1715 in Wales

none September 2019 September 2019 1715 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1715 to Wales and its people. Incumbents Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) – Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of CholmondeleyJ.C. Sainty John Sainty (civil servant) List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974 Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd London 1979 Nicholas Thomas Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales Genealogical Pub. Co Baltimore 1991 9780806313146 695 Lord Lieutenant of South Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan, Brecknockshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Monmouthshire, Pembrokeshire, Radnorshire) – Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke (until 14 October); after this date, Lord Lieutenants are appointed for each individual county. Brown Richard Church and state in modern Britain, 1700-1850 Routledge London England New York, NY 1991 9781134982707 25West Wales Historical Records: The Annual Magazine of the Historical Society of West Wales W. Spurrell and son 1916 167 Bishop of Bangor – John EvansCharles John Abbey The English Church and Its Bishops 1700-1800 Longmans, Green 1887 357-359 Bishop of Llandaff – John TylerFrom: 'Tracie-Tyson', Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714 (1891), pp. 1501–1528. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=119393 Date accessed: 1 October 2014 Bishop of St Asaph – John Wynne Stephen Hyde Cassan Lives of the Bishops of Bath 1829 162 Bishop of St Davids – Adam Ottley63755 Ottley, Adam J. D. Davies Events 6 February - John Wynne is enthroned as Bishop of St Asaph.Wynne, John (1667-1743) 9 February - An advertisement appears in the London Gazette for the first St David's Day dinner in London, to be followed by a sermon given by Rev George Lewis.Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England) The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorian https://books.google.com/books?id=9Q0iAQAAIAAJ 2000 The Society 59 1 March - The Society of Antient Britons is founded in London.R.T. Jenkins Robert Thomas Jenkins Helen M. Ramage A History of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion and of the Gwyneddigion and Cymreigyddion Societies (1751-1951) London Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion Y Cymmrodor 50 1951 12–15 Thomas Jones, its first treasurer and secretary, presents the society's "loyal address" to King George I and is subsequently knighted.s-JONE-THO-1731 JONES, Sir THOMAS (d. 1731), first treasurer and secretary of the ‘Society of Antient Britons’ in London, and author Robert Thomas Jenkins 12 March 2018 March - Owen Meyrick, a Whig, challenges the supremacy of the Tory Bulkeley family in Anglesey by being elected to Parliament for the constituency.s-MEYR-BOD-1485 MEYRICK family, Bodorgan, Anglesey Emyr Gwynne Jones yes 12 March 2018 September - William Herbert, 2nd Marquess of Powis, is among those arrested in connection with the first Jacobite Rebellion.Herbert, William (d.1745) 26 9 November - Silvanus Bevan marries Elizabeth, daughter of royal clockmaker Daniel Quare.The Gracechurch Street Meeting House (Gamble 1923, 28–29). Arts and literature New books John Roderick - Welsh almanack (first in the series)s-RODE-JOH-1675 RODERICK, JOHN (JOHN or SION RHYDDERCH) (1673-1735), grammarian, printer and publisher of almanacks and books, poet, and eisteddfodwr William Llewelyn Davies Enid Pierce Roberts Llewelyn Gwyn Chambers yes 12 March 2018 Births 7 March (in Massachusetts) - Ephraim Williams, American landowner and slave owner of Welsh descent, founder of Williams College (died 1755)Wyllis Eaton Wright, Colonel Ephraim Williams, a documentary life (1970), p. 4. Deaths 1 January - John Morgan, lord of the manor and lordship of Gwynllwg, merchant and MP for Monmouth Boroughs, 74?http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/morgan-john-i-1641-1715 MORGAN, John I (c.1641-1715), of Ruperra, Glam. History of Parliament Online 28 March 2019s-MORG-TRE-1384 Morgan family, of Tredegar Park, etc., Mon yes Walter Thomas Morgan 28 March 2019 16 January - Robert Nelson, philanthropist and non-juror, 58 29 June - Richard Lucas, clergyman and author, 66?http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/17136 Lucas, Richard (1648/9–1715) Vallance Edward 2004 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition, subscription access) Oxford University Press 2008-05-08 29 October - John Barlow, MP for Pembrokeshire, 57? 19 December - Robert Jones, MP for Glamorganshire, 33http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/jones-robert-1682-1715 JONES, Robert (?1682-1715), of Fonmon Castle, Glam. History of Parliament Online 4 July 2013 See also 1715 in Scotland References Category:1710s in Wales Category:Years of the 18th century in Wales Category:1715 in Europe Category:1715 by country