1727 in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1727 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) – George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley ^{[1] [2]}
• Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – vacant until 1729
• Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Sir William Morgan of Tredegar ^[1]
• Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – John Vaughan, 2nd Viscount Lisburne ^[1]
• 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 – William Baker (until 19 December) ^[3]
• Bishop of Llandaff – Robert Clavering ^[4]
• Bishop of St Asaph – John Wynne (until 17 December); Francis Hare (from 17 December) ^{[5] [6]}
• Bishop of St Davids – Richard Smalbroke ^[7]

Events

• 22 June - On the death of his father, King George I of Great Britain, the Prince of Wales becomes King George II of Great Britain. ^[8]
• 25 August - Herbert Mackworth inherits the Gnoll estate, Neath, on his father's death.
• 17 October - In the general election:
  • Bussy Manse becomes MP for Cardiff.
  • Hugh Williams (of Chester) retains his seat as MP for Anglesey.
• date unknown
  • The Piercefield estate is sold for £3,366, 5.6d to Thomas Rous of Wotton-under-Edge. ^[9]
  • Sir Roger Mostyn, 3rd Baronet, becomes Custos Rotulorum of Flintshire. ^[10]

Arts and literature

New books

• Rowland Ellis - English translation of Ellis Pugh's Annerch ir Cymru (the first Welsh book printed in America)
• William Gambold - A Grammar of the Welsh Language ^[11]
• Matthias Maurice - Y Wir Eglwys ^[12]

Births

• 4 May - Paul Panton, antiquarian collector (died 1797) ^[13]
• 8 June - Thomas Morgan (of Rhiwpera), politician (died 1771) ^[14]
• date unknown - John Dafydd  [ cy ], hymn-writer (died 1783)

Deaths

• 25 August - Sir Humphrey Mackworth, industrialist and politician, 70 ^[15]
• 6 September - George Hooper, Bishop of St Asaph 1703-4, 86 ^[16]
• date unknown - Ann Maddocks, the "Maid of Cefn Ydfa", 23 ^[17]

References

1. J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
2. Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN   9780806313146.
3. "Baker, William (1668-1732)"  . Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
4. Bray, Gerald (2005). Records of Convocation. Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK Rochester, NY: Boydell Press in association with the Church of England Record Society. p. 298. ISBN   9781843832270.
5. Arthur Philip Perceval (1839). An Apology for the Doctrine of Apostolical Succession; with an appendix on the English Orders. p. 197.
6. Stephen Hyde Cassan (1829). Lives of the Bishops of Bath. p. 162.
7. "Smalbroke, Richard"  . Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
8. Note: Great Britain at this time used the Old Style Julian calendar. Hanover adopted the New Style Gregorian calendar on 1 March 1700 (N.S.) / 19 February 1700 (O.S.). New Style is used for dates in this article unless otherwise indicated.
9. John Street; C. Douglas Peters (2002). A Genealogy of the Rouses of Devon. J.C. Street. p. 126.
10. Institute of Historical Research - Custodes Rotulorum 1660-1828
11. "Gambold family". Dictionary of Welsh Biography . National Library of Wales.
12. "Maurice, Matthias". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales.
13. Evan David Jones. "Panton, Paul (1727-1797), barrister-at-law and antiquary". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
14. "Morgan family". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 17 October 2007.
15. "Mackworth, Sir Humphrey". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales.
16. John Henry Overton (1891). "Hooper, George"  . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 27. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
17. "Ann Maddocks". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 October 2021.