1725 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1725 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 18 January); George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley (from 7 April)
 * Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – vacant until 1729
 * Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Sir William Morgan of Tredegar
 * Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – John Vaughan, 2nd Viscount Lisburne
 * Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – vacant until 1755
 * Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet
 * Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos


 * Bishop of Bangor – William Baker
 * Bishop of Llandaff – Robert Clavering (from 2 January)
 * Bishop of St Asaph – John Wynne
 * Bishop of St Davids – Richard Smalbroke (from 3 February)

Events

 * 7 April - George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley, succeeds his late brother as Lord Lieutenant of North Wales.
 * 4 May - Ann Thomas (the "Maid of Cefn Ydfa") marries Anthony Maddocks.
 * 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.

New books

 * Dafydd Lewis - Golwg ar y Byd
 * William Lewis & Evan Pryce - Maddeuant i'r Edifairiol

Births

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

Deaths

 * 18 January - Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley, Lord Lieutenant of North Wales, 62
 * 20 July - Edward Jeffreys, 55, judge
 * 25 July - Rev Thomas Griffith, 80, first pastor of Welsh Tract Baptist Church, Delaware, USA.
 * 29 November - William Jones, 49, Principal of Jesus College, Oxford.
 * 15 December - Francis Edwardes, politician
 * date unknown - Silvanus Bevan, burgess of Swansea