1738 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1738 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of North Wales – 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 Herring
- Bishop of Llandaff – John Harris
- Bishop of St Asaph – Isaac Maddox
- Bishop of St Davids – Nicholas Clagett
Events
- March – Howel Harris preaches in Monmouthshire for the first time.
- 14 May – John Wesley hears William Holland read from the work of Martin Luther, occasioning his own conversion.
- May – The Bala Eisteddfod takes place, chaired by Edward Wynne. Ellis Cadwaladr is winner of the bardic chair.
- unknown dates
- *A new building, designed by James Steer to house the Welsh Charity School is erected in London.
- *A Baptist church is founded at Welsh Neck in South Carolina, United States.
- *Morgan Edwards begins his career as a preacher.
- *Lawyer John Meredith is knighted and becomes High Sheriff of Brecknock.
Arts and literature
New books
English language
- Anne Penny – ''Select Poems from Mr. Gesner's Pastorals''
Welsh language
- ''Newyddion Mawr Oddiwrth y Ser''
Music
- William Williams Pantycelyn – ''Caniadau... y Môr o Wydr''
Births
- 4 June – Prince George, eldest son of the Prince and Princess of Wales
- September – Francis Mathew, 1st Earl Landaff
- date unknown – David Williams, philosopher
Deaths
- January – Thomas Harley (of Kinsham), former MP for Radnorshire, about 63
- 12 June – Samuel Edwards, politician, about 70
- 28 August – John Harris, Bishop of Llandaff, 58
- 1 September – Mathias Maurice, minister and author, 54
- 27 September – Sir Thomas Stradling, 6th Baronet, 28