1715 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1715 to Wales and its people.

← 1714 1713 1712 1711 1710 1715 in Wales → 1716 1717 1718 1719 1720
Centuries:	16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Decades:	1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s
See also:	List of years in Wales 1715 in Great Britain Ireland Scotland

Incumbents

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

Events

• 6 February - John Wynne is enthroned as Bishop of St Asaph.[1]
• 9 February - An advertisement appears in the London Gazette for the first St David's Day dinner in London, to be followed by a sermon given by Rev George Lewis.[2]
• 1 March - The Society of Antient Britons is founded in London.[3] Thomas Jones, its first treasurer and secretary, presents the society's "loyal address" to King George I and is subsequently knighted.[4]
• March - Owen Meyrick, a Whig, challenges the supremacy of the Tory Bulkeley family in Anglesey by being elected to Parliament for the constituency.[5]
• September - William Herbert, 2nd Marquess of Powis, is among those arrested in connection with the first Jacobite Rebellion.[6]
• 9 November - Silvanus Bevan marries Elizabeth, daughter of royal clockmaker Daniel Quare.[7]

Arts and literature

New books

• John Roderick - Welsh almanack (first in the series)[8]

Births

• 7 March (in Massachusetts) - Ephraim Williams, American landowner and slave owner of Welsh descent, founder of Williams College (died 1755)[9]

Deaths

• 1 January - John Morgan, lord of the manor and lordship of Gwynllwg, merchant and MP for Monmouth Boroughs, 74?[10][11]
• 16 January - Robert Nelson, philanthropist and non-juror, 58[12]
• 29 June - Richard Lucas, clergyman and author, 66?[13]
• 29 October - John Barlow, MP for Pembrokeshire, 57?
• 19 December - Robert Jones, MP for Glamorganshire, 33[14]

See also

• 1715 in Scotland

References

1. "Wynne, John (1667-1743)" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
2. Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England) (2000). The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorian. The Society. p. 59.
3. Jenkins, R.T.; Ramage, Helen M. (1951). A History of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion and of the Gwyneddigion and Cymreigyddion Societies (1751-1951). Y Cymmrodor. 50. London: Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. pp. 12–15.
4. Robert Thomas Jenkins. "JONES, Sir THOMAS (d. 1731), first treasurer and secretary of the 'Society of Antient Britons' in London, and author". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
5. Emyr Gwynne Jones. "MEYRICK family, Bodorgan, Anglesey". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
6. Lee, Sidney, ed. (1891). "Herbert, William (d.1745)" . Dictionary of National Biography. 26. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
7. The Gracechurch Street Meeting House (Gamble 1923, 28–29).
8. William Llewelyn Davies; Enid Pierce Roberts; Llewelyn Gwyn Chambers. "RODERICK, JOHN (JOHN or SION RHYDDERCH) (1673-1735), grammarian, printer and publisher of almanacks and books, poet, and eisteddfodwr". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
9. Wyllis Eaton Wright, Colonel Ephraim Williams, a documentary life (1970), p. 4.
10. "MORGAN, John I (c.1641-1715), of Ruperra, Glam". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
11. Walter Thomas Morgan. "Morgan family, of Tredegar Park, etc., Mon". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
12. "Robert Nelson (1656-1715) Find A Grave memorial". Retrieved 9 October 2019.
13. Vallance, Edward (2004). "Lucas, Richard (1648/9–1715)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition, subscription access). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 8 May 2008.
14. "JONES, Robert (?1682-1715), of Fonmon Castle, Glam". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 4 July 2013.