1704 in Wales

none September 2019 September 2019 1704 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1704 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 Brown Richard Church and state in modern Britain, 1700-1850 Routledge London England New York, NY 1991 9781134982707 25 Bishop of Bangor – John EvansCharles John Abbey The English Church and Its Bishops 1700-1800 Longmans, Green 1887 357-359 Bishop of Llandaff – William Beaw Bishop of St Asaph – George Hooper (until 14 March);Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae or a calendar of the principal ecclesiastical dignitaries in England and Wales University Press 1854 77 William Beveridge (from 16 July)Dictionary of National Biography https://books.google.com/books?id=QdceippDYIEC&q=William+beveridge&pg=PA447 Grosart Rev. A. B. 1885 447–448 Bishop of St Davids – vacant Events 6 April - Sir Humphrey Mackworth proposes to the SPCK the "Erection of libraries in Wales".Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain) Mary Clement Correspondence and Minutes of the S.P.C.K. Relating to Wales, 1699-1740 https://books.google.com/books?id=yadmAAAAMAAJ 1952 University of Wales Press 252 May - Erasmus Lewis becomes secretary to Robert Harley at the Northern Department.s-LEWI-ERA-1670 Lewis, Erasmus (1670-1754), writer of ‘news-letters’ and holder of posts under the Government William Llewelyn Davies 2 August 2019 July - Richard Vaughan of Corsygedol becomes Constable of Harlech Castle.s-VAUG-COR-1250 Vaughan family of Corsygedol William Llewelyn Davies yes 30 June 2019 9 October - Roger Griffith is installed as archdeacon of Brecon.s-GRIF-ROG-1708 Griffith, Roger (died 1708), Presbyterian minister and tutor, afterwards archdeacon Robert Thomas Jenkins yes 2 August 2019 date unknown Jane Kemeys of Cefn Mabli marries Sir John Tynte, 2nd Baronet, resulting in an alliance between two important families and the beginning of the Kemeys-Tynte dynasty.s-KEME-CEF-1234 Kemeys and Kemeys-Tynte family, of Cefn Mabli, Monmouth Robert Thomas Jenkins yes 30 June 2019 Arts and literature New books John Morgan - Bloeddnad Ofnadwy yr Utcorn Diweddaf (posthumously published)s-MORG-JOH-1662 Morgan, John (1662-1701), cleric and author John Thomas Jones yes 2 August 2019 Robert Nelson - A Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of Englands-NELS-ROB-1656 Nelson, Robert (1656-1715), non-juror, supporter of the S.P.C.K., and philanthropist Robert Thomas Jenkins yes 30 June 2019 Births May - Ann Maddocks, the "maid of Cefn Ydfa" (died 1727)s-MADD-ANN-1704 Maddocks (née Thomas), Ann (1704-1727), ‘the Maid of Cefn Ydfa’ Robert Thomas Jenkins yes 30 June 2019 December - Richard Herbert, politician (died 1754)http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/herbert-richard-1754 HERBERT, Richard (d.1754). History of Parliament Online (1754-`790) 12 December 2018 date unknown - Robert Jones, politician (died 1774) http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/jones-robert-1774 JONES, Robert (d.1774), of Clement's Lane, Lombard St., London, and Babraham, Cambs. History of Parliament online 9 December 2017 Deaths May - William Wynne, historian, about 33s-WYNN-WIL-1671 Wynne, William (1671?-1704), historian Robert Thomas Jenkins yes 30 June 2019 9 August - Richard Bulkeley, 3rd Viscount Bulkeley, about 46, politicianHayton D. W. Bulkeley, Richard, 3rd Visct. Bulkeley of Cashel [I] (c.1658-1704), of Baron Hill, Anglesey http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/bulkeley-richard-1658-1704 The History of Parliament 30 June 2019 30 June 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190630163057/http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/bulkeley-richard-1658-1704 dead November - Sir John Williams, 2nd Baronet, of Llangibby, about 53John Burke Bernard Burke A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland https://books.google.com/books?id=zs2YIGYcFYMC&pg=PA568 1977 Genealogical Publishing Com 978-0-8063-0739-8 568 See also 1704 in Scotland References 1704 Category:1700s in Wales