1729 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1729 to Wales and its people.
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Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - Frederick (from 8 January)
- Princess of Wales - vacant
Events
- 8 January - Prince Frederick, son of King George II, is created Prince of Wales, nearly two years after his father's accession.[1]
- 1 March - A St. David's Society is established by Welsh immigrants in Philadelphia.
- 13 March - Bussy Mansel, 4th Baron Mansel, marries Barbara Villiers, daughter of William Villiers, 2nd Earl of Jersey.
- 19 October - John Harris becomes Bishop of Llandaff.
- date unknown
- Zachariah Williams is admitted as a poor brother pensioner of the Charterhouse in London.
- Lewis Morris, eldest of the noted Morris brothers of Anglesey, becomes a customs official.
Arts and literature
New books
- Christmas Samuel - Golwg ar y Testament Newydd[2]
Births
- 6 January - Anne Penny, née Hughes, poet (died 1784)
- probable - Joseph Turner, architect (died 1807)
Deaths
- 29 April - Sir Stephen Glynne, 3rd Baronet, 64
- June - Thomas Baddy, Independent minister and author[3]
- September - Sir Stephen Glynne, 4th Baronet, 35?
- 1 September - Sir Richard Steele, satirist, 57[4]
gollark: What?
gollark: It's heavpoot's fault.
gollark: I resent this.
gollark: Why don't you?
gollark: "Engaging the attention; exciting, or adapted to excite, interest, curiosity, or emotion", generally.
References
- l Previous Princes. Prince of Wales official website. Accessed 20 April 2014.
- Welsh Biography Online. Accessed 20 April 2014
- Welsh Biography Online. Accessed 20 April 2014
- "Parish Church of St Peter, Carmarthen". BritishListedBuildings. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
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