1725 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1725 to Wales and its people.

← 1724 1723 1722 1721 1720 1725 in Wales → 1726 1727 1728 1729 1730
Centuries:	16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Decades:	1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s
See also:	List of years in Wales 1725 in Great Britain Ireland Scotland

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - George (later George II)
• Princess of Wales - Caroline of Ansbach

Events

• 4 May - Ann Thomas (the "Maid of Cefn Ydfa") marries Anthony Maddocks.[1]
• date unknown
  • Silvanus Bevan is elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on the recommendation of Sir Isaac Newton.
  • Sir John Philipps, 6th Baronet, marries Elizabeth Shepherd.
  • Matthew Maddox becomes organist of St David's Cathedral.

Arts and literature

New books

• Dafydd Lewis - Golwg ar y Byd[2]

Births

• 28 March - William Morgan (of Tredegar, younger), politician (died 1763)
• May - Llewellin Penrose, painter and writer (died 1791)[3]
• 7 September - Francis Homfray, industrialist (died 1798)
• date unknown - Michael Lort, clergyman, academic and antiquary (died 1790)[4]

Deaths

• 20 July - Edward Jeffreys, 55, judge
• 25 July - Rev Thomas Griffith, 80, first pastor of Welsh Tract Baptist Church, Delaware, USA.[5]
• 29 November - William Jones, 49, Principal of Jesus College, Oxford.[6]
• 15 December - Francis Edwardes, politician[7]
• date unknown - Silvanus Bevan, burgess of Swansea[8]

References

1. Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Maddocks (nee Thomas), Ann (1704-1727), 'the Maid of Cefn Ydfa'". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
2. Welsh Biography Online. Accessed 21 April 2014
3. Hywel David Emanuel. "Williams (alias Penrose), Llewellin (1725-?), sailor and painter". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
4. "Lort, Michael" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
5. "History of the Welsh Tract Baptist Church, Pencander Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware". Retrieved 14 December 2012.
6. Baker, J. N. L. (1954). The Victoria History of the County of Oxford Volume III - The University of Oxford. The University of London Institute of Historical Research. p. 278.
7. Romney Sedgwick (1970). The House of Commons, 1715-1754: Members E-Y. History of Parliament Trust. p. 4.5.
8. Friends' Historical Society (1924). The Journal of the Friends' Historical Society. Headley Brothers. p. 52.