1707 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1707 to Wales and its people.

← 1706 1705 1704 1703 1702 1707 in Wales → 1708 1709 1710 1711 1712
Centuries:	16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Decades:	1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s
See also:	List of years in Wales 1707 in Great Britain England Ireland Scotland

Incumbents

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

Events

• 1 May - The Acts of Union come into force, making Wales officially a part of the Kingdom of Great Britain.[1] The newly-established Parliament of Great Britain has a total of 27 MPs representing Welsh constituencies, as opposed to 45 for Scotland and 486 for England.[2]
• December - Richard Bulkeley, 4th Viscount Bulkeley, is accused of having appropriated building materials from Beaumaris Castle for use on his own estates.[3]

Arts and literature

New books

• Egwyddorion y Grefydd Gristianogawl[4]
• Godidawgrwydd Rhinwedd[4]
• Edward Lhuyd - Archaeologia Britannica: an Account of the Languages, Histories and Customs of Great Britain, from Travels through Wales, Cornwall, Bas-Bretagne, Ireland and Scotland. Vol. 1: Glossography[5] Lhuyd's work was compiled with assistance from Moses Williams,[6] and was dedicated to Thomas Mansel, 1st Baron Mansel.[7]

Births

• 1 February - Frederick, Prince of Wales (died 1751)
• April? - Griffith Hughes, naturalist and author (died c.1758)[8]
• 1 September - John Salusbury, explorer and diarist (died 1762)[9]
• probable
  • Thomas Allgood II, heir to the Pontypool japanning works, who would make further improvements to the process[10]
  • William Vaughan of Corsygedol, politician (died 1775)[11]

Deaths

• 14 December - Humphrey Edwin, London merchant and owner of the Llanmihangel estate, 65[12]
• date unknown - Love Parry, ancestor of the Jones-Parry Baronets, 53[13]

See also

• 1707 in Scotland

References

1. "Quick Guide - The Constitution – Wales in the United Kingdom" (PDF). Assembly Wales. April 2007. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
2. Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 291. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
3. Great Britain. Public Record Office (1874). 1702-1707. Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer. pp. 559–560.
4. Welsh Bibliographical Society (1966). The Journal of the Welsh Bibliographical Society. Welsh Bibliographical Society. p. 132.
5. Campbell, Lyle, and William J. Poser (2007). Language Classification. History and Method. Cambridge University Press. p. 29. ISBN 978-0-521-88005-3.
6. Geraint Bowen. "WILLIAMS, MOSES ( 1685-1742), cleric and scholar". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
7. William Llewelyn Davies. "MANSEL family, of Oxwich, Penrice, and Margam abbey, Glam". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
8. Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Hughes, Griffith (fl. 1707-1750), cleric and naturalist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
9. Rompkey, Ronald (1974). "Salusbury, John". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. III (1741–1770) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
10. Robert Stephen. "ALLGOOD family, of Pontypool and Usk". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
11. "VAUGHAN, William (?1707-75), of Corsygedol, Merion". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
12. Robert Thomas Jenkins. "EDWIN family, of Llanfihangel or 'Llanmihangel', Glam". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
13. Thomas Richards. "PARRY (and JONES-PARRY) family, Madryn, Llŷn". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 June 2018.