This article is about the particular significance of the year 1725 to Wales and its people.
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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)[1][2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – vacant until 1729
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Sir William Morgan of Tredegar[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – John Vaughan, 2nd Viscount Lisburne[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – vacant until 1755
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos[1]
- Bishop of Bangor – William Baker[3]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Robert Clavering (from 2 January)
- Bishop of St Asaph – John Wynne[4]
- Bishop of St Davids – Richard Smalbroke (from 3 February)[5]
Events
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- 7 April - George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley, succeeds his late brother as Lord Lieutenant of North Wales.[6]
- 4 May - Ann Thomas (the "Maid of Cefn Ydfa") marries Anthony Maddocks.[7]
- 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
Births
- 28 March - William Morgan (of Tredegar, younger), politician (died 1763)
- May - Llewellin Penrose, painter and writer (died 1791)[10]
- 7 September - Francis Homfray, industrialist (died 1798)
- date unknown - Michael Lort, clergyman, academic and antiquary (died 1790)[11]
Deaths
- 18 January - Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley, Lord Lieutenant of North Wales, 62[12]
- 20 July - Edward Jeffreys, 55, judge
- 25 July - Rev Thomas Griffith, 80, first pastor of Welsh Tract Baptist Church, Delaware, USA.[13]
- 29 November - William Jones, 49, Principal of Jesus College, Oxford.[14]
- 15 December - Francis Edwardes, politician[15]
- date unknown - Silvanus Bevan, burgess of Swansea[16]
References
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