1733 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1733 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 (until 7 May); George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley (from 14 June)[1][2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton[3]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Thomas Morgan[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – John Vaughan, 2nd Viscount Lisburne[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – vacant until 1755
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 3rd Baronet (from 21 June)
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos[1]
- Bishop of Bangor – Thomas Sherlock[4]
- Bishop of Llandaff – John Harris[5]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Thomas Tanner (from 23 January)[6][7]
- Bishop of St Davids – Nicholas Clagett[8]
Events
[edit]- 21 June - The post of Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire is combined with that of Custos Rotulorum of Denbighshire.[9]
- 29 November - Charles Talbot is appointed Lord Chancellor.[10]
- 5 December - Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol, is raised to the peerage.
- date unknown
- Legal proceedings in the Welsh courts to be conducted in the English language.
- John Myddelton, politician, inherits the estates of his brother Robert, including Chirk Castle.[11]
Arts and literature
[edit]New books
[edit]- "Gwinfrid Shones" (popular ballad)[12]
- William Wynn writes his first poem, while a student at Oxford.[13]
Births
[edit]- March - John Lloyd, Rector of Caerwys, antiquary (died 1793)[14]
Deaths
[edit]- 22 January - Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke, about 66[15]
- 2 February - Robert Price, judge, 80[16]
- 28 February - John Morgan, poet, 45[17]
- 7 May - George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley, Lord Lieutenant of North Wales, 66/67[18]
- June/July - Michael Pritchard, poet, 24[19]
- date unknown - Robert Myddelton, owner of the Myddelton estates[11]
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.
- ^ Arthur Collins (1768). The Peerage of England ... The third edition, corrected and enlarged in every family, with memoirs, not hitherto printed. H. Woodfall. p. 235.
- ^ E. B. Pryde; D. E. Greenway; S. Porter; I. Roy (23 February 1996). Handbook of British Chronology. Cambridge University Press. p. 292. ISBN 978-0-521-56350-5.
- ^ Thomas, Lawrence. "Harris, John (1680–1738), bishop of Llandaff". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ Arthur Philip Perceval (1839). An Apology for the Doctrine of Apostolical Succession; with an appendix on the English Orders. p. 197.
- ^ Courtney, William Prideaux (1898). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 55. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ "Clagett, Nicholas (CLGT702N)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
- ^ John Campbell Baron Campbell (1857). Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England: From the Earliest Times Till the Reign of King George IV. John Murray. p. 136.
- ^ a b A. H. Dodd. "Sir THOMAS MYDDELTON (c.1624-1663), 1st bart.". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
- ^ Millson, Cecilia (1986), Old Berkshire Tales, Newbury, Berkshire: Countryside Books, ISBN 0-905392-69-8, p31
- ^ Wiliam, Dafydd Wyn (2004). "Wynn, William (bap. 1709, d. 1760)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
- ^ Jenkins, Robert Thomas. "LLOYD, JOHN (1733–1793)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2008.
- ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Page 3094
- ^ William Llewelyn Davies. "PRICE, ROBERT (1655-1733), judge". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
- ^ Edwards, Huw M. (2004). "Morgan, John (1688–1733/4)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition, subscription access). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 10 April 2008.
- ^ Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1887). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 10. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Moelwyn Idwal Williams. "Pritchard, Michael (c.1709-1733), poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 3 October 2021.