List of events
Events from the year 1740 in Wales .
Incumbents
Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey , Caernarvonshire , Flintshire , Merionethshire , Montgomeryshire ) – George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley [ 1] [ 2]
Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton [ 3] Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Thomas Morgan [ 1] Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – John Vaughan, 2nd Viscount Lisburne [ 1] Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – vacant until 1755 Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 3rd Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet [ 1] Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos [ 1] Bishop of Bangor – Thomas Herring [ 4] Bishop of Llandaff – Matthias Mawson (until 21 October);[ 5] John Gilbert (from 28 December)[ 6] Bishop of St Asaph – Isaac Maddox [ 7] [ 8] Bishop of St Davids – Nicholas Clagett [ 9]
Events
Arts and literature
New books
Music
Births
Deaths
3 April - Thomas Dominic Williams , Roman Catholic bishop, 78/9[ 16] 7 August - Jane Brereton , poet, 55[ 17] 3 October - Price Devereux, 9th Viscount Hereford , politician, 76[ 18] 20 October - Sir William Williams, 2nd Baronet, of Gray's Inn , politician, 75?[ 19] date unknown
References
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^ "DEVEREUX, Price (c.1664-1740), of Vaynor Park, Mont" . History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 28 October 2018 .^ "WILLIAMS, Sir William, 2nd Bt. (c.1665-1740), of Glascoed, Llansilin, Denb" . History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 23 June 2019 .^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "MORRIS, JOHN (1706-1740), sailor" . Dictionary of Welsh Biography . National Library of Wales. Retrieved 29 November 2018 .
