This article is about the particular significance of the year 1715 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) â Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley
- Lord Lieutenant of South Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan, Brecknockshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Monmouthshire, Pembrokeshire, Radnorshire) â Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke (until 14 October); after this date, Lord Lieutenants are appointed for each individual county.
Events
Arts and literature
New books
- John Roderick - Welsh almanack (first in the series)
Births
Deaths
- 1 January - John Morgan, lord of the manor and lordship of Gwynllwg, merchant and MP for Monmouth Boroughs, 74?
- 16 January - Robert Nelson, philanthropist and non-juror, 58
- 29 June - Richard Lucas, clergyman and author, 66?
- 29 October - , MP for Pembrokeshire, 57?
- 19 December - Robert Jones, MP for Glamorganshire, 33
See also
References