1733 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1733 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of North Wales – George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley ; George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Thomas Morgan
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – John Vaughan, 2nd Viscount Lisburne
- 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
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos
- Bishop of Bangor – Thomas Sherlock
- Bishop of Llandaff – John Harris
- Bishop of St Asaph – Thomas Tanner
- Bishop of St Davids – Nicholas Clagett
Events
- 21 June - The post of Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire is combined with that of Custos Rotulorum of Denbighshire.
- 29 November - Charles Talbot is appointed Lord Chancellor.
- 5 December - Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol, is raised to the peerage.
- date unknown
- *Legal proceedings in the Welsh courts to be conducted in the English language.
- *John Myddelton, politician, inherits the estates of his brother Robert, including Chirk Castle.
Arts and literature
New books
- "Gwinfrid Shones"
- William Wynn writes his first poem, while a student at Oxford.
Births
- March - John Lloyd, Rector of Caerwys, antiquary
Deaths
- 22 January - Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke, about 66
- 2 February - Robert Price, judge, 80
- 28 February - John Morgan, poet, 45
- 7 May - George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley, Lord Lieutenant of North Wales, 66/67
- June/July - Michael Pritchard, poet, 24
- date unknown - Robert Myddelton, owner of the Myddelton estates