1715 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1715 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of North Wales – Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley
- Lord Lieutenant of South Wales – Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke ; after this date, Lord Lieutenants are appointed for each individual county.
- Bishop of Bangor – John Evans
- Bishop of Llandaff – John Tyler
- Bishop of St Asaph – John Wynne
- Bishop of St Davids – Adam Ottley
Events
- 6 February - John Wynne is enthroned as Bishop of St Asaph.
- 9 February - An advertisement appears in the London Gazette for the first St David's Day dinner in London, to be followed by a sermon given by Rev George Lewis.
- 1 March - The Society of Antient Britons is founded in London. Thomas Jones, its first treasurer and secretary, presents the society's "loyal address" to King George I and is subsequently knighted.
- March - Owen Meyrick, a Whig, challenges the supremacy of the Tory Bulkeley family in Anglesey by being elected to Parliament for the constituency.
- September - William Herbert, 2nd Marquess of Powis, is among those arrested in connection with the first Jacobite Rebellion.
- 9 November - Silvanus Bevan marries Elizabeth, daughter of royal clockmaker Daniel Quare.
Arts and literature
New books
- John Roderick - Welsh almanack
Births
- 7 March - Ephraim Williams, American landowner and slave owner of Welsh descent, founder of Williams College
Deaths
- 1 January - John Morgan, lord of the manor and lordship of Gwynllwg, merchant and MP for Monmouth Boroughs, 74?
- 16 January - Robert Nelson, philanthropist and non-juror, 58
- 29 June - Richard Lucas, clergyman and author, 66?
- 29 October - John Barlow, MP for Pembrokeshire, 57?
- 19 December - Robert Jones, MP for Glamorganshire, 33