1712 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1712 to Wales and its people.

← 1711 1710 1709 1708 1707 1712 in Wales → 1713 1714 1715 1716 1717
Centuries:	16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Decades:	1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s
See also:	List of years in Wales 1712 in Great Britain Ireland Scotland

Incumbents

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

Events

• 1 January
  • Thomas Mansel, 5th Baronet, becomes 1st Baron Mansel.
  • Thomas Trevor is raised to the peerage as 1st Baron Trevor of Bromham.[1]
  • Thomas Windsor, son of the Earl of Plymouth, is created Baron Mountjoy. Windsor, the second husband of Charlotte Jeffreys, daughter of Philip Herbert, 7th Earl of Pembroke, would sell much of his family's Welsh property, but their Glamorgan estates would pass through the marriage of a descendant, Charlotte Hickman-Windsor, to John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute.[2]
• July - On the death of its Principal Jonathan Edwards, Jesus College, Oxford, inherits his extensive library. Edwards is buried in the college chapel, whose restoration is funded by another bequest in his will.[3]
• August - Jonathan Edwards is replaced as Principal of Jesus by John Wynne, who has the support of the college Visitor, the Earl of Pembroke.[4]
• October - Erasmus Lewis is appointed "provost-marshall-general in the Barbadoes".[5]

Arts and literature

New books

• The series of Welsh Almanacks printed by Thomas Jones is completed. (Jones dies the following year.)[6]
• Robert Nelson - Cydymaith i Ddyddiau Gwylion ac Ymprydiau Eglwys Loegr (translation by Thomas Williams of A Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England)[7]

Births

• January - David Owen, harpist (died 1741)[8]

Deaths

• 20 July - Jonathan Edwards, theologian and academic, 83
• 12 September - Sir Thomas Williams, 1st Baronet, about 90[9]
• 20 November - Humphrey Humphreys, bishop, 63[10]
• date unknown - Nicholas Bagenal, MP for Anglesey, about 83[11]

See also

• 1712 in Scotland

References

1. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Trevor, Sir John s.v. Thomas, Baron Trevor" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 257.
2. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Mountjoy, Barons and Viscounts" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 18 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 941.
3. Evans, Elwyn. "EDWARDS, JONATHAN (1629 – 1712)". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
4. Jenkins, Robert Thomas. "Wynne, John (1667–1743), bishop of S. Asaph and principal of Jesus College, Oxford". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 25 July 2007.
5. William Llewelyn Davies. "LEWIS, ERASMUS (1670-1754), writer of 'news-letters' and holder of posts under the Government". Welsh Biography Online. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
6. William Llewelyn Davies. "JONES, THOMAS (1648?-1713), of London and Shrewsbury, almanack maker, bookseller, printer, and publisher". Welsh Biography Online. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
7. Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Nelson, Robert (1656-1715), non-juror, supporter of the S.P.C.K., and philanthropist". Welsh Biography Online. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
8. Robert David Griffith. "OWEN , DAVID ('Dafydd y Garreg Wen'; 1711/12-1741), harpist". Welsh Biography Online. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
9. Edward Rowlands. "WILLIAMS, Sir Thomas, 1st Bt. (c.1621-1712), of Elham, Kent". History of Parliament. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
10. Evan Gilbert Wright. "HUMPHREYS, HUMPHREY (1648-1712), bishop, antiquary, historian, and genealogist". Welsh Biography Online. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
11. Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. Burke's Irish Family Records. London, U.K.: Burkes Peerage Ltd, 1976.