This article is about the particular significance of the year 1731 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) â George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan â Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire â Sir William Morgan of Tredegar(until 24 April); Thomas Morgan (from 18 June)
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire â John Vaughan, 2nd Viscount Lisburne
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire â vacant until 1755
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire â Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire â James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos
Events
Arts and literature
New books
Other
Births
Deaths
- January - Thomas Jones of Lincoln's Inn, founder of the Honourable and Loyal Society of Antient Britons
- 6 April - David Lloyd, Welsh-born American lawyer, 74
- 24 April - William Morgan of Tredegar (the elder), Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire, 31
- September - Rowland Ellis, Quaker leader, 81 (in America)
- 4 September - John Roberts, MP for Denbigh, 59?
- 9 October - William Stanley, Dean of St Asaph, 85
References