1704 in Wales
overview of Wales-related events during the year of 1704
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1704 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) – Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley
Lord Lieutenant of South Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan, Brecknockshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Monmouthshire, Pembrokeshire, Radnorshire) – Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke
Bishop of Bangor – John Evans
Bishop of Llandaff – William Beaw
Bishop of St Asaph – George Hooper (until 14 March); William Beveridge (from 16 July)
Bishop of St Davids – vacant
Events
6 April - Sir Humphrey Mackworth proposes to the SPCK the "Erection of libraries in Wales".
May - Erasmus Lewis becomes secretary to Robert Harley at the Northern Department.
July - Richard Vaughan of Corsygedol becomes Constable of Harlech Castle.
9 October - Roger Griffith is installed as archdeacon of Brecon.
date unknown
Jane Kemeys of Cefn Mabli marries Sir John Tynte, 2nd Baronet, resulting in an alliance between two important families and the beginning of the Kemeys-Tynte dynasty.
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