1702 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1702 to Wales and its people.

← 1701 1700 1699 1698 1697 1702 in Wales → 1703 1704 1705 1706 1707
Centuries:	16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Decades:	1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s
See also:	List of years in Wales 1702 in England Ireland Scotland

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - vacant
• Princess of Wales - vacant

Events

• Anne, daughter of King James II, comes to the throne of Great Britain. Since her only surviving son had died prior to her accession, there is no prospective Prince of Wales.[1]
• date unknown
  • The 23rd Regiment of Foot is granted the title The Welsh Regiment of Fuzileers.[2]
  • An eisteddfod is held at Machynlleth.[3]
  • Richard Bulkeley, 4th Viscount Bulkeley, succeeds his father, the 3rd Viscount, as Constable of Beaumaris Castle.[4]

Arts and literature

New books

• David Maurice - Cynffwrdd i'r gwan Gristion, neu'r gorsen ysig (translation from work of Theophilus Dorrington)[5]

Births

• 20 May - Thomas Morgan, judge (died 1769)
• date unknown
  • Richard Farrington, antiquary (died 1772)[6]
  • Humphrey Owen, academic (died 1768)[7]

Deaths

• January - James Annesley, 3rd Earl of Anglesey, 31
• 25 March - Lewis Wogan of Boulston, High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire, about 50[8][9]
• 12 May - Elizabeth Gwyn, philanthropist, daughter of Thomas Gwyn of Hay Castle[10]
• December - Sir Charles Kemeys, 3rd Baronet, Governor of Cardiff Castle[11]
• date unknown - David Maurice, clergyman and translator, 76[5][12]

See also

• 1702 in Scotland

References

1. Green, David (1970). Queen Anne. Collins. ISBN 0-00-211693-6 Page 335
2. "The History of The Royal Welsh". The Regimental Museum of The Royal Welsh (Brecon). Retrieved 20 July 2019.
3. Geraint Bowen. "Gruffudd, Ifan (c.1655-c.1734), poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
4. Great Britain. Public Record Office (1874). 1702-1707. Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer. pp. 559–560.
5. John James Jones. "Maurice, David (1626-1702), cleric and translator". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
6. William Gilbert Williams. "Farrington, Richard (1702-1772), cleric and antiquary". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
7. Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Owen, Humphrey (1702-1768), principal of Jesus College, Oxford, and Bodley's librarian". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
8. Bertie George Charles. "Wogan families, Pembrokeshire". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
9. Dillwyn Miles (1976). Sheriffs of the County of Pembroke, 1541-1974: Together with a List of the Sheriffs of the Town and County of Haverfordwest. publisher not identified.
10. Theophilus Jones (1809). A History of the County of Brecknock ... W. & G. North, for the author. p. 391.
11. Griffith Milwyn Griffiths. "Kemeys and Kemeys-Tynte family, of Cefn Mabli, Monmouth". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
12. Len Ellis. "St Michael's Church, Abergele". St Michael's Abergele. Retrieved 20 July 2019.