1716 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1716 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 Glamorgan – vacant
 * Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – John Morgan (of Rhiwpera)
 * Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – John Vaughan, 1st Viscount Lisburne
 * Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – vacant
 * Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet
 * Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Thomas Coningsby, 1st Earl Coningsby
 * Bishop of Bangor – John Evans (until January) Benjamin Hoadly (from 18 March)
 * Bishop of Llandaff – John Tyler
 * Bishop of St Asaph – John Wynne
 * Bishop of St Davids – Adam Ottley

Events

 * January John Evans, Bishop of Bangor, is translated to Meath in Ireland, leaving Wales without any Welsh-speaking bishops for a prolonged period.
 * 27 July Griffith Jones becomes rector of Llanddowror, under the patronage of his brother-in-law Sir John Philipps, 4th Baronet.
 * 9 November – In London, Caroline of Ansbach, Princess of Wales, gives birth to a stillborn son, Prince Augustus George of Wales.

New books

 * Myles Davies – Athenae Britannicae (six vols., London)
 * Welsh translation of works by Tertullian and Cyprian, probably by John Morgan of Matchin

Births

 * date unknown – Henry Owen, theologian (died 1795)
 * probable – Howel Davies, Methodist clergyman (died 1770)

Deaths

 * 26 January – Daniel Williams, theologian, 72?
 * 8 May – Thomas Allgood I, originator of the japanning industry at Pontypool and Usk
 * 29 June – Richard Lucas, clergyman and writer, 65
 * 29 September – David Edwards, Independent minister, 56
 * date unknown – Howell Powell, Congregational minister