1724 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1724 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
Events
- Shire Hall, Monmouth, built.
- A charity school is built at Caerleon as the result of a bequest from Charles Williams.
- The title of Baron Bergavenny is inherited by William Nevill.
Arts and literature
New books
- Owen Wynne - The Life of Sir Leoline Jenkins
Births
- April - Joshua Eddowes, printer and bookseller (died 1811)
- 17 May - Gabriel Jones, Welsh American lawyer, legislator, court clerk and civil servant (died 1806)
- 4 December - Princess Louise of Wales, daughter of the Prince and Princess of Wales (died 1751)
- date unknown - George Rice, politician (died 1779)
Deaths
- 22 March - John Evans, Bishop of Bangor and Meath, 73?[1]
- 1 June - Erasmus Saunders, clergyman, 54?
- date unknown - Richard Bulkeley, 4th Viscount Bulkeley
References
- ↑
"Evans, John (d.1724)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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