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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1724 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - George (later George II)
- Princess of Wales - Caroline of Ansbach
Events
- Shire Hall, Monmouth, built.
- A charity school is built at Caerleon as the result of a bequest from Charles Williams.
- The title of Baron Bergavenny is inherited by William Nevill.
Arts and literature
New books
- William Wynne - The Life of Sir Leoline Jenkins[1]
Births
- April - Joshua Eddowes, printer and bookseller (died 1811)
- 17 May - Gabriel Jones, Welsh American lawyer, legislator, court clerk and civil servant (died 1806)
- 22 September - John Parry, lawyer and politician (died 1797)[2]
- 4 December - Princess Louise of Wales, daughter of the Prince and Princess of Wales (died 1751)
- date unknown - George Rice, politician (died 1779)[3]
Deaths
- 22 March - John Evans, Bishop of Bangor and Meath, 73?[4]
- 1 June - Erasmus Saunders, clergyman, 54?
- 4 June - Richard Bulkeley, 4th Viscount Bulkeley, 41[5]
References
- ↑ A. H. Dodd. "WYNNE, OWEN (1652-?), civil servant". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ↑ "PARRY, John (1724–97), of Wernfawr, Caern". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ↑ "RICE, George (?1724-79), of Newton Castle, Carm". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ↑
- ↑ Thomas, Peter D.G. "Bulkeley, Richard, 4th Visct. Bulkeley [I] (1682-1724), of Baron Hill, Anglesey". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
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