II of Great Britain.[8]
- 25 August - Herbert Mackworth inherits the Gnoll estate, Neath, on his father's death.
- 17 October - In the general election:
- Bussy Manse becomes MP for Cardiff.
- Hugh Williams (of Chester) retains his seat as MP for Anglesey.
- date unknown
- The Piercefield estate is sold for £3,366, 5.6d to Thomas Rous of Wotton-under-Edge.[9]
- Sir Roger Mostyn, 3rd Baronet, becomes Custos Rotulorum of Flintshire.[10]
Arts and literature[edit]
New books[edit]
- Rowland Ellis - English translation of Ellis Pugh's Annerch ir Cymru (the first Welsh book printed in America)
- William Gambold - A Grammar of the Welsh Language[11]
- Matthias Maurice - Y Wir Eglwys[12]
Births[edit]
- 4 May - Paul Panton, antiquarian collector (died 1797)[13]
- 8 June - Thomas Morgan (of Rhiwpera), politician (died 1771)[14]
- date unknown - John Dafydd, hymn-writer (died 1783)
Deaths[edit]
- 25 August - Sir Humphrey Mackworth, industrialist and politician, 70[15]
- 6 September - George Hooper, Bishop of St Asaph 1703-4, 86[16]
- date unknown - Ann Maddocks, the "Maid of Cefn Ydfa", 23[17]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e 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.
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ Bray, Gerald (2005). Records of Convocation. Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK Rochester, NY: Boydell Press in association with the Church of England Record Society. p. 298. ISBN 9781843832270.
- ^ Arthur Philip Perceval (1839). An Apology for the Doctrine of Apostolical Succession; with an appendix on the English Orders. p. 197.
- ^ Stephen Hyde Cassan (1829). Lives of the Bishops of Bath. p. 162.
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ Note: Great Britain at this time used the Old Style Julian calendar. Hanover adopted the New Style Gregorian calendar on 1 March 1700 (N.S.) / 19 February 1700 (O.S.). New Style is used for dates in this article unless otherwise indicated.
- ^ John Street; C. Douglas Peters (2002). A Genealogy of the Rouses of Devon. J.C. Street. p. 126.
- ^ Institute of Historical Research - Custodes Rotulorum 1660-1828
- ^ "Gambold family". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales.
- ^ "Maurice, Matthias". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales.
- ^ Evan David Jones. "Panton, Paul (1727-1797), barrister-at-law and antiquary". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ "Morgan family". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 17 October 2007.
- ^ "Mackworth, Sir Humphrey". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales.
- ^ John Henry Overton (1891). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 27. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ "Ann Maddocks". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 October 2021.