This article is about the particular significance of the year 1702 to Wales and its people.
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Incumbents
edit- Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) – William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby;[1] (10 June – 5 November 1702)[2]Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley (from 2 December)[3]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan, Brecknockshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Monmouthshire, Pembrokeshire, Radnorshire – Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke[1][4]
- Bishop of Bangor – John Evans[5]
- Bishop of Llandaff – William Beaw[5]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Edward Jones[5]
- Bishop of St Davids – vacant
Events
edit- 8 March – Anne, daughter of King James II, comes to the throne of Great Britain. Since her only surviving son had died prior to her accession, there is no prospective Prince of Wales.[6]
- 5 May – Following a suspension of nearly a year, Edward Jones, Bishop of St Asaph, is allowed to return to his see.[7]
- date unknown
- The 23rd Regiment of Foot is granted the title The Welsh Regiment of Fuzileers.[8]
- An eisteddfod is held at Machynlleth.[9]
- Richard Bulkeley, 4th Viscount Bulkeley, succeeds his father, the 3rd Viscount, as Constable of Beaumaris Castle.[10]
Arts and literature
editNew books
edit- David Maurice – Cynffwrdd i'r gwan Gristion, neu'r gorsen ysig (translation from work of Theophilus Dorrington)[11]
Births
edit- 20 May – Thomas Morgan, judge (died 1769)
- date unknown
- Richard Farrington, antiquary (died 1772)[12]
- Humphrey Owen, academic (died 1768)[13]
Deaths
edit- January – James Annesley, 3rd Earl of Anglesey, 31
- 25 March – Lewis Wogan of Boulston, High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire, about 50[14][15]
- 12 May – Elizabeth Gwyn, philanthropist, daughter of Thomas Gwyn of Hay Castle[16]
- 5 November – William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby, Lord Lieutenant of North Wales, about 47[17]
- December – Sir Charles Kemeys, 3rd Baronet, Governor of Cardiff Castle[18]
- date unknown – David Maurice, clergyman and translator, 76[11][19]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
- ^ Stanley, Peter (1998). The house of Stanley : the history of an English family from the 12th century. Edinburgh: Pentland Press. p. 196. ISBN 9781858215785.
- ^ 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; New York: Routledge. p. 25. ISBN 9781134982707.
- ^ a b c Charles John Abbey (1887). The English Church and Its Bishops 1700-1800. Longmans, Green. pp. 357–359.
- ^ Green, David (1970). Queen Anne. Collins. ISBN 0-00-211693-6 Page 335
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ "The History of The Royal Welsh". The Regimental Museum of The Royal Welsh (Brecon). Archived from the original on 7 April 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ Geraint Bowen. "Gruffudd, Ifan (c.1655-c.1734), poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ Great Britain. Public Record Office (1874). 1702-1707. Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer. pp. 559–560.
- ^ a b John James Jones. "Maurice, David (1626-1702), cleric and translator". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ William Gilbert Williams. "Farrington, Richard (1702-1772), cleric and antiquary". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Owen, Humphrey (1702-1768), principal of Jesus College, Oxford, and Bodley's librarian". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ Bertie George Charles. "Wogan families, Pembrokeshire". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ Dillwyn Miles (1976). Sheriffs of the County of Pembroke, 1541-1974: Together with a List of the Sheriffs of the Town and County of Haverfordwest. publisher not identified.
- ^ Theophilus Jones (1809). A History of the County of Brecknock ... W. & G. North, for the author. p. 391.
- ^ John Stewart (1996). The British Empire: An Encyclopedia of the Crown's Holdings, 1493 Through 1995. McFarland & Company. p. 161.
- ^ Griffith Milwyn Griffiths. "Kemeys and Kemeys-Tynte family, of Cefn Mabli, Monmouth". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ Len Ellis. "St Michael's Church, Abergele". St Michael's Abergele. Retrieved 20 July 2019.