1724 in Wales

Updated on Nov 15, 2023

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1724 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

Prince of Wales - George (later George II)

Princess of Wales - Caroline of Ansbach

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.

Owen Wynne - The Life of Sir Leoline Jenkins

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)

22 March - John Evans, Bishop of Bangor and Meath, 73?

1 June - Erasmus Saunders, clergyman, 54?

date unknown - Richard Bulkeley, 4th Viscount Bulkeley

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