This article is about the particular significance of the year 1732 to Wales and its people.
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Incumbents edit
- Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) – George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley[1][2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton[3]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Thomas Morgan[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – John Vaughan, 2nd Viscount Lisburne[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – – vacant until 1755
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos[1]
- Bishop of Bangor – Thomas Sherlock[4]
- Bishop of Llandaff – John Harris[5]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Thomas Tanner (from 23 January)[6][7]
- Bishop of St Davids – Nicholas Clagett (from 23 January)[8]
Events edit
- 23 January - Thomas Tanner becomes Bishop of St Asaph.[9]
- 1 July - Charles Hanbury Williams marries Frances, the daughter of earl Coningsby.[10]
- John Wynne buys the Soughton Hall estate in Northop, Flintshire.
- A mineral spring is discovered at Llanwrtyd Wells by the Rev. Theophilus Evans.
- "Madam" Bridget Bevan begins her correspondence with Griffith Jones (Llanddowror).[11]
- Artist Edward Owen is robbed and beaten in London, receiving serious injuries that contribute to his death some years later.[12]
- Frederick, Prince of Wales, purchases Carlton House in London as his new home.[13]
- Howell Harris becomes a schoolmaster at Llangors.
- Bishop John Wynne purchases the Northop estate in Flintshire.
Arts and literature edit
New books edit
- David Evans - A Help for parents and Heads of families … by David Evans, a Labourer in the Gospel at Tredyffren in Pennsylvania (published in Philadelphia by B. Franklin)
- Jeremy Owen - Golwg ar y Beiau sydd yn yr Hanes a Brintiwyd ynghylch Pedair i Bump Mlynedd i nawr, ym mherthynas i'r Rhwygiad a wnaethpwyd yn Eglwys Henllan yny Blynyddoedd 1707, 1708, 1709[14]
- David Rees - Adnodau or rai Lleoedd Cableddus a Sarhaus o Lyfrau … ar Fedydd Plant
Births edit
- 5 October - Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon, lawyer and politician (died 1802)[15]
- date unknown - Stafford Prys, bookseller and printer (died 1784)[16]
Deaths edit
- April - Lady Pryce of Newtown Hall, second wife of Sir John Pryce , 5th baronet
- 4 December - William Baker, former Bishop of Bangor, 64[17]
- 16 December - William Bradshaw, Bishop of Bristol, 61[18]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
- ^ Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN 9780806313146.
- ^ Arthur Collins (1768). The Peerage of England ... The third edition, corrected and enlarged in every family, with memoirs, not hitherto printed. H. Woodfall. p. 235.
- ^ E. B. Pryde; D. E. Greenway; S. Porter; I. Roy (23 February 1996). Handbook of British Chronology. Cambridge University Press. p. 292. ISBN 978-0-521-56350-5.
- ^ Thomas, Lawrence. "Harris, John (1680–1738), bishop of Llandaff". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ Arthur Philip Perceval (1839). An Apology for the Doctrine of Apostolical Succession; with an appendix on the English Orders. p. 197.
- ^ Courtney, William Prideaux (1898). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 55. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae or a calendar of the principal ecclesiastical dignitaries in England and Wales. University Press. 1854. p. 304.
- ^ Courtney, William Prideaux (1898). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 55. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ "Williams, Sir Charles Hanbury". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ Mary Clement. "Bevan, Bridget (1698-1732), philanthropist and educationist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ BBC News - "Edward Owen's 'lost' self-portrait on show in Gwynedd", 13 November 2011. Accessed 13 November 2013
- ^ John Summerson, Georgian London (Barrie & Jenkins, 1986 ed.)
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins; George Thomas Streather. "Maurice, Mathias (1684-1738), Independent minister and writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ Hay, Douglas (2004). "Oxford DNB article: Kenyon, Lloyd (subscription needed)". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- ^ "Prys, Stafford (1732-1784), bookseller and printer of books at Shrewsbury". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Bradshaw, William (1671-1732)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
