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List of events
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1708 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]
Events
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
New books
Cennad oddiwrth y Ser... (almanac)
[14]
Jenkin Evans - Catecism Byr i Blant (translation of Mathew Henry's Short Catechism for Children )
[15]
Births
Deaths
See also
References
^
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.
^
"Bull, George" .
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 .