1723 in Wales

none September 2019 September 2019 1723 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1723 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 Glamorgan – vacant until 1729 Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Sir William Morgan of Tredegar Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – John Vaughan, 2nd Viscount Lisburne Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – vacant until 1755 Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos Bishop of Bangor – Richard Reynolds (until 17 June)Reynolds, Richard (1674-1743) William Baker (from 11 August)Baker, William (1668-1732) Bishop of Llandaff – John TylerFrom: '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 Bishop of St Asaph – John Wynne Stephen Hyde Cassan Lives of the Bishops of Bath 1829 162 Bishop of St Davids – Adam Ottley (until 3 October)63755 Ottley, Adam J. D. Davies Events 7 May - Lewis Morris arrives in London from Anglesey.s-MORR-RIC-1703 Morris, Richard (1703-1779), founder of the Cymmrodorion Society Robert Thomas Jenkins 15 May 2018 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.http://www.history.ac.uk/publications/office/custodes1660 Institute of Historical Research - Custodes Rotulorum 1660-1828 11 December 2014 21 October 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131021114201/http://www.history.ac.uk/publications/office/custodes1660 dead Arts and literature New books Henry Rowlands - Mona Antiqua RestaurataPhilip Jenkins A History of Modern Wales 1536-1990 https://books.google.com/books?id=zmKuBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA75 13 October 2014 Routledge 978-1-317-87269-6 75 Christmas Samuel - Llun AgrippaGeraint H. Jenkins Professor of Welsh History Geraint H Jenkins Literature, Religion and Society in Wales, 1660-1730 https://books.google.com/books?id=V6_v6YEJ7lIC 1978 University of Wales Press [for] the History and Law Committee of the Board of Celtic Studies 978-0-7083-0669-7 126 Births 1 January - Goronwy Owen, poet (died 1769)s-OWEN-GOR-1723 Owen, Goronwy David Gwenallt Jones yes 15 May 2018 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)Thomas Rowland Roberts Eminent Welshmen: A Short Biographical Dictionary of Welshmen who Have Attained Distinction from the Earliest Times to the Present https://archive.org/details/eminentwelshmens01robeuoft 1908 Educational Publishing Company 410 Deaths 28 April - Sir John Williams, 2nd Baronet, of Eltham, English-born politician of Welsh parentage, 691690 Hayton D. W. Williams, Sir John (1653-1723) http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/williams-sir-john-1653-1723 31 May - William Baxter, classical scholar, 72Baxter, William (1650-1723) Alexander Balloch Grosart 3 4 August - William Fleetwood, Bishop of St Asaph 1704-1708, 67 3 October - Adam Ottley, Bishop of St Davids, 68 Bray Gerald Records of Convocation Boydell Press in association with the Church of England Record Society Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK Rochester, NY 2005 9781843832270 2 21 November - Henry Rowlands, antiquary, 68Thomas Mardy Rees Notable Welshmen (1700-1900): ... with Brief Notes, in Chronological Order, and Authorities. Also a Complete Alphabetical Index https://books.google.com/books?id=sXM_AQAAMAAJ 1908 Herald Office 25 10 December - Thomas Mansel, 1st Baron Mansel, politician, about 55 http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/mansel-thomas-ii-1667-1723 Mansel, Thomas II (1667-1723), of Gerard Street, Westminster and Margam Abbey, Glam. History of Parliament Online (1660-1690) 1 July 2019 20 April 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210420222137/https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/mansel-thomas-ii-1667-1723 dead 28 December - Sir Charles Lloyd, 1st Baronet, of Milfield, politician, 61Hayton, 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 References 1723 Category:1720s in Wales Category:1720 in Europe