1700 in Wales

none January 2020 January 2020 1700 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1700 to Wales and its people. Incumbents Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) – Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of MacclesfieldJ.C. Sainty John Sainty (civil servant) List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974 Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd London 1979 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 – Humphrey HumphreysCharles John Abbey The English Church and Its Bishops 1700-1800 Longmans, Green 1887 357–359 Bishop of Llandaff – William Beaw Bishop of St Asaph – Edward Jones Bishop of St Davids – vacant Events date unknown Quaker emigrant Rowland Ellis is elected to represent Philadelphia in the provincial assembly.T. A. Glenn, Merion in the Welsh Tract with sketches of the townships of Haverford and Radnor : historical and genealogical collections concerning the Welsh barony in the province of Pennsylvania, settled by the Cymric Quakers in 1682; published 1896. Evan Evans travels from Wales to become rector of Christ Church, Philadelphias1-EVAN-EVA-1671 Evans Evan; (1671-1721), cleric and missioner in Pennsylvania Robert Thomas Jenkins 28 November 2020 The Gower family immigrates from Worcestershire into Wales.s-GOWE-ERA-1742 Gower, Sir Erasmus (1742-1814); admiral Robert Thomas Jenkins yes 16 January 2020 Arts and literature New books John Jones – The Mysteries of Opium Revealeds-JONE-JOH-1645 Jones, John (1645-1709), cleric Thomas Iorwerth Ellis yes 16 January 2020 David Maurices-MAUR-DAV-1626 Maurice, David (1626-1702), cleric and translator John James Jones yes 16 January 2020 Arweiniwr cartrefol i'r iawn a'r buddiol dderbyniad o Swperyr Arglwydd The Promised Reed; a sermon preach'd ... for the support of weak Christians Births 8 March – William Morgan the elder, of Tredegar, politician (died 1731)s-MORG-TRE-1384 Morgan family, of Tredegar Park, Monmouth Walter Thomas Morgan yes 16 January 2020 May – Sir George Wynne, 1st Baronet, of Leeswood Hall, Flintshire, landowner and politician (died 1756)Cokayne George Edward 1906 Complete Baronetage volume 5 (1707–1800) http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924092524416#page/n93/mode/2up 5 Exeter William Pollard and Co 8 April 2019 date unknown John Jones, clergyman and controversialist (died 1770)15029 Jones, John John Stephens Benjamin Meredith, Baptist minister (died 1749)s-MERE-BEN-1700 Meredith, Benjamin (1700-1749), Baptist minister Nansi Ceridwen Jones yes 16 January 2020 Guto Nyth Brân (Griffith Morgan), legendary athlete (died 1737)s-MORG-GRI-1700 Morgan, Griffith ('Guto Nyth-brân'; 1700-1737), a fabulous cross-country runner Robert Thomas Jenkins yes 28 November 2020 probable John Edwards (Siôn y Potiau), poet (died 1776)s-EDWA-JOH-1700 Edwards, John ('Siôn y Potiau'; 1700-1776), translator and poet Garfield Hopkin Hughes yes 28 November 2020 Lewis Evans, surveyor (died 1756)s3-EVAN-LEW-1700 Evans, Lewis (c.1700-1756), cartographer Mary Gwyneth Lewis yes 29 March 2019 Deaths 21 January – Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort, politician, 70/71Molly McClain Henry Somerset (1629–1700) 2004 May 2007 26009 15 March – Hugh Owen, independent ministers-OWEN-HUG-1639 Owen, Hugh (1639-1700), Puritan minister, Independent 'apostle of Merioneth' Thomas Richards yes 16 January 2020 11 July – Sir William Williams, 1st Baronet, of Gray's Inn, 65/66s-WILL-WIL-1634 Williams, Sir William (1634-1700), lawyer and politician Glyn Roberts yes 16 January 2020 19 July – John Evans, Puritan clergyman and teacher, 51/52 15 September – Sir John Aubrey, 2nd Baronet, about 50 (injuries from a fall) Debrett John G. Woodfall 5th Debrett's Baronetage of England I 1824 London 248 16 December – Thomas Morgan (of Dderw), politician, 36 (smallpox)William Retlaw Williams The Parliamentary History of Wales 1895 25–26, 127 https://books.google.com/books?id=rbYlAAAAMAAJ 2007-10-17 probable – Owen Wynne, lawyer and civil servant, about 48s-WYNN-OWE-1652 Wynne, Owen (born 1652), civil servant Arthur Herbert Dodd yes 16 January 2020 See also 1700 in Scotland References 1700 Category:1700s in Wales