1750s in Wales

none August 2026 1740s | 1760s | Other years in Wales Other events of the decade This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1750–1759 to Wales and its people. Events 1750 in Wales 1751 in Wales 1752 in Wales 1753 in Wales 1754 in Wales 1755 in Wales 1756 in Wales 1757 in Wales 1758 in Wales 1759 in Wales Arts and literature New books 1750 Griffith Hughes - Natural History of Barbados Daniel Rowland - Ymddiddan rhwng Methodist Uniawngred ac un Cyfeiliornus 1752 Theophilus Evans - A History of Modern Enthusiasm 1757 John Dyer - The Fleece Elizabeth Griffith - A Series of Genuine Letters between Henry and Frances Joseph Harris - An Essay Upon Money and Coins Joshua Thomas - Tystiolaeth y Credadyn Music 1751 William Williams (Pantycelyn) - Hosanna i Fab Dafydd, part 1 1754 William Williams (Pantycelyn) - Hosanna i Fab Dafydd, part 2 1755 Morgan Rhys - Golwg o Ben Nebo, ar Wlad yr Addewid (hymns) 1756 Elis Roberts - "Argulus" 1757 Elis Roberts - "Jeils" 1759 William Williams (Pantycelyn) - Rhai Hymnau a Chaniadau Duwiol Births 1750 June - William Morgan, actuary (d. 1833) 1751 22 January - David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr), poet (d. 1827) 15 October - David Samwell, naval surgeon and companion of Captain Cook (d. 1798) 1752 2 January - Nicholas Owen, priest and antiquary (d. 1811) 18 January - Josiah Boydell, painter (d. 1817)https://biography.wales/article/s-BOYD-JOS-1752.html BOYDELL, JOSIAH (1752 - 1817), painter and illustrator Dictionary of Welsh Biography 3 August 2026 March - Edward Jones (Bardd y Brenin), harpist (d. 1824) date unknown Richard Llwyd, poet and writer (d. 1835) Thomas Assheton Smith I, industrialist (d. 1828) 1754 date unknown - Charles Hassall, surveyor (d. 1814) 1755 22 February - Henry Nevill, 2nd Earl of Abergavenny (d. 1843) 5 July - Sarah Siddons, actress (d. 1831) 14 October - Thomas Charles of Bala, priest (d. 1814) 1756 7 June - Edward Davies ("Celtic" Davies), writer (d. 1831) 23 June - Thomas Jones, mathematician (d. 1807) date unknown - Thomas Jones of Denbigh, minister and author (d. 1820) 1757 date unknown - Sir Thomas Foley, admiral (d. 1833) 1758 August - Sir Thomas Picton, soldier (d. 1815) 1759 16 March - Sir John Nicholl, politician and judge (d. 1838) 7 August - William Owen Pughe, lexicographer (d. 1835) 18 October - Theophilus Jones, historian (d. 1812) Deaths 1750 9 January - Henry Herbert, 9th Earl of Pembroke, 56 29 November - Bussy Mansel, 4th Baron Mansel date unknown - Sir Samuel Pennant, Lord Mayor of London 1751 31 March - Frederick, Prince of Wales, 44 date unknown - Thomas Mathews, admiral, 75 1752 31 May - "Madam" Sidney Griffith, Methodist supporter 1754 10 January - Erasmus Lewis, writer and civil servant, 83 March - Henry Vaughan, Radnorshire landowner, 33 (murdered) 12 July - Zachariah Williams, inventor, 81 1755 30 June - Edward Wynne, lawyer and landowner 1756 date unknown - Lewis Evans, surveyor, 56? 1757 December - John Dyer, poet, 56 1758 24 January - William Wogan, religious writer, 79 18 March - Matthew Hutton, Archbishop of Canterbury and former Bishop of Bangor, 65 24 March - Sir Thomas Mostyn, 4th Baronet, 53 1759 11 August - John Heylyn, Welsh-descended priest, 74 2 November - Charles Hanbury Williams, diplomat and satirist, 50 date unknown - Isaac Maddox, Bishop of St Asaph, 62 References Category:18th century in Wales Wales Wales Category:Decades in Wales