1732 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1732 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - Frederick
- Princess of Wales - vacant
Events
- 23 January - Thomas Tanner becomes Bishop of St Asaph.
- 1 July - Charles Hanbury Williams marries Frances, the daughter of earl Coningsby.[1]
- John Wynne buys the Soughton Hall estate in Northop, Flintshire.
- A mineral spring is discovered at Llanwrtyd Wells by the Rev. Theophilus Evans.
- "Madam" Bridget Bevan begins her correspondence with Griffith Jones (Llanddowror).[2]
- Artist Edward Owen is robbed and beaten in London, receiving serious injuries that contribute to his death some years later.[3]
- The Prince of Wales purchases Carlton House in London as his new home.[4]
- Howell Harris becomes a schoolmaster at Llangors.
- Bishop John Wynne purchases the Northop estate in Flintshire.
Arts and literature
New books
- David Evans - A Help for parents and Heads of families … by David Evans, a Labourer in the Gospel at Tredyffren in Pennsylvania (published in Philadelphia by B. Franklin)
- Jeremy Owen - Golwg ar y Beiau sydd yn yr Hanes a Brintiwyd ynghylch Pedair i Bump Mlynedd i nawr, ym mherthynas i'r Rhwygiad a wnaethpwyd yn Eglwys Henllan yny Blynyddoedd 1707, 1708, 1709
- David Rees - Adnodau or rai Lleoedd Cableddus a Sarhaus o Lyfrau … ar Fedydd Plant
Births
- 5 October - Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon, lawyer and politician (died 1802)
- date unknown - Stafford Prys, bookseller and printer (died 1784)[5]
Deaths
- 2 February - Robert Price, judge, 79
- April - Lady Pryce of Newtown Hall, second wife of Sir John Pryce , 5th baronet
- 16 December - William Bradshaw, Bishop of Bristol, 61
References
- ↑ Welsh Biography Online. Accessed 13 November 2013
- ↑ Welsh Biography Online. Accessed 13 November 2013
- ↑ BBC News - "Edward Owen's 'lost' self-portrait on show in Gwynedd", 13 November 2011. Accessed 13 November 2013
- ↑ John Summerson, Georgian London (Barrie & Jenkins, 1986 ed.)
- ↑ Welsh Biography Online. Accessed 13 November 2013
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