1736 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1736 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents[edit]
- Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) – George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley[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
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos[1]
- Bishop of Bangor – Charles Cecil[4]
- Bishop of Llandaff – John Harris[5]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Isaac Maddox (from 4 July)[6][7][8]
- Bishop of St Davids – Nicholas Clagett[9]
Events[edit]
- 17 April - Frederick, Prince of Wales, marries Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha at the Chapel Royal in St James's Palace, London.[10]
- 4 July - Isaac Maddox is consecrated Bishop of St Asaph. Maddox continues to reside in south-east England and rarely visits the diocese.[11]
- 28 July - John Harris, Bishop of Llandaff, becomes Dean of Wells Cathedral in succession to Isaac Maddox.[12]
- Thomas Frye paints the Prince of Wales for the Worshipful Company of Saddlers.[13]
- date unknown
- Sixty soldiers are drowned after their vessel is wrecked on the Wolves rocks near Flat Holm; the incident leads to the building of a lighthouse on the island.[14]
- Howell Harris opens a school.
- Fortunatus Wright marries Mary, daughter of William Bulkeley, in Dublin.
Arts and literature[edit]
New books[edit]
- Rees Ellis - "A Summer Carol"[15]
- Anthony Ellys - A Plea for the Sacramental Test as best Security for the Church established, and very conducive to the Welfare of the State[16]
- John Reynolds - Heraldry Displayed[17]
Births[edit]
- 6 July - Daniel Morgan, American pioneer, soldier and politician, of Welsh ancestry (d. 1802)
- 10 July - David Jones, Church of England priest and an early supporter of Welsh Calvinistic Methodism (d. 1810)
- 31 August - David Ellis, clergyman, poet and transcriber of manuscripts (d. 1795)[18]
- 22 October - John Thomas, Anglican priest and antiquarian (d. 1769)
- date unknown
- Charles Morgan, politician (d. 1787)
- Thomas Wynn, 1st Baron Newborough, politician (d. 1807)[19]
Deaths[edit]
- June - Edward Prideaux Gwyn, about 38[20]
- November? - Griffith Wynn, translator, about 76[21]
- 22 November - Thomas Lewis, politician, owner of The Van estate, 56/57[22]
- date unknown - Edward Kemys, MP for Monmouth Boroughs, about 43[23]
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.
- ^ Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae or a calendar of the principal ecclesiastical dignitaries in England and Wales. University Press. 1854. p. 108.
- ^ Thomas, Lawrence. "Harris, John (1680–1738), bishop of Llandaff". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ Guides and Handbooks. Royal Historical Society (Great Britain). 1939. p. 203.
- ^ 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.
- ^ The Royal Kalendar and Court and City Register for England, Scotland, Ireland and the Colonies: For the Year .... 1833. 1833. p. 4.
- ^ Paul de Rapin-Thoyras (1747). The History of England. J. and P. Knapton. p. 282.
- ^ Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts (1914). Reports. p. 531.
- ^ Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.); Katharine Baetjer (2009). British Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1575-1875. Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 54. ISBN 978-1-58839-348-7.
- ^ Chaplin, Captain W.R. (1960). The History of Flat Holm Lighthouse. Reprinted from the American Neptune V. XX.
- ^ Nansi Ceridwen Jones. "Ellis, Rees (fl. 1714), bard". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ William Thomas Lowndes (1842). British Librarian; Or, Book-collector's Guide. Whittaker. p. 1142.
- ^ Walter Thomas Morgan. "Reynolds, John (fl. 1739), antiquary". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ Jenkins, David. "Ellis, David (1736-1795), cleric, poet, translator, and transcriber of manuscripts". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ "WYNN, Thomas (1736-1807), of Glynnllivon, Caern. ". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ "GWYN, Edward Prideaux (?1698-1736), of Llansannor, Glam. and Forde Abbey, Dorset". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ William Llewelyn Davies. "WYNN, GRIFFITH (1669?-1736), cleric and translator". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
- ^ "LEWIS, Thomas (c.1679-1736), of Soberton, Hants". History of Parliament Online (1690-1715). Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- ^ "KEMYS, Edward (c.1693-1736), of Pertholey, Mon". History of Parliament. Retrieved 21 February 2019.