1709 in Wales

Centuries:	16th; 17th; 18th; 19th; 20th;
Decades:	1680s; 1690s; 1700s; 1710s; 1720s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; 1709 in Great Britain Ireland Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1709 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents[]

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 Fleetwood^[6]
Bishop of St Davids – George Bull^[7]

Events[]

19 July - David Parry is appointed keeper of the Ashmolean Museum, in succession to Edward Lhuyd.^[8]
1 December - William Gambold, son of John Gambold of Puncheston, becomes rector of Puncheston with Llanychaer.^[9]
date unknown
- Griffith Jones (Llanddowror) takes charge of a school at Laugharne.^[10]
- The "Company of Mine Adventures", headed by Humphrey Mackworth, goes bankrupt.^[11]
- Humphrey Foulkes becomes rector of Marchwiel.)^[12]

Arts and literature[]

New books[]

Edward Holdsworth - The mouse-trap; or, The Welsh engagement with the mice (a mock-heroic satire on the Welsh people, published anonymously)^[13]

Births[]

March - William Wynn, clergyman and poet (died 1760)^[14]
11 June - Philip David, Independent minister (died 1787)
date unknown
- Sir William Glynne, 5th Baronet (died 1730)^[15]
- Joseph Hoare, academic (died 1802)
- David Williams, schoolmaster (died 1784)^[16]

Deaths[]

22 January - Henry Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Chirbury, politician, 54^[17]
6 June - James Herbert, politician, about 55^[18]
30 June - Edward Lhuyd, naturalist and antiquary, 49^[19]
22 August - John Jones, clergyman and physician, 63/64^[20]
August - Huw Morus, poet, 86/87^[21]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^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
^ Guides and Handbooks, no 2. Royal Historical Society (Great Britain). 1939. p. 203.
^ "Bull, George" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Parry, David (1682-1714), scholar". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "GAMBOLD family". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
^ Mary Clement. "BEVAN, BRIDGET ('Madam Bevan'; 1698-1779), philanthropist and educationist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
^ David Williams. "MACKWORTH, Sir HUMPHREY ( 1657-1727), industrialist and parliamentarian". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
^ Griffith Milwyn Griffiths. "Foulkes, Humphrey (1673-1737), cleric and antiquary". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
^ Money, D. K. "Holdsworth, Edward". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13498. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Wiliam, Dafydd Wyn (2004). "Wynn, William (bap. 1709, d. 1760)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
^ David Jenkins. "GLYNNE family, of Hawarden, Flints". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
^ "WILLIAMS, DAVID (1709-1784), Independent minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1891). "Herbert, Henry (1654-1709)" . Dictionary of National Biography. 26. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
^ "HERBERT, Sir James (c.1644-1709), of Coldbrook Park, Mon". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
^ Thomas Jones. "LHUYD, EDWARD (1660-1709), botanist, geologist, antiquary, and philologist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
^ Thomas Iorwerth Ellis. "JONES, JOHN (1645-1709), cleric". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
^ David Jenkins. "MORYS, HUW (Eos Ceiriog; 1622-1709), poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2018.

[Sainty-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.

[2] Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN 9780806313146.

[3] Brown, Richard (1991). Church and state in modern Britain, 1700-1850. London England New York, NY: Routledge. p. 25. ISBN 9781134982707.

[Abbey-4] Charles John Abbey (1887). The English Church and Its Bishops 1700-1800. Longmans, Green. pp. 357–359.

[5] 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

[6] Guides and Handbooks, no 2. Royal Historical Society (Great Britain). 1939. p. 203.

[7] "Bull, George" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

[8] Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Parry, David (1682-1714), scholar". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 January 2020.

[9] Robert Thomas Jenkins. "GAMBOLD family". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2018.

[10] Mary Clement. "BEVAN, BRIDGET ('Madam Bevan'; 1698-1779), philanthropist and educationist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2018.

[11] David Williams. "MACKWORTH, Sir HUMPHREY ( 1657-1727), industrialist and parliamentarian". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2018.

[12] Griffith Milwyn Griffiths. "Foulkes, Humphrey (1673-1737), cleric and antiquary". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 January 2020.

[ODNB-13] Money, D. K. "Holdsworth, Edward". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13498. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[Oxford-14] Wiliam, Dafydd Wyn (2004). "Wynn, William (bap. 1709, d. 1760)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 10 March 2009.

[15] David Jenkins. "GLYNNE family, of Hawarden, Flints". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2018.

[16] "WILLIAMS, DAVID (1709-1784), Independent minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2018.

[17] Lee, Sidney, ed. (1891). "Herbert, Henry (1654-1709)" . Dictionary of National Biography. 26. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

[18] "HERBERT, Sir James (c.1644-1709), of Coldbrook Park, Mon". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

[19] Thomas Jones. "LHUYD, EDWARD (1660-1709), botanist, geologist, antiquary, and philologist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2018.

[20] Thomas Iorwerth Ellis. "JONES, JOHN (1645-1709), cleric". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2018.

[21] David Jenkins. "MORYS, HUW (Eos Ceiriog; 1622-1709), poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2018.

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1709 in Wales

Contents

Incumbents[]

Events[]

Arts and literature[]

New books[]

Births[]

Deaths[]

See also[]

References[]