1723 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1723 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents[edit]
- Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) – Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st 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 – Richard Reynolds (until 17 June)[3] William Baker (from 11 August)[4]
- Bishop of Llandaff – John Tyler[5]
- Bishop of St Asaph – John Wynne[6]
- Bishop of St Davids – Adam Ottley (until 3 October)[7]
Events[edit]
- 7 May - Lewis Morris arrives in London from Anglesey.[8]
- October - Following the death of Adam Ottley, bishop of St Davids, while in office, Richard Smalbroke, Treasurer of Llandaff, is selected as his successor.
- date unknown - The roles of Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Custos Rotulorum of Brecknockshire are merged.[9]
Arts and literature[edit]
New books[edit]
- Henry Rowlands - Mona Antiqua Restaurata[10]
- Christmas Samuel - Llun Agrippa[11]
Births[edit]
- 1 January - Goronwy Owen, poet (died 1769)[12]
- 23 February - Richard Price, philosopher (died 1791)
- 5 March - Princess Mary of Wales, daughter of the Prince and Princess of Wales (died 1772)
- August - Sir Richard Perryn, judge (died 1803)[13]
Deaths[edit]
- 28 April - Sir John Williams, 2nd Baronet, of Eltham, English-born politician of Welsh parentage, 69[14]
- 31 May - William Baxter, classical scholar, 72[15]
- 4 August - William Fleetwood, Bishop of St Asaph 1704-1708, 67
- 3 October - Adam Ottley, Bishop of St Davids, 68[16]
- 21 November - Henry Rowlands, antiquary, 68[17]
- 10 December - Thomas Mansel, 1st Baron Mansel, politician, about 55[18]
- 28 December - Sir Charles Lloyd, 1st Baronet, of Milfield, politician, 61[19]
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.
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ From: 'Tracie-Tyson', Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714 (1891), pp. 1501–1528. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=119393 Date accessed: 1 October 2014
- ^ Stephen Hyde Cassan (1829). Lives of the Bishops of Bath. p. 162.
- ^ Davies, J. D. "Ottley, Adam". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/63755. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Morris, Richard (1703-1779), founder of the Cymmrodorion Society". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ^ Institute of Historical Research - Custodes Rotulorum 1660-1828
- ^ Philip Jenkins (13 October 2014). A History of Modern Wales 1536-1990. Routledge. p. 75. ISBN 978-1-317-87269-6.
- ^ Geraint H. Jenkins; Professor of Welsh History Geraint H Jenkins (1978). Literature, Religion and Society in Wales, 1660-1730. University of Wales Press [for] the History and Law Committee of the Board of Celtic Studies. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-7083-0669-7.
- ^ David Gwenallt Jones. "Owen, Goronwy". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ^ Thomas Rowland Roberts (1908). Eminent Welshmen: A Short Biographical Dictionary of Welshmen who Have Attained Distinction from the Earliest Times to the Present. Educational Publishing Company. p. 410.
- ^ Hayton, D. W. (2002). "Williams, Sir John (1653-1723)". In Hayton, David; Cruickshanks, Eveline; Handley, Stuart (eds.). The House of Commons 1690-1715. The History of Parliament Trust.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Grosart, Alexander Balloch (1885). "Baxter, William (1650-1723)". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co. - ^ Bray, Gerald (2005). Records of Convocation. Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK Rochester, NY: Boydell Press in association with the Church of England Record Society. p. 2. ISBN 9781843832270.
- ^ Thomas Mardy Rees (1908). Notable Welshmen (1700-1900): ... with Brief Notes, in Chronological Order, and Authorities. Also a Complete Alphabetical Index. Herald Office. p. 25.
- ^ "Mansel, Thomas II (1667-1723), of Gerard Street, Westminster and Margam Abbey, Glam". History of Parliament Online (1660-1690). Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ Hayton, D. W. (2002) "Lloyd, Sir Charles (c.1662–1723), of Maesyfelin, nr. Lampeter, Card. and Ludlow, Salop." The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690–1715
