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- Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) – William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby;[1] (10 June – 5 November 1702)[2]Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley (from 2 December)[3]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan, Brecknockshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Monmouthshire, Pembrokeshire, Radnorshire – Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke[1][4]
- Bishop of Bangor – John Evans[5]
- Bishop of Llandaff – William Beaw[5]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Edward Jones[5]
- Bishop of St Davids – vacant
- 8 March – Anne, daughter of King James II, comes to the throne of Great Britain. Since her only surviving son had died prior to her accession, there is no prospective Prince of Wales.[6]
- 5 May – Following a suspension of nearly a year, Edward Jones, Bishop of St Asaph, is allowed to return to his see.[7]
- date unknown
- January – James Annesley, 3rd Earl of Anglesey, 31
- 25 March – Lewis Wogan of Boulston, High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire, about 50[14][15]
- 12 May – Elizabeth Gwyn, philanthropist, daughter of Thomas Gwyn of Hay Castle[16]
- 5 November – William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby, Lord Lieutenant of North Wales, about 47[17]
- December – Sir Charles Kemeys, 3rd Baronet, Governor of Cardiff Castle[18]
- date unknown – David Maurice, clergyman and translator, 76[11][19]
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Stanley, Peter (1998). The house of Stanley : the history of an English family from the 12th century. Edinburgh: Pentland Press. p. 196. ISBN 9781858215785.
Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN 9780806313146.
Brown, Richard (1991). Church and state in modern Britain, 1700-1850. London; New York: Routledge. p. 25. ISBN 9781134982707.
Charles John Abbey (1887). The English Church and Its Bishops 1700-1800. Longmans, Green. pp. 357–359.
Great Britain. Public Record Office (1874). 1702-1707. Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer. pp. 559–560.
John Stewart (1996). The British Empire: An Encyclopedia of the Crown's Holdings, 1493 Through 1995. McFarland & Company. p. 161.