This article is about the particular significance of the year 1703 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 (10 June – 5 November 1702) Lord Lieutenant of South Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan, Brecknockshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Monmouthshire, Pembrokeshire, Radnorshire) – Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke Bishop of Bangor – John Evans Bishop of Llandaff – William Beaw Bishop of St Asaph – Edward Jones (until 10 May); George Hooper (from 13 October) Bishop of St Davids – vacant
Events 30 March – Catherine Price, sister of Richard Price, marries William Thomas of Cefn Ydfa, Llangynwyd; they would become the parents of Ann Maddocks. July – John Hanbury II marries Bridget Ayscough, the eldest daughter of Sir Edward Ayscough of Stallingbough, Lincolnshire. Sir Edward's only son having died, Bridget inherits a share of his estates and brings a fortune of £10,000 to the marriage. 20 July – Sir Roger Mostyn, 3rd Baronet, marries Lady Essex Finch, daughter of the Earl of Nottingham. 28 August – Thomas Windsor, 1st Viscount Windsor, marries Charlotte Herbert, daughter of Philip Herbert, 7th Earl of Pembroke, and widow of John Jeffreys, 2nd Baron Jeffreys date unknown Baptist leader Thomas Griffiths and a small group of followers settle at Welsh Tract, Delaware, where they found the Welsh Tract Baptist church.
Arts and literature New books James Owen – Moderation a Virtue Ellis Wynne – Gweledigaetheu y Bardd Cwsc Pasc y Christion (translation of a work by Thomas Doolittle)
Music Thomas Baddy – hymns appended to Pasc y Christion
Births 2 February – Richard Morris, one of the celebrated Morris brothers of Anglesey (d. 1779) probable – Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis (d. 1772)Baptism date.
Deaths 10 May – Edward Jones, Bishop of St Asaph, 62 16 July – Robert Brudenell, 2nd Earl of Cardigan, 96
See also 1703 in Scotland
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