1724 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1724 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - George (later George II)
- Princess of Wales - Caroline of Ansbach
Events
- The Shire Hall, Monmouth, is built.[1]
- A charity school is built at Caerleon as the result of a bequest from Charles Williams.[2]
- The title of Baron Bergavenny is inherited by William Nevill.
Arts and literature
New books
- William Wynne - The Life of Sir Leoline Jenkins[3]
Births
- April - Joshua Eddowes, printer and bookseller (died 1811)
- 17 May - Gabriel Jones, Welsh American lawyer, legislator, court clerk and civil servant (died 1806)
- 22 September - John Parry, lawyer and politician (died 1797)[4]
- 4 December - Princess Louise of Wales, daughter of the Prince and Princess of Wales (died 1751)
- date unknown - George Rice, politician (died 1779)[5]
Deaths
- 8 January - Mary Herbert, Marchioness of Powis, age unknown[6]
- 22 March - John Evans, Bishop of Bangor and Meath, 73?[7]
- 1 June - Erasmus Saunders, clergyman, 54?
- 4 June - Richard Bulkeley, 4th Viscount Bulkeley, 41[8]
- 15 December - Stephen Parry, MP for Cardigan Boroughs, 49[9]
- date unknown - Jeremiah Jones, independent tutor and biblical critic, 30/31[10]
References
- ^ Alfred John Taylor (1951). Monmouth Castle and Great Castle House, Monmouthshire. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 20.
- ^ Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1980. p. 276.
- ^ A. H. Dodd. "WYNNE, OWEN (1652–?), civil servant". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ^ "PARRY, John (1724–97), of Wernfawr, Caern". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ^ "RICE, George (?1724-79), of Newton Castle, Carm". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ^ Hopkins, Paul. "Herbert, William". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13061. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ Thomas, Peter D.G. "Bulkeley, Richard, 4th Visct. Bulkeley [I] (1682-1724), of Baron Hill, Anglesey". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ^ "PARRY, Stephen (1675-1724), of Neuadd Trefawr, Card". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). "Jones, Jeremiah". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 30. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
