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==Incumbents== |
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*Lord Lieutenant of North Wales ([[Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey]], [[Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire|Caernarvonshire]], [[Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire|Denbighshire]], [[Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire|Flintshire]], [[Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire|Merionethshire]], [[Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire|Montgomeryshire]]) – [[George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley]]<ref name="Sainty">{{cite book | author=J.C. Sainty | author-link=John Sainty (civil servant) | title=List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974 | publisher=Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd | location=London | year=1979}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last = Nicholas | first = Thomas | title = Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales | publisher = Genealogical Pub. Co | location = Baltimore | year = 1991 | isbn = 9780806313146 | page=695}}</ref> |
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*[[Prince of Wales]] - [[George II of Great Britain|George]] (later George II) |
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*[[Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan]] – ''vacant until 1729'' |
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*[[Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire]] and [[Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire]] – Sir [[William Morgan (of Tredegar, elder)|William Morgan of Tredegar]]<ref name="Sainty"/> |
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*[[Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire]] – [[John Vaughan, 2nd Viscount Lisburne]]<ref name="Sainty"/> |
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*[[Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire]] – ''vacant until 1755'' |
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*[[Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire]] – [[Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet]]<ref name="Sainty"/> |
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*[[Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire]] – [[James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos]]<ref name="Sainty"/> |
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*[[Bishop of Bangor]] – [[William Baker (bishop of Norwich)|William Baker]]<ref>{{Cite DNB|wstitle=Baker, William (1668-1732)}}</ref> |
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*[[Bishop of Llandaff]] – [[Robert Clavering]]<ref>{{cite book | last = Bray | first = Gerald | title = Records of Convocation | publisher = Boydell Press in association with the Church of England Record Society | location = Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK Rochester, NY | year = 2005 | isbn = 9781843832270 |page=298}}</ref> |
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*[[Bishop of St Asaph]] – [[John Wynne (bishop)|John Wynne]]<ref name="Cassan">{{cite book|author= Stephen Hyde Cassan|title=Lives of the Bishops of Bath|year=1829|page=162}}</ref> |
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*[[Bishop of St Davids]] – [[Richard Smalbroke]]<ref>{{cite DNB|wstitle=Smalbroke, Richard}}</ref> |
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==Events== |
==Events== |
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*[[11 January]] - Thomas Lloyd of Halton becomes [[High Sheriff of Flintshire]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=6442|page=1|date=11 January 1725}}</ref> |
*[[11 January]] - Thomas Lloyd of Halton becomes [[High Sheriff of Flintshire]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=6442|page=1|date=11 January 1725}}</ref> |
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*[[26 July]] - [[Frederick, Prince of Wales|Prince Frederick]], son of the [[George II of Great Britain|Prince of Wales]], is created [[Baron Snowdon]] by his grandfather, King [[George I of Great Britain]]. |
*[[26 July]] - [[Frederick, Prince of Wales|Prince Frederick]], son of the [[George II of Great Britain|Prince of Wales]], is created [[Baron Snowdon]] by his grandfather, King [[George I of Great Britain]]. |
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*November - [[John Verney (judge)|John Verney]] is appointed a judge in Wales by prime minister [[Robert Walpole]], after switching his political allegiance.<ref>{{cite book|author=Edwin Poole|title=The Illustrated History and Biography of Brecknockshire from the Earliest Times to the Present Day: Containing the General History, Antiquities, Sepulchral Monuments and Inscriptions ... ; Illustrated by Several Engravings and Portraits|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1gQVAAAAQAAJ|year=1886|page=426}}</ref> |
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*[[26 November]] - New county sheriffs are appointed:<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=6533|page=1|date=26 November 1726}}</ref> |
*[[26 November]] - New county sheriffs are appointed:<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=6533|page=1|date=26 November 1726}}</ref> |
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**Broughton Whitehall of Broughton (Flintshire).<ref>{{cite book|author=M. Bevan-Evans|title=Guide to the Flintshire Record Office: Flintshire Quarter Sessions, and Other Official Records|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7_UIAQAAIAAJ|year=1955|publisher=Flintshire Record Office|page=91}}</ref> |
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**Broughton Whitehall of Broughton (Flintshire). |
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**Thomas Rowland of Cayrey (Anglesey). |
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**Richard Wellington of [[Hay Castle]] (Brecknockshire). |
**Richard Wellington of [[Hay Castle]] (Brecknockshire). |
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**Humphrey Roberts, Brynneuadd, (Caernarvonshire). |
**Humphrey Roberts, Brynneuadd, (Caernarvonshire). |
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**David Lewis of Gernos (Cardiganshire |
**David Lewis of Gernos (Cardiganshire). |
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**John Lloyd of Danyrallt (Carmarthenshire). |
**John Lloyd of Danyrallt (Carmarthenshire). |
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**Edward Salusbury of Galltfaenan (Denbighshire). |
**Edward Salusbury of Galltfaenan (Denbighshire). |
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**Edward Burton of Vronlas (Radnorshire). |
**Edward Burton of Vronlas (Radnorshire). |
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*''date unknown'' |
*''date unknown'' |
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**[[John Verney (judge)|John Verney]] is appointed a judge in Wales by prime minister [[Robert Walpole]], after switching his political allegiance. |
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**Poet [[Anna Williams (poet)|Anna Williams]] and her father Zachariah move into the [[London Charterhouse]], London, while he experiments in using [[magnetism]] in pursuit of the [[longitude prize]]. |
**Poet [[Anna Williams (poet)|Anna Williams]] and her father Zachariah move into the [[London Charterhouse]], London, while he experiments in using [[magnetism]] in pursuit of the [[longitude prize]]. |
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*Road bridges built |
*Road bridges built |
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===New books=== |
===New books=== |
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*[[John Dyer]] - ''[[Grongar Hill]]'' (included in [[Richard Savage (poet)|Richard Savage]]’s ''Miscellaneous Poems and Translations by Several Hands'') |
*[[John Dyer]] - ''[[Grongar Hill]]''<ref>{{cite book|author=Martin C. Battestin|title=Augustan Subjects: Essays in Honor of Martin C. Battestin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1OyAk99WnPkC&pg=PA29|year=1997|publisher=University of Delaware Press|isbn=978-0-87413-616-6|pages=29}}</ref> (included in [[Richard Savage (poet)|Richard Savage]]’s ''Miscellaneous Poems and Translations by Several Hands'') |
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*[[Moses Williams (antiquarian)|Moses Williams]] (ed.) - ''Repertorium Poeticum'' |
*[[Moses Williams (antiquarian)|Moses Williams]] (ed.) - ''Repertorium Poeticum''<ref>{{cite book|author=Griffith John Williams|title=Agweddau Ar Hanes Dysg Gymraeg|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q1g8AAAAIAAJ|year=1969|publisher=Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru|language=cy|page=99}}</ref> |
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==Births== |
==Births== |
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*[[14 June]] - [[Thomas Pennant]], traveller and writer (died [[1798 in Wales|1798]]) |
*[[14 June]] - [[Thomas Pennant]], traveller and writer (died [[1798 in Wales|1798]])<ref>{{cite DWB|id=s-PENN-THO-1726|title=Pennant, Thaoms (1726-1798), naturalist, antiquary, traveller|author=Ellis Davies| accessdate=6 September 2020}}</ref> |
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*[[30 July]] - [[William Jones |
*[[30 July]] - [[William Jones of Nayland]], clergyman and author (died [[1800 in Wales|1800]])<ref>{{cite DNB|wstitle=Jones, William (1726-1800)}}</ref> |
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*June - [[William Jones (Welsh radical)|William Jones]], poet, antiquary and radical (died [[1795 in Wales|1795]]) |
*June - [[William Jones (Welsh radical)|William Jones]], poet, antiquary and radical (died [[1795 in Wales|1795]])<ref>{{cite web | url=http://cylchgronaucymru.llgc.org.uk/browse/viewpage/llgc-id:1073091/llgc-id:1082250/llgc-id:1082641/getText| title=A rank Republican (and) a leveller: William Jones | work=[[Welsh History Review: Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru]]|volume=17|number=1–4|page=367 | author=Jenkins, Geraint H. | year=1994–1995 | access-date=22 April 2011}}</ref> |
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*''date unknown'' |
*''date unknown'' |
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**Sarah Gwynne (daughter of [[Marmaduke Gwynne]]), future wife of [[Charles Wesley]] (died [[1822 in Wales|1822]])<ref>Henry D. Rack, ‘Wesley, Charles (1707–1788)’, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2012 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29067, accessed 29 Sept 2013]</ref> |
**Sarah Gwynne (daughter of [[Marmaduke Gwynne]]), future wife of [[Charles Wesley]] (died [[1822 in Wales|1822]])<ref>Henry D. Rack, ‘Wesley, Charles (1707–1788)’, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2012 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29067, accessed 29 Sept 2013]</ref> |
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**[[Richard Myddelton (1726–1795)|Richard Myddelton]], politician (died [[1795 in Wales|1795]]) |
**[[Richard Myddelton (1726–1795)|Richard Myddelton]], politician (died [[1795 in Wales|1795]])<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/myddelton-robert-1678-1733| title=MYDDELTON, Robert (1678-1733), of Chirk Castle, Denb. | publisher= History of Parliament Online| accessdate = 3 December 2018}}</ref> |
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*''probable'' - [[Edward Edwards (priest)|Edward Edwards]], clergyman and academic (died [[1783 in Wales|1783]])<ref>{{cite |
*''probable'' - [[Edward Edwards (priest, died 1783)|Edward Edwards]], clergyman and academic (died [[1783 in Wales|1783]])<ref>{{cite DWB|id=s-EDWA-EDW-1726 |title= Edwards, Edward (1726?–1783?), cleric and scholar | last=Jenkins| first=Robert Thomas |fewer-links=yes | accessdate=1 November 2021}}</ref> |
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==Deaths== |
==Deaths== |
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*[[25 January]] - [[Rowland Gwynne]], politician, 67<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/gwynne-rowland-1658-1726|title=GWYNNE, Rowland (c.1658-1726), of Llanelwedd, Rad.|website=History of Parliament Online|access-date=22 February 2020}}</ref> |
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*[[25 January]] - [[Rowland Gwynne]], politician, 67 |
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*[[3 October]] - [[Edward Stradling (1699–1726)|Edward Stradling]], politician, 27 |
*[[3 October]] - [[Edward Stradling (1699–1726)|Edward Stradling]], politician, 27 |
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*''date unknown'' - [[Thomas Williams (priest and translator)|Thomas Williams]], clergyman and translator, 68<ref>{{cite |
*''date unknown'' - [[Thomas Williams (priest and translator)|Thomas Williams]], clergyman and translator, 68<ref>{{cite DWB|id=s-WILL-THO-1658|title=Williams, Thomas (1658–1726), cleric and translator|authorlink=Thomas Iorwerth Ellis|last=Ellis|first=Thomas Iorwerth |year=1959|fewer-links=yes|accessdate=1 November 2021}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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[[Category:1720s in Wales]] |
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[[Category:Years of the 18th century in Wales]] |
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[[Category:1726 in Europe]] |
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1726 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[3]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Robert Clavering[4]
- Bishop of St Asaph – John Wynne[5]
- Bishop of St Davids – Richard Smalbroke[6]
Events
[edit]- 11 January - Thomas Lloyd of Halton becomes High Sheriff of Flintshire.[7]
- 26 July - Prince Frederick, son of the Prince of Wales, is created Baron Snowdon by his grandfather, King George I of Great Britain.
- November - John Verney is appointed a judge in Wales by prime minister Robert Walpole, after switching his political allegiance.[8]
- 26 November - New county sheriffs are appointed:[9]
- Broughton Whitehall of Broughton (Flintshire).[10]
- Thomas Rowland of Cayrey (Anglesey).
- Richard Wellington of Hay Castle (Brecknockshire).
- Humphrey Roberts, Brynneuadd, (Caernarvonshire).
- David Lewis of Gernos (Cardiganshire).
- John Lloyd of Danyrallt (Carmarthenshire).
- Edward Salusbury of Galltfaenan (Denbighshire).
- Morgan Morgan of Llanrumney (Glamorgan).
- Athelstan Owen of Rhiwaedog (Merionethshire/Montgomeryshire).
- Richard Lewis of Court-y-Gallon (Monmouthshire).
- David Lewis, of Vogart or Llandewi (Pembrokeshire).
- Edward Burton of Vronlas (Radnorshire).
- date unknown
- Poet Anna Williams and her father Zachariah move into the London Charterhouse, London, while he experiments in using magnetism in pursuit of the longitude prize.
- Road bridges built
- Pont Fadog, Dyffryn Ardudwy.
- Teifi bridge, Cardigan.
Arts and literature
[edit]New books
[edit]- John Dyer - Grongar Hill[11] (included in Richard Savage’s Miscellaneous Poems and Translations by Several Hands)
- Moses Williams (ed.) - Repertorium Poeticum[12]
Births
[edit]- 14 June - Thomas Pennant, traveller and writer (died 1798)[13]
- 30 July - William Jones of Nayland, clergyman and author (died 1800)[14]
- June - William Jones, poet, antiquary and radical (died 1795)[15]
- date unknown
- Sarah Gwynne (daughter of Marmaduke Gwynne), future wife of Charles Wesley (died 1822)[16]
- Richard Myddelton, politician (died 1795)[17]
- probable - Edward Edwards, clergyman and academic (died 1783)[18]
Deaths
[edit]- 25 January - Rowland Gwynne, politician, 67[19]
- 3 October - Edward Stradling, politician, 27
- date unknown - Thomas Williams, clergyman and translator, 68[20]
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.
- ^ Stephen Hyde Cassan (1829). Lives of the Bishops of Bath. p. 162.
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ "No. 6442". The London Gazette. 11 January 1725. p. 1.
- ^ Edwin Poole (1886). The Illustrated History and Biography of Brecknockshire from the Earliest Times to the Present Day: Containing the General History, Antiquities, Sepulchral Monuments and Inscriptions ... ; Illustrated by Several Engravings and Portraits. p. 426.
- ^ "No. 6533". The London Gazette. 26 November 1726. p. 1.
- ^ M. Bevan-Evans (1955). Guide to the Flintshire Record Office: Flintshire Quarter Sessions, and Other Official Records. Flintshire Record Office. p. 91.
- ^ Martin C. Battestin (1997). Augustan Subjects: Essays in Honor of Martin C. Battestin. University of Delaware Press. p. 29. ISBN 978-0-87413-616-6.
- ^ Griffith John Williams (1969). Agweddau Ar Hanes Dysg Gymraeg (in Welsh). Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru. p. 99.
- ^ Ellis Davies. "Pennant, Thaoms (1726-1798), naturalist, antiquary, traveller". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ Jenkins, Geraint H. (1994–1995). "A rank Republican (and) a leveller: William Jones". Welsh History Review: Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. p. 367. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
- ^ Henry D. Rack, ‘Wesley, Charles (1707–1788)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2012 accessed 29 Sept 2013
- ^ "MYDDELTON, Robert (1678-1733), of Chirk Castle, Denb". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- ^ Jenkins, Robert Thomas. "Edwards, Edward (1726?–1783?), cleric and scholar". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "GWYNNE, Rowland (c.1658-1726), of Llanelwedd, Rad". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ Ellis, Thomas Iorwerth (1959). "Williams, Thomas (1658–1726), cleric and translator". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 November 2021.