1736 in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1736 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

April 17 - The Prince of Wales marries Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha at the Chapel Royal in St James's Palace, London.
John Harris, Bishop of Llandaff, becomes Dean of Wells Cathedral.^[1]
Thomas Frye paints the Prince of Wales for the Worshipful Company of Saddlers.
Isaac Maddox becomes Bishop of St Asaph.
Sixty soldiers are drowned after their vessel is wrecked on the Wolves rocks near Flat Holm; the incident leads to the building of a lighthouse on the island.^[2]
Howell Harris opens a school.
Fortunatus Wright marries Mary, daughter of William Bulkeley, in Dublin.

Anthony Ellys - A Plea for the Sacramental Test as best Security for the Church established, and very conducive to the Welfare of the State

6 July - Daniel Morgan, American pioneer, soldier and politician, of Welsh ancestry (d. 1802)
10 July - David Jones, Baptist minister (d. 1810)
31 August - David Ellis, clergyman, poet and transcriber of manuscripts (d. 1795)
22 October - John Thomas, Anglican priest and antiquarian (d. 1769)
date unknown
- Charles Morgan, politician (d. 1787)
- Thomas Wynn, 1st Baron Newborough, politician (d. 1807)

↑ Thomas, Lawrence. "Harris, John (1680–1738), bishop of Llandaff". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2008-09-26.
↑ Chaplin, Captain W.R. (1960). The History of Flat Holm Lighthouse. Reprinted from the American Neptune V. XX.

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