1717 in Wales

none September 2019 September 2019 1717 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1717 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 – John Morgan (of Rhiwpera) Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – John Vaughan, 1st Viscount Lisburne Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – vacant until 1755 Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Thomas Coningsby, 1st Earl Coningsby 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 – Benjamin Hoadly13375 Hoadly, Benjamin 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 31 March - In the presence of King George I of Great Britain, Benjamin Hoadly, Bishop of Bangor, gives a sermon on "The Nature of the Kingdom of Christ", beginning the Bangorian Controversy. 19 September - Japanning of tinplate begins at Pontypool.Chris Barber, Eastern Valley: The Story of Torfaen (Llanfoist: Blorenge Books, 1999), p.37 date unknown The Lower Swansea valley's first copper smelting works is opened by John Lane and John Pollard (possibly his step father-in-law) at Llangyfelach, Landore.The Welsh Academy Encyclopedia of Wales Cardiff University of Wales Press 2008R. O. Roberts, 'Dr John Lane and the foundation of the non-ferrous metal industry in the Swansea valley' Gower 4 (1951), 19-24. Welsh-born David Lloyd is appointed Chief Justice of the supreme court of Pennsylvania. Arts and literature New books English language James Davies – Particular Thoughts on Religions-DAVI-JAM-1648 Davies, James (Iaco ap Dewi; 1648-1722) Garfield Hopkin Hughes 23 May 2017 Benjamin Hoadly – The Nature of the Kingdom, or Church of ChristBenjamin Hoadly The Nature of the Kingdom, Or Church, of Christ: A Sermon Preach'd Before the King, at the Royal Chapel at St. James's, on Sunday March 31, 1717 James Knapton, at the Crown, and Timothy Childe, at the White Hart, in St. Paul's Church-Yard 1717 Welsh language Meddylieu Neillduol ar Grefydd Moses Williams – cy Cofrestr o'r holl lyfrau printiedig gan mwyaf a gyfansoddwyd yn yr iaith Gymraeg (first-ever catalogue of Welsh printed books)Jeff Strabone Poetry and British Nationalisms in the Bardic Eighteenth Century: Imagined Antiquities https://books.google.com/books?id=TSt1DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA159 26 October 2018 Springer 978-3-319-95255-0 159 Births 11 February - William Williams (Pantycelyn), poet, hymn-writer and religious leader (died 1791)s-WILL-WIL-1717 Williams, William (1717-1791), Methodist cleric, author, and hymn-writer Gomer Morgan Roberts yes 18 January 2020 13 November - Prince George William, first child born to the new Prince and Princess of Wales, George and Caroline, since their arrival in Britain (died 1718)5587 2–5 November 1717 2 Deaths 20 May - John Trevor, politician, 80?s-TREV-OR0-0940 Trevor family, of Brynkynallt, Denbighshire Arthur Herbert Dodd yes 18 January 2020 3 June - Thomas Watson, former Bishop of St David's, 80Handley, S. (2004) "Watson, Thomas (1637–1717)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, accessed 21 Aug 2007 (subscription required) 30 August - William Lloyd, former Bishop of St Asaph, 90Chalmer's Biography 1812, William Lloyd (1627–1717); vol. 20, p. 347 date unknown - William Robinson, MP, about 50http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/robinson-william-1668-1717 ROBINSON, William (c.1668–1717), of Gwersyllt, Denb. History of Parliament Online 19 July 2013 See also 1717 in Scotland References Category:1710s in Wales Category:Years of the 18th century in Wales Category:1717 in Europe Category:1717 by country