1708 in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1708 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 Cholmondeley[1][2]
• Lord Lieutenant of South Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan, Brecknockshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Monmouthshire, Pembrokeshire, Radnorshire) – Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke[1][3]

• Bishop of Bangor – John Evans[4]
• Bishop of Llandaff – John Tyler[5]
• Bishop of St Asaph – William Beveridge (until 5 March);[6] William Fleetwood (from 6 June)[7]
• Bishop of St Davids – George Bull[8]

Events

• July - Following the British general election, some changes in representation occur in Wales:
  • Whig Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet, replaces Tory John Meyrick as MP for Pembroke
  • Whig Thomas Windsor replaces Sir Hopton Williams, 3rd Baronet, of the same party, as MP for Monmouthshire
  • Sir John Aubrey, 3rd Baronet, is re-elected as MP for Cardiff, after his opponent, Sir Edward Stradling, 5th Baronet, falls out with his supporters.[9][10]
  • John Roberts replaces Sir William Williams, 2nd Baronet, as MP for Denbigh Boroughs
• October – Edmund Meyrick sets up a school at Carmarthen.[11]
• Edward Lhuyd is elected a fellow of the Royal Society.[12]
• Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol, marries Cecil Mathew of Castell y Mynach in Pentyrch.[13]

Arts and literature

New books

• Cennad oddiwrth y Ser... (almanac)[14]
• Jenkin Evans - Catecism Byr i Blant (translation of Mathew Henry's Short Catechism for Children)[15]

Births

• 8 December - Charles Hanbury Williams, diplomat and satirist (died 1759)[16]
• date unknown - John Pettingall, antiquary (died 1781)[17]
• probable
  • Joshua Andrews, Baptist minister (died 1793)[18]
  • Lewis Hopkin, poet and artisan (died 1771)[19]

Deaths

• 5 March – William Beveridge, Bishop of St Asaph, 71[20]
• 23 March - Thomas Bulkeley, politician, 75[21]
• 1 December - William Wogan, judge and politician, about 70[22]

See also

• 1708 in Scotland

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. Brown, Richard (1991). Church and state in modern Britain, 1700-1850. London England New York, NY: Routledge. p. 25. ISBN 9781134982707.
4. Charles John Abbey (1887). The English Church and Its Bishops 1700-1800. Longmans, Green. pp. 357–359.
5. From: '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
6. Grosart, Rev. A. B. (1885). Dictionary of National Biography. pp. 447–448.
7. Guides and Handbooks, no 2. Royal Historical Society (Great Britain). 1939. p. 203.
8. "Bull, George" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
9. "STRADLING, Sir Edward, 5th Bt. (1672-1735), of St. Donat's Castle, Glam". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
10. "AUBREY, Sir John, 3rd Bt. (1680-1743), of Llantriddyd, Glam. and Boarstall, Bucks". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
11. The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. The Society. 1906. p. 187.
12. Thomas Jones. "LHUYD, EDWARD (1660-1709), botanist, geologist, antiquary, and philologist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
13. William Llewelyn Davies. "TALBOT , CHARLES (1685-1737), 1st baron Talbot of Hensol (Glamorgan) and lord chancellor". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
14. William Llewelyn Davies. "ROGERS, JOHN (d.1738), bookseller and printer at Shrewsbury". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
15. John Dyfnallt Owen. "Evans, Jenkin (1674-1709), Independent minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
16. David Williams. "Williams, Sir Charles Hanbury (1708-1759), satirical writer and diplomatist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
17. Walter Thomas Morgan. "Pettingal, John (1708-1781), antiquary". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
18. "Joshua Andrews". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
19. Glamorgan County History. W. Lewis (printers) limited. 1936. p. 612.
20. Grosart, Rev. A. B. (1885). Dictionary of National Biography. pp. 447–448.
21. Hayton, D. W. "Bulkeley, Hon. Thomas (c.1633-1708), of Dinas, Caern". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
22. Charles, Bertie George. "WOGAN families, Pembrokeshire". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 24 June 2018.