Trisha Shetty (Editor)

1727 in Wales

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Centuries:
  
16th17th18th19th20th

Decades:
  
1700s1710s1720s1730s1740s

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1727 to Wales and its people.

Contents

Incumbents

  • Prince of Wales - George (until 22 June) (became George II)
  • Princess of Wales - Caroline of Ansbach (until 22 June)

    • Events

  • 22 June - On the death of his father, King George I of Great Britain, the Prince of Wales becomes King George II of Great Britain.
  • 25 August - Herbert Mackworth inherits the Gnoll estate, Neath, on his father's death.
  • 17 October - In the general election:
  • Bussy Manse becomes MP for Cardiff.
  • Hugh Williams (of Chester) retains his seat as MP for Anglesey.
  • date unknown
  • The Piercefield estate is sold for £3,366, 5.6d to Thomas Rous of Wotton-under-Edge.
  • Sir Roger Mostyn, 3rd Baronet, becomes Custos Rotulorum of Flintshire.

    • New books

  • Rowland Ellis - English translation of Ellis Pugh's Annerch ir Cymru (the first Welsh book printed in America)
  • William Gambold - A Grammar of the Welsh Language
  • Matthias Maurice - Y Wir Eglwys

    • Births

  • 4 May - Paul Panton, writer (died 1797)
  • 8 June - Thomas Morgan (of Rhiwpera), politician (died 1771)
  • date unknown - John Dafydd, hymn-writer (died 1783)

    • Deaths

  • 25 August - Sir Humphrey Mackworth, industrialist and politician, 70
  • 6 September - George Hooper, Bishop of St Asaph 1703-4, 86
  • date unknown - Ann Maddocks, the "Maid of Cefn Ydfa", 23

    • References

    1727 in Wales Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


    Similar Topics