1722 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1722 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - George (later George II)
- Princess of Wales - Caroline of Ansbach
Events
- February - Jane Brereton's husband Thomas drowns in the River Dee at Saltney; following his death, she returns to live in Wrexham.[1]
- 9 May - At the conclusion of the general election, new MPs for Welsh constituencies include Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet (Pembroke Boroughs); Francis Edwardes (Haverfordwest) and Sir William Morgan for Brecon and Monmouthshire.[2]
- June - William Wotton returns to London, where he continues to work on his Leges Wallicae, a translation of the old laws of Wales.[3]
Arts and literature
New books
- Dwysfawr Rym Buchedd Grefyddol[4]
Births
- 9 May - Morgan Edwards, Baptist historian (died 1795)
- date unknown
- Thomas Crofts, priest, Fellow of the Royal Society, traveller and book-collector (died 1781)
- Rowland Jones, lawyer and philologist (died 1774)
- probable
- James Relly, Methodist minister (died 1778)
- Hugh Williams, clergyman and writer (died 1779)[5]
Deaths
- 10 February - Bartholomew Roberts, pirate ("Black Bart"), 39 (in battle)
- 16 November - John Vaughan, reformer, 59
- 16 December - Abel Morgan, Baptist minister, pastor of Pennepack Baptist Church in Philadelphia, 49[6]
References
- ^ Griffith Milwyn Griffiths. "Brereton, Jane (1685-1740), poetess". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ^ Williams, William Retlaw (1895). The Parliamentary History of Wales. p. 129. Retrieved 17 October 2007.
- ^ Iolo Morganwg; Geraint H. Jenkins; Ffion Mair Jones; David Ceri Jones (2007). The Correspondence of Iolo Morganwg: 1797-1809. University of Wales Press. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-7083-2133-1.
- ^ Welsh Biography Online - Isaac Carter
- ^ Jenkins, Robert Thomas (2007). "Williams, Hugh (1722?-1779), cleric and author". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 3 April 2009.
- ^ Geiter, Mary K. (2004). "Morgan, Abel (1673-1722)". Oxforddnb.com. Retrieved 4 October 2017.