1724 in Wales

1724 in Wales

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1724 in: Great Britain • Ireland

Other events of 1724

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1724 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - George, Prince of Wales
• Princess of Wales - Caroline of Ansbach

Events

• Shire Hall, Monmouth, built.
• A charity school is built at Caerleon as the result of a bequest from Charles Williams.
• The title of Baron Bergavenny is inherited by William Nevill.

Arts and literature

New books

• Owen Wynne - The Life of Sir Leoline Jenkins

Births

• April - Joshua Eddowes, printer and bookseller (died 1811)
• 17 May - Gabriel Jones, Welsh American lawyer, legislator, court clerk and civil servant (died 1806)
• 4 December - Princess Louise of Wales, daughter of the Prince and Princess of Wales (died 1751)
• date unknown - George Rice, politician (died 1779)

Deaths

• 22 March - John Evans, Bishop of Bangor and Meath, 73?^[1]
• 1 June - Erasmus Saunders, clergyman, 54?
• date unknown - Richard Bulkeley, 4th Viscount Bulkeley

References