This article is about the particular significance of the year 1708 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) – Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley[1][2]
- Lord Lieutenant of South Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan, Brecknockshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Monmouthshire, Pembrokeshire, Radnorshire) – Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke[1][3]
- Bishop of Bangor – John Evans[4]
- Bishop of Llandaff – John Tyler[5]
- Bishop of St Asaph – William Beveridge (until 5 March);[6] William Fleetwood (from 6 June)[7]
- Bishop of St Davids – George Bull[8]
Events edit
- 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.[9][10]
- John Roberts replaces Sir William Williams, 2nd Baronet, as MP for Denbigh Boroughs
- October – Edmund Meyrick sets up a school at Carmarthen.[11]
- Edward Lhuyd is elected a fellow of the Royal Society.[12]
- Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol, marries Cecil Mathew of Castell y Mynach in Pentyrch.[13]
Arts and literature edit
New books edit
Births edit
- 8 December - Charles Hanbury Williams, diplomat and satirist (died 1759)[16]
- date unknown - John Pettingall, antiquary (died 1781)[17]
- probable
- Joshua Andrews, Baptist minister (died 1793)[18]
- Lewis Hopkin, poet and artisan (died 1771)[19]
Deaths edit
- 5 March – William Beveridge, Bishop of St Asaph, 71[20]
- 23 March - Thomas Bulkeley, politician, 75[21]
- 1 December - William Wogan, judge and politician, about 70[22]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Brown, Richard (1991). Church and state in modern Britain, 1700-1850. London England New York, NY: Routledge. p. 25. ISBN 9781134982707.
- ^ Charles John Abbey (1887). The English Church and Its Bishops 1700-1800. Longmans, Green. pp. 357–359.
- ^ From: 'Tracie-Tyson', Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714 (1891), pp. 1501–1528. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=119393 Date accessed: 1 October 2014
- ^ Grosart, Rev. A. B. (1885). Dictionary of National Biography. pp. 447–448.
- ^ Guides and Handbooks, no 2. Royal Historical Society (Great Britain). 1939. p. 203.
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ "STRADLING, Sir Edward, 5th Bt. (1672-1735), of St. Donat's Castle, Glam". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ "AUBREY, Sir John, 3rd Bt. (1680-1743), of Llantriddyd, Glam. and Boarstall, Bucks". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. The Society. 1906. p. 187.
- ^ Thomas Jones. "LHUYD, EDWARD (1660-1709), botanist, geologist, antiquary, and philologist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ William Llewelyn Davies. "ROGERS, JOHN (d.1738), bookseller and printer at Shrewsbury". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
- ^ John Dyfnallt Owen. "Evans, Jenkin (1674-1709), Independent minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ David Williams. "Williams, Sir Charles Hanbury (1708-1759), satirical writer and diplomatist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ Walter Thomas Morgan. "Pettingal, John (1708-1781), antiquary". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ "Joshua Andrews". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ^ Glamorgan County History. W. Lewis (printers) limited. 1936. p. 612.
- ^ Grosart, Rev. A. B. (1885). Dictionary of National Biography. pp. 447–448.
- ^ Hayton, D. W. "Bulkeley, Hon. Thomas (c.1633-1708), of Dinas, Caern". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
- ^ Charles, Bertie George. "WOGAN families, Pembrokeshire". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 24 June 2018.