1730 in Wales

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See also:	List of years in Wales 1730 in Great Britain Ireland Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1730 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - Frederick
• Princess of Wales - vacant

Events

• August - Sir John Glynne succeeds to the family baronetcy, following the deaths of his father and elder brother in successive years.
• William Hogarth is commissioned by Robert Jones of Fonmon Castle to paint The Jones Family Conversation Piece.
• Construction of the north-east wing of Bodysgallen Hall.

Arts and literature

New books

• Joseph Harris - A Treatise on Navigation
• James Lewis & Christmas Samuel - Y Cyfrif Cywiraf o'r Pechod Gwreiddiol
• William Wotton (ed.) - Cyfreithjeu Hywel Dda ac eraill, seu Leges Wallicae (Laws of Hywel Dda)

Births

• date unknown
  • Samuel Levi Phillips, banker (died 1812)
  • Nathaniel Thomas, writer (died c.1768)
  • Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne, politician (died 1800)^[1]

Deaths

• 16 May - John Evans, clergyman, 50?
• 19 June - Thomas Trevor, 1st Baron Trevor, politician, 72
• August - Sir William Glynne, 5th Baronet, 21
• December - Owen Gruffydd, poet

References

1. Morgan, Gerald, The Vaughans of Trawsgoed, 1997, Gomer Press, ISBN 1-85902-472-6