1738 in Wales

none September 2019 September 2019 1738 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1738 to Wales and its people. Incumbents Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) – George Cholmondeley, 3rd 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 – Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of BoltonArthur Collins The Peerage of England ... The third edition, corrected and enlarged in every family, with memoirs, not hitherto printed H. Woodfall 1768 235 Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Thomas Morgan Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – John Vaughan, 2nd Viscount Lisburne Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – vacant until 1755 Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 3rd Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos Bishop of Bangor – Thomas Herring (from 15 January)Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae or a calendar of the principal ecclesiastical dignitaries in England and Wales University Press 1854 108 Bishop of Llandaff – John Harris (until 28 August)s-HARR-JOH-1680 Harris, John (1680–1738), bishop of Llandaff Thomas Lawrence 3 October 2021 Bishop of St Asaph – Isaac MaddoxGuides and Handbooks Royal Historical Society (Great Britain) 1939 203Arthur Philip Perceval An Apology for the Doctrine of Apostolical Succession; with an appendix on the English Orders 1839 197 Bishop of St Davids – Nicholas ClagettCLGT702N Clagett, Nicholas Events March – Howel Harris preaches in Monmouthshire for the first time.Richard Bennett The Early Life of Howell Harris Banner of Truth Trust 1962 157 14 May – John Wesley hears William Holland read from the work of Martin Luther, occasioning his own conversion.s-HOLL-WIL-1711 Holland, William (1711-1761) yes May – The Bala Eisteddfod takes place, chaired by Edward Wynne. Ellis Cadwaladr is winner of the bardic chair.s-CADW-ELL-1707 CADWALADR, ELLIS (fl. 1707-40), poet Elwyn Evan yes 12 August 2018 unknown dates A new building, designed by James Steer to house the Welsh Charity School is erected in London. A Baptist church is founded at Welsh Neck in South Carolina, United States.Welsh Neck–Long Bluff–Society Hill Historic District, Darlington County (U.S. Hwy. 15, Society Hill vicinity) National Register Properties in South Carolina South Carolina Department of Archives and History http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/darlington/S10817716003/index.htm 17 March 2014 and Accompanying map https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233257/http://www.palmettohistory.org/hpdistricts/welsh-neck--long-bluff--so.html 3 March 2016 Morgan Edwards begins his career as a preacher. Lawyer John Meredith is knighted and becomes High Sheriff of Brecknock.s-MERE-JOH-1714 Meredith, Sir John (1714-1780), lawyer, of Brecon Robert Thomas Jenkins yes 15 October 2021 Arts and literature New books English language Anne Penny – Select Poems from Mr. Gesner's Pastoralss-PENN-ANN-1729 Penny, Anne (fl. 1729-1780), author William Llewelyn Davies yes 15 October 2021 Welsh language Newyddion Mawr Oddiwrth y Ser Music William Williams Pantycelyn – Caniadau ... y Môr o Wydrs-WILL-WIL-1717 Williams, William (1717-1791), Methodist cleric, author, and hymn-writer Gomer Morgan Roberts yes 15 October 2021 Births 4 June – Prince George, eldest son of the Prince and Princess of Wales (died 1820) September (in Ireland) – Francis Mathew, 1st Earl Landaff (died 1806)Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, Volume 3 (1830), p.447. date unknown – David Williams, philosopher (died 1816)Geraint H. Jenkins Bard of Liberty: The Political Radicalism of Iolo Morganwg https://books.google.com/books?id=71KuBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA80 7 January 2012 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-2500-1 80 Deaths January – Thomas Harley (of Kinsham), former MP for Radnorshire, about 63 http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/harley-thomas-1667-1738 HARLEY, Thomas (c.1667-1738), of Kinsham Court, Herefs. History of Parliament Online 4 August 2019 12 June – Samuel Edwards, politician, about 70 http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/edwards-samuel-1668-1738 EDWARDS, Samuel (c.1668-1738), of Frodesley, Salop. History of Parliament Online 31 December 2018 2 January 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190102002245/http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/edwards-samuel-1668-1738 dead 28 August – John Harris, Bishop of Llandaff, 58 1 September – Mathias Maurice, minister and author, 54s-MAUR-MAT-1684 Maurice, Mathias (1684-1738), Independent minister and writer yes Robert Thomas Jenkins George Thomas Streather 11 February 2020 27 September – Sir Thomas Stradling, 6th Baronet, 28 (in a duel)s-STRA-MOR-1275 Stradling family of Glamorganshire yes Evan David Jones 11 February 2020 References Category:1730s in Wales Category:1738 by country Category:1738 in Great Britain Category:1738 in Europe