1733 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1733 to Wales and its people.

← 1732 1731 1730 1729 1728 1733 in Wales → 1734 1735 1736 1737 1738
Centuries:	16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Decades:	1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s
See also:	List of years in Wales 1733 in Great Britain Ireland Scotland

Incumbents

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

Events

• 29 November - Charles Talbot is appointed Lord Chancellor.[1]
• 5 December - Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol, is raised to the peerage.
• date unknown
  • Legal proceedings in the Welsh courts to be conducted in the English language.
  • John Myddelton, politician, inherits the estates of his brother Robert, including Chirk Castle.[2]

Arts and literature

New books

• "Gwinfrid Shones" (popular ballad)[3]
• William Wynn writes his first poem, while a student at Oxford.[4]

Births

• March - John Lloyd, Rector of Caerwys, antiquary (died 1793)[5]

Deaths

• 22 January - Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke, about 66[6]
• 2 February - Robert Price, judge, 80[7]
• 28 February - John Morgan, poet, 45
• date unknown - Robert Myddelton, owner of the Myddelton estates[2]

References

1. John Campbell Baron Campbell (1857). Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England: From the Earliest Times Till the Reign of King George IV. John Murray. p. 136.
2. A. H. Dodd. "Sir THOMAS MYDDELTON (c.1624-1663), 1st bart". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
3. Millson, Cecilia (1986), Old Berkshire Tales, Newbury, Berkshire: Countryside Books, ISBN 0-905392-69-8, p31
4. Wiliam, Dafydd Wyn (2004). "Wynn, William (bap. 1709, d. 1760)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
5. Jenkins, Robert Thomas. "LLOYD, JOHN (1733–1793)". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2008.
6. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Page 3094
7. William Llewelyn Davies. "PRICE, ROBERT (1655-1733), judge". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 26 June 2018.