1723 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1723 to Wales and its people.

← 1722 1721 1720 1719 1718 1723 in Wales → 1724 1725 1726 1727 1728
Centuries:	16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Decades:	1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s
See also:	List of years in Wales 1723 in Great Britain Ireland Scotland

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - George (later George II)
• Princess of Wales - Caroline of Ansbach

Events

• 7 May - Lewis Morris arrives in London from Anglesey.[1]
• date unknown - The roles of Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Custos Rotulorum of Brecknockshire are merged.[2]

Arts and literature

New books

• Henry Rowlands - Mona Antiqua Restaurata[3]
• Christmas Samuel - Llun Agrippa[4]

Births

• 1 January - Goronwy Owen, poet (died 1769)[5]
• 23 February - Richard Price, philosopher (died 1791)
• 5 March - Princess Mary of Wales, daughter of the Prince and Princess of Wales (died 1772)
• August - Sir Richard Perryn, judge (died 1803)[6]

Deaths

• 28 April - Sir John Williams, 2nd Baronet, of Eltham, English-born politician of Welsh parentage, 69[7]
• 31 May - William Baxter, classical scholar, 72[8]
• 4 August - William Fleetwood, Bishop of St Asaph 1704-1708, 67
• 21 November - Henry Rowlands, antiquary, 68[9]
• 10 December - Thomas Mansel, 1st Baron Mansel, politician, about 55[10]
• 28 December - Sir Charles Lloyd, 1st Baronet, of Milfield, politician, 61[11]

References

1. Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Morris, Richard (1703-1779), founder of the Cymmrodorion Society". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
2. Institute of Historical Research - Custodes Rotulorum 1660-1828
3. Philip Jenkins (13 October 2014). A History of Modern Wales 1536-1990. Routledge. p. 75. ISBN 978-1-317-87269-6.
4. Geraint H. Jenkins; Professor of Welsh History Geraint H Jenkins (1978). Literature, Religion and Society in Wales, 1660-1730. University of Wales Press [for] the History and Law Committee of the Board of Celtic Studies. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-7083-0669-7.
5. David Gwenallt Jones. "Owen, Goronwy". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
6. Thomas Rowland Roberts (1908). Eminent Welshmen: A Short Biographical Dictionary of Welshmen who Have Attained Distinction from the Earliest Times to the Present. Educational Publishing Company. p. 410.
7. Hayton, D. W. (2002). "Williams, Sir John (1653-1723)". In Hayton, David; Cruickshanks, Eveline; Handley, Stuart (eds.). The House of Commons 1690-1715. The History of Parliament Trust.
8.  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Grosart, Alexander Balloch (1885). "Baxter, William (1650-1723)". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
9. Thomas Mardy Rees (1908). Notable Welshmen (1700-1900): ... with Brief Notes, in Chronological Order, and Authorities. Also a Complete Alphabetical Index. Herald Office. p. 25.
10. "Mansel, Thomas II (1667-1723), of Gerard Street, Westminster and Margam Abbey, Glam". History of Parliament Online (1660-1690). Retrieved 1 July 2019.
11. Hayton, D. W. (2002) "Lloyd, Sir Charles (c.1662–1723), of Maesyfelin, nr. Lampeter, Card. and Ludlow, Salop." The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690–1715