1710 in Wales

none September 2019 September 2019 1710 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1710 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 – 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 – William FleetwoodGuides and Handbooks, no 2 Royal Historical Society (Great Britain) 1939 203 Bishop of St Davids – George Bull (until 17 February)Bull, George Philip Bisse (from 19 November)Archaeologia Cambrensis Cambrian Archaeological Association 1927 120 Events 21 March – A verdict is given in the trial of High Church clergyman Henry Sacheverell, leading to riots breaking out in a number of places, including Wrexham, where a rabble breaks the windows of dissenters' homes and their meeting house.Philip Jenkins A History of Modern Wales 1536-1990 https://books.google.com/books?id=zmKuBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA165 13 October 2014 Routledge 978-1-317-87269-6 165 10 June – Watkin Williams-Wynn, heir to a baronetcy, establishes the "Cycle of the White Rose", a Jacobite group, in North Wales.Tim Harris Politics under the Later Stuarts: Party Conflict in a Divided Society 1660-1715 https://books.google.com/books?id=y8OOAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA219 12 May 2014 Routledge 978-1-317-90038-2 219 30 September - John Ellis becomes Rector of Llandwrog and is made a canon of Bangor Cathedral.s-ELLI-JOH-1674 ELLIS, JOHN (1674–1735), cleric and antiquary; Tibbott Gildas 18 June 2020 October/November - In the 1710 British general election: John Meyrick becomes MP for Cardigan Boroughs. Sir Thomas Powell, 1st Baronet, becomes MP for Carmarthenshire.s-POWE-JOH-1633 Powell, Sir John (1633-1696), lawyer and judge Glyn Roberts yes 2 August 2019 Sir Edward Stradling, 5th Baronet, becomes MP for Cardiff. Peter D.G. Thomas STRADLING, Edward (1699-1726), of St. Donat's Castle, Glam http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/stradling-edward-1699-1726 The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754 R. Sedgwick Boydell and Brewer 13 June 2014 1970 24 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924185901/http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/stradling-edward-1699-1726 dead exact dates unknown John Wynne obtains permission from the bishop's court to change the name of Trelawnyd to "Newmarket", in his quest to make it a centre of the lead industry.s-WYNN-JOH-1650 WYNNE, JOHN (1650-1714), industrial pioneer Robert Thomas Jenkins yes 16 May 2018 A committee of the House of Commons declares Sir Humphrey Mackworth guilty of "many notorious and scandalous frauds". These included secretly diverting shares into his own account and using the proceeds to pay his own expenses.W. R. Scott The Constitution and Finance of English, Scottish and Irish Joint-Stock Companies to 1720 https://books.google.com/books?id=Tao8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA446 1951 CUP Archive 446 A Visitation of the Archdeaconry of Carmarthen to Llandissilio finds that, out of about 120 families in the parish, 40 attend church at Easter, 20 at Whitsuntide and 20 at Christmas and notes that "the Minister suffers in his reputation for being addicted to drinking and swearing".Griffiths G. Milwyn National Library of Wales Journal Vol XVIII/3 and XIX/3 1974 http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/Visitation1710.html 31 May 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121002060048/http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/Visitation1710.html 2 October 2012 William Fleetwood, Bishop of St Asaph, encourages his clergy to preach in the Welsh language.s-FLEE-WIL-1656 Fleetwood, Williams (1656-1723), bishop and antiquary Robert Thomas Jenkins yes 17 January 2020 Arts and literature New books John Davies - Flores Poetarum Britannicorumhttps://lib.ugent.be/en/catalog/rug01:001135818 Flores poetarum britannicorum sef blodeuog waith y prydyddion bryttannaidd O gasgliad J. D. SS.Th.D University of Ghent 17 January 2020 Henry Rowlands - Antiquilates Parochialess-ROWL-HEN-1655 ROWLANDS, HENRY (1655-1723), antiquary David Jenkins yes 16 May 2018 Births thumb|right|120px|John Parry, c.1710-1782 16 May - William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, politician (died 1782) 11 July - Sir John Morgan, 4th Baronet, politician (died 1767) http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/morgan-sir-john-1710-67 MORGAN, Sir John, 4th Bt. (1710-67), of Kinnersley, Herefs. History of Parliament Online (1754-1790) 10 April 2019 probable John Parry, harpist (died 1782)John Parry (c.1710–1782): Y Telynor Dall – The Blind Harper – by Huw Williams: Clwyd County Council (1982) Thomas Richards of Coychurch, lexicographer (died 1790)Richards, Thomas (1710?-1790) Deaths 1 January - William Lloyd, bishop of Norwich, 72Lloyd, William (1637-1710) 17 February - George Bull, bishop of St David's, 75 April - Robert Morgan, Baptist minister,s-MORG-ROB-1621 Morgan, Robert (1621-1710), Baptist minister Benjamin George Owens yes 18 June 2020 8 July - Robert Davies, scholar and son-in-law of Edward Vaughan of Trawsgoed, 52s-DAVI-COO-1200 ROBERT DAVIES (1616-1666), a gentleman and soldier David Jenkins yes 16 May 2018 18 September - John Annesley, 4th Earl of Anglesey, 34Arthur Collins Sir Egerton Brydges Peerage of England https://archive.org/details/peerageengland01unkngoog 1812 F.C. and J. Rivington and others 402 See also 1710 in Scotland References Category:1710s in Wales Category:Years of the 18th century in Wales Category:1710 in Europe Category:1710 by country