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List of events
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1713 to
Wales and
its people .
Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (
Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey ,
Caernarvonshire ,
Denbighshire ,
Flintshire ,
Merionethshire ,
Montgomeryshire ) –
Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley (until 4 September);
Other Windsor, 2nd Earl of Plymouth (from 4 September)
[1]
[2]
Lord Lieutenant of South Wales (
Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan ,
Brecknockshire ,
Cardiganshire ,
Carmarthenshire ,
Monmouthshire ,
Pembrokeshire ,
Radnorshire ) –
Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke
[1]
[3]
January - On the death of
John Vaughan, 3rd Earl of Carbery (see Deaths), the
Golden Grove estate in Carmarthenshire is inherited by a cousin, John Vaughan (1693–1765),
[8] who would rebuild Gelli Aur mansion.
April - As a result of the death of
Edmund Meyrick , a large bequest is left to
Jesus College, Oxford , for scholarships for students from Wales.
[9]
21 July -
Lady Anne Vaughan , heiress of the Earl of Carbery, marries
Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton .
[10]
12 November - Following the
general election , Sir
Humphrey Mackworth is replaced as MP for
Cardiganshire by the Whig Thomas Johnes the elder, after a scandal involving the collapse of his Company of Mine Adventures; in the same year, forms the Company of Mineral Manufacturers which remains in business for only six years.
12 January -
John Vaughan, 3rd Earl of Carbery , owner of the
Golden Grove estate in Carmarthenshire , 73
[15]
24 April -
Edmund Meyrick , priest and educational benefactor, 77
[16]
15 November - Catherine Philipps (née Darcy) of Picton Castle, second wife of
Sir Erasmus Philipps, 3rd Baronet ,
[17] and granddaughter of
Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield
31 December -
Edward Proger , politician, 92 or 95
[18]
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a
b
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ISBN
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^
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^
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^ John Edward Steegman and
Iorwerth Peate .
"Wilson, Richard (1713-1782), landscape painter" .
Dictionary of Welsh Biography .
National Library of Wales . Retrieved 23 June 2019 .
^
Chisholm, Hugh , ed. (1911).
"Tucker, Josiah" .
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^ Jenkins, Dr. David.
"Glynne family, of Hawarden, Flints." .
Dictionary of Welsh Biography .
National Library of Wales . Retrieved 13 August 2007 .
^ James Frederick Rees.
"Vaughan family, of Golden Grove" . Dictionary of Welsh Biography . National Library of Wales. Retrieved 17 January 2020 .
^
Jenkins, Robert Thomas .
"Meyrick, Edmund" . Dictionary of Welsh Biography . National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 September 2021 .
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The parliamentary history of the principality of Wales, from the earliesr times to the present day, 1541-1895, comprising lists of the representatives, chronologically arranged under counties, with biographical and genealogical notices of the members, together with particulars of the various contested elections, double returns and petitions . Cornell University Library. Brecknock : Priv. Print. for the author by E. Davis and Bell.
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Robert Thomas Jenkins (1959).
"Proger (Progers, Proger) Edward" . Dictionary of Welsh Biography . National Library of Wales. Retrieved 9 January 2011 .