1707 in Wales

Centuries:	16th; 17th; 18th; 19th; 20th;
Decades:	1680s; 1690s; 1700s; 1710s; 1720s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; 1707 in Great Britain England Ireland Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1707 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

1 May - The Acts of Union come into force, making Wales officially a part of the Kingdom of Great Britain.^[1] The newly-established Parliament of Great Britain has a total of 27 MPs representing Welsh constituencies, as opposed to 45 for Scotland and 486 for England.^[2]

Edward Lhuyd - Archaeologia Britannica: an Account of the Languages, Histories and Customs of Great Britain, from Travels through Wales, Cornwall, Bas-Bretagne, Ireland and Scotland. Vol. 1: Glossography^[3] Lhuyd's work was compiled with assistance from Moses Williams,^[4] and was dedicated to Thomas Mansel, 1st Baron Mansel.^[5]

1 February - Frederick, Prince of Wales (died 1751)
1 September - John Salusbury, explorer and diarist (died 1762)^[6]
probable
- Thomas Allgood II, heir to the Pontypool japanning works, who would make further improvements to the process^[7]
- William Vaughan of Corsygedol, politician (died 1775)^[8]

14 December - Humphrey Edwin, London merchant and owner of the Llanmihangel estate, 65^[9]
date unknown - Love Parry, ancestor of the Jones-Parry Baronets, 53^[10]

↑ "Quick Guide - The Constitution – Wales in the United Kingdom" (PDF). Assembly Wales. April 2007. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
↑ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 291. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
↑ Campbell, Lyle, and William J. Poser (2007). Language Classification. History and Method. Cambridge University Press. p. 29. ISBN 978-0-521-88005-3.
↑ Geraint Bowen. "WILLIAMS, MOSES ( 1685-1742), cleric and scholar". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
↑ William Llewelyn Davies. "MANSEL family, of Oxwich, Penrice, and Margam abbey, Glam". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
↑ Rompkey, Ronald (1974). "Salusbury, John". In Halpenny, Francess G. Dictionary of Canadian Biography. III (1741–1770) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
↑ Robert Stephen. "ALLGOOD family, of Pontypool and Usk". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
↑ "VAUGHAN, William (?1707-75), of Corsygedol, Merion". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
↑ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "EDWIN family, of Llanfihangel or 'Llanmihangel', Glam". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
↑ Thomas Richards. "PARRY (and JONES-PARRY) family, Madryn, Llŷn". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 June 2018.

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