1707 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1707 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - vacant
- Princess of Wales - vacant
Events
- 1 May - The Acts of Union come into force, making Wales officially a part of the Kingdom of Great Britain.[1] The newly-established Parliament of Great Britain has a total of 27 MPs representing Welsh constituencies, as opposed to 45 for Scotland and 486 for England.[2]
- December - Richard Bulkeley, 4th Viscount Bulkeley, is accused of having appropriated building materials from Beaumaris Castle for use on his own estates.[3]
Arts and literature
New books
- Egwyddorion y Grefydd Gristianogawl[4]
- Godidawgrwydd Rhinwedd[4]
- Edward Lhuyd - Archaeologia Britannica: an Account of the Languages, Histories and Customs of Great Britain, from Travels through Wales, Cornwall, Bas-Bretagne, Ireland and Scotland. Vol. 1: Glossography[5] Lhuyd's work was compiled with assistance from Moses Williams,[6] and was dedicated to Thomas Mansel, 1st Baron Mansel.[7]
Births
- 1 February - Frederick, Prince of Wales (died 1751)
- April? - Griffith Hughes, naturalist and author (died c.1758)[8]
- 1 September - John Salusbury, explorer and diarist (died 1762)[9]
- probable
- Thomas Allgood II, heir to the Pontypool japanning works, who would make further improvements to the process[10]
- William Vaughan of Corsygedol, politician (died 1775)[11]
Deaths
- 14 December - Humphrey Edwin, London merchant and owner of the Llanmihangel estate, 65[12]
- date unknown - Love Parry, ancestor of the Jones-Parry Baronets, 53[13]
See also
References
- ^ "Quick Guide - The Constitution – Wales in the United Kingdom" (PDF). Assembly Wales. April 2007. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 291. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ Great Britain. Public Record Office (1874). 1702-1707. Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer. pp. 559–560.
- ^ a b Welsh Bibliographical Society (1966). The Journal of the Welsh Bibliographical Society. Welsh Bibliographical Society. p. 132.
- ^ Campbell, Lyle, and William J. Poser (2007). Language Classification. History and Method. Cambridge University Press. p. 29. ISBN 978-0-521-88005-3.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Geraint Bowen. "WILLIAMS, MOSES ( 1685-1742), cleric and scholar". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ William Llewelyn Davies. "MANSEL family, of Oxwich, Penrice, and Margam abbey, Glam". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Hughes, Griffith (fl. 1707-1750), cleric and naturalist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ^ Rompkey, Ronald (1974). "Salusbury, John". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. III (1741–1770) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- ^ Robert Stephen. "ALLGOOD family, of Pontypool and Usk". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ "VAUGHAN, William (?1707-75), of Corsygedol, Merion". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "EDWIN family, of Llanfihangel or 'Llanmihangel', Glam". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ Thomas Richards. "PARRY (and JONES-PARRY) family, Madryn, Llŷn". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 June 2018.