1702 in Wales
List of events
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1702 to Wales and its people .
Incumbents
Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey , Caernarvonshire , Denbighshire , Flintshire , Merionethshire , Montgomeryshire ) – William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby ;[ 1] [ 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
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
Arts and literature
New books
Births
Deaths
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
References
^ 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
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