1713 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1713 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 (until 4 September); Other Windsor, 2nd Earl of Plymouth (from 4 September)
 * 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 – John Tyler
 * Bishop of St Asaph – William Fleetwood
 * Bishop of St Davids – Philip Bisse (until 16 February); Adam Ottley (from 15 March)

Events

 * 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), 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.
 * 21 July - Lady Anne Vaughan, heiress of the Earl of Carbery, marries Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton.
 * 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.

Births

 * 21 March - Francis Lewis, merchant, signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence (died 1803)
 * 1 August - Richard Wilson, painter (died 1782)
 * December - Josiah Tucker, economist (died 1799)
 * date unknown - Sir John Glynne, 6th Baronet (died 1777)

Deaths

 * 12 January - John Vaughan, 3rd Earl of Carbery, owner of the Golden Grove estate in Carmarthenshire, 73
 * 24 April - Edmund Meyrick, priest and educational benefactor, 77
 * 15 November - Catherine Philipps (née Darcy) of Picton Castle, second wife of Sir Erasmus Philipps, 3rd Baronet, and granddaughter of Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield
 * 31 December - Edward Proger, politician, 92 or 95