1704 in Wales
# 1704 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1704 to Wales and its people.

## Incumbents

* Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) – Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley
* Lord Lieutenant of South Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan, Brecknockshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Monmouthshire, Pembrokeshire, Radnorshire) – Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke
* Bishop of Bangor – John Evans
* Bishop of Llandaff – William Beaw
* Bishop of St Asaph – George Hooper (until 14 March); William Beveridge (from 16 July)
* Bishop of St Davids – vacant

## Events

* 6 April - Sir Humphrey Mackworth proposes to the SPCK the "Erection of libraries in Wales".
* May - Erasmus Lewis becomes secretary to Robert Harley at the Northern Department.
* July - Richard Vaughan of Corsygedol becomes Constable of Harlech Castle.
* 9 October - Roger Griffith is installed as archdeacon of Brecon.
* date unknown
   * Jane Kemeys of Cefn Mabli marries Sir John Tynte, 2nd Baronet, resulting in an alliance between two important families and the beginning of the Kemeys-Tynte dynasty.

## Arts and literature

### New books

* John Morgan - Bloeddnad Ofnadwy yr Utcorn Diweddaf (posthumously published)
* Robert Nelson - A Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England

## Births

* May - Ann Maddocks, the "maid of Cefn Ydfa" (died 1727)
* December - Richard Herbert, politician (died 1754)
* date unknown - Robert Jones, politician (died 1774)

## Deaths

* May - William Wynne, historian, about 33
* 9 August - Richard Bulkeley, 3rd Viscount Bulkeley, about 46, politician
* November - Sir John Williams, 2nd Baronet, of Llangibby, about 53
