1724 in Wales

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

← 1723 1722 1721 1720 1719 1724 in Wales → 1725 1726 1727 1728 1729
Centuries:	16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Decades:	1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s
See also:	List of years in Wales 1724 in Great Britain Ireland Scotland

Incumbents

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

Events

• The Shire Hall, Monmouth, is built.[1]
• A charity school is built at Caerleon as the result of a bequest from Charles Williams.[2]
• The title of Baron Bergavenny is inherited by William Nevill.

Arts and literature

New books

• William Wynne - The Life of Sir Leoline Jenkins[3]

Births

• April - Joshua Eddowes, printer and bookseller (died 1811)
• 17 May - Gabriel Jones, Welsh American lawyer, legislator, court clerk and civil servant (died 1806)
• 22 September - John Parry, lawyer and politician (died 1797)[4]
• 4 December - Princess Louise of Wales, daughter of the Prince and Princess of Wales (died 1751)
• date unknown - George Rice, politician (died 1779)[5]

Deaths

• 8 January - Mary Herbert, Marchioness of Powis, age unknown[6]
• 22 March - John Evans, Bishop of Bangor and Meath, 73?[7]
• 1 June - Erasmus Saunders, clergyman, 54?
• 4 June - Richard Bulkeley, 4th Viscount Bulkeley, 41[8]
• 15 December - Stephen Parry, MP for Cardigan Boroughs, 49[9]
• date unknown - Jeremiah Jones, independent tutor and biblical critic, 30/31[10]

References

1. Alfred John Taylor (1951). Monmouth Castle and Great Castle House, Monmouthshire. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 20.
2. Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1980. p. 276.
3. A. H. Dodd. "WYNNE, OWEN (1652–?), civil servant". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
4. "PARRY, John (1724–97), of Wernfawr, Caern". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
5. "RICE, George (?1724-79), of Newton Castle, Carm". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
6. Hopkins, Paul. "Herbert, William". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13061. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
7. "Evans, John (d.1724)" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
8. Thomas, Peter D.G. "Bulkeley, Richard, 4th Visct. Bulkeley [I] (1682-1724), of Baron Hill, Anglesey". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
9. "PARRY, Stephen (1675-1724), of Neuadd Trefawr, Card". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
10.  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). "Jones, Jeremiah". Dictionary of National Biography. 30. London: Smith, Elder & Co.