1708 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1708 to Wales and its people.

← 1707 1706 1705 1704 1703 1708 in Wales → 1709 1710 1711 1712 1713
Centuries:	16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Decades:	1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s
See also:	List of years in Wales 1708 in Great Britain England Ireland Scotland

Incumbents

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

Events

• July - Following the British general election, some changes in representation occur in Wales:
  • Whig Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet, replaces Tory John Meyrick as MP for Pembroke
  • Whig Thomas Windsor replaces Sir Hopton Williams, 3rd Baronet, of the same party, as MP for Monmouthshire
  • Sir John Aubrey, 3rd Baronet, is re-elected as MP for Cardiff, after his opponent, Sir Edward Stradling, 5th Baronet, falls out with his supporters.[1][2]
  • John Roberts replaces Sir William Williams, 2nd Baronet, as MP for Denbigh Boroughs
• Edward Lhuyd is elected a fellow of the Royal Society.[3]
• Edmund Meyrick sets up a school at Carmarthen.
• Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol, marries Cecil Mathew of Castell y Mynach in Pentyrch.[4]

Arts and literature

New books

• Cennad oddiwrth y Ser... (almanac)[5]
• Jenkin Evans - Catecism Byr i Blant (translation of Mathew Henry's Short Catechism for Children)[6]

Births

• 8 December - Charles Hanbury Williams, diplomat and satirist (died 1759)[7]
• date unknown - John Pettingall, antiquary (died 1781)[8]
• probable - Joshua Andrews, Baptist minister (died 1793)[9]

Deaths

• 23 March - Thomas Bulkeley, politician, 75[10]
• 1 December - William Wogan, judge and politician, about 70[11]

See also

• 1708 in Scotland

References

1. "STRADLING, Sir Edward, 5th Bt. (1672-1735), of St. Donat's Castle, Glam". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
2. "AUBREY, Sir John, 3rd Bt. (1680-1743), of Llantriddyd, Glam. and Boarstall, Bucks". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
3. Thomas Jones. "LHUYD, EDWARD (1660-1709), botanist, geologist, antiquary, and philologist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
4. William Llewelyn Davies. "TALBOT , CHARLES (1685-1737), 1st baron Talbot of Hensol (Glamorgan) and lord chancellor". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
5. William Llewelyn Davies. "ROGERS, JOHN (d.1738), bookseller and printer at Shrewsbury". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
6. John Dyfnallt Owen. "Evans, Jenkin (1674-1709), Independent minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
7. David Williams. "Williams, Sir Charles Hanbury (1708-1759), satirical writer and diplomatist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
8. Walter Thomas Morgan. "Pettingal, John (1708-1781), antiquary". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
9. "Joshua Andrews". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
10. Hayton, D. W. "Bulkeley, Hon. Thomas (c.1633-1708), of Dinas, Caern". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
11. Charles, Bertie George. "WOGAN families, Pembrokeshire". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 24 June 2018.