1743 in Wales
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Events from the year 1743 in Wales.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) – George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley[1][2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton[3]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Thomas Morgan[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – vacant
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – vacant until 1755
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos[1]
- Bishop of Bangor – Thomas Herring (until 21 April)[4] Matthew Hutton (from 13 November)[5]
- Bishop of Llandaff – John Gilbert[6][7]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Isaac Maddox (until May)[8][9]
- Bishop of St Davids – Edward Willes (2 January - 12 December)[10]
Events
- January 2 - Edward Willes is consecrated Bishop of St David's.[11]
- April 21 - Thomas Herring becomes Archbishop of York and is replaced as Bishop of Bangor by Matthew Hutton. Both men go on to serve as Archbishop of Canterbury.[12]
- June 8 - William Bulkeley completes the first of his diaries.
- November - John Thomas is elected to replace Isaac Maddox as Bishop of St Asaph,[13] but is translated to the bishopric of Lincoln before his consecration and is himself replaced at St Asaph by Samuel Lisle.
- date unknown
- William Williams (Pantycelyn) is refused ordination as a priest because of his Methodist activities; from this time on he commits himself entirely to the Methodist movement.
- A notable eisteddfod is held at Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog in Powys.[14]
- Griffith Hughes returns from his travels in America and Barbados, and presents a hitherto unknown substance, asbestos, to the Royal Society.[15]
Arts and literature
New books
- Daniel Rowland & Ralph Erskine - Traethawd am farw i'r ddeddf, a byw i Dduw
Births
- May - Dafydd Siôn Siâms, musician, poet, and book-binder (died 1831)[16]
- 2 May – William Parry, portrait painter (died 1791)
- 30 July - Philip Yorke, genealogist (died 1804)
- date unknown
- Abraham Rees, encyclopaedist (died 1825)
- Sir John Stepney, 8th Baronet, politician (died 1811)[17]
Deaths
- March - Robert Wynne, priest and academic, about 80[18]
- 16 April - Sir John Aubrey, 3rd Baronet, politician, 62[19]
- 15 July - John Wynne, former Bishop of St Asaph and Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, 85[20]
- date unknown - Thomas Morgan, Deist theologian[21]
References
- ^ a b c d J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
- ^ Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN 9780806313146.
- ^ Arthur Collins (1768). The Peerage of England ... The third edition, corrected and enlarged in every family, with memoirs, not hitherto printed. H. Woodfall. p. 235.
- ^ Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae or a calendar of the principal ecclesiastical dignitaries in England and Wales. University Press. 1854. p. 108.
- ^ Andrew Coltee Ducarel; Timothy Hutton; James Raine; Matthew Hutton (1843). The Correspondence of Dr. Matthew Hutton, Archbishop of York. J. B. Nichols and son. p. 41.
- ^ "Gilbert, John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/10692. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Guides and Handbooks. Royal Historical Society. 1939. p. 142.
- ^ Guides and Handbooks. Royal Historical Society (Great Britain). 1939. p. 203.
- ^ Arthur Philip Perceval (1839). An Apology for the Doctrine of Apostolical Succession; with an appendix on the English Orders. p. 197.
- ^ Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae or a calendar of the principal ecclesiastical dignitaries in England and Wales. University Press. 1854. p. 305.
- ^ Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae. 1854. p. 305.
- ^ Sidney Leslie Ollard; Philip Charles Walker (21 March 2013). Archbishop Herring's Visitation Returns, 1743. Cambridge University Press. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-108-05877-3.
- ^ s. austin allibone (1876). A critical dictionary of English literature and British and American authors. p. 2388.
- ^ Wales (1870). Geirlyfr bywgraffiadol o enwogion Cymru, etc. [By I. Foulkes.]. I. Foulkes. p. 569.
- ^ Stearns, Raymond Phineas: Science in the British colonies of America, (Univ. of Illinois, 1970) p 357
- ^ "Jones, Dafydd". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales.
- ^ "STEPNEY, John (1743-1811), of Llanelly, Carm". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
- ^ Thomas Mardy Rees (1908). Notable Welshmen (1700-1900). Herald Office. p. 41.
- ^ "Aubrey, Sir John, 3rd Bt. (1680-1743)". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "Wynne, John (1667-1743)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales.
- ^ Stephen, Leslie (1894). "Morgan, Thomas (d.1743)". MacMillan. Retrieved 7 May 2019.