1766 in Wales

none September 2019 September 2019 1766 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1766 to Wales and its people. Incumbents Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey - Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd BaronetEdward Breese Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth 1873 24J.C. Sainty John Sainty (civil servant) List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974 Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd London 1979 Nicholas Thomas Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales Genealogical Pub. Co Baltimore 1991 9780806313146 695Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru University of Wales Press 1992 169 Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Thomas Morgan Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire - Thomas WynnEdward Breese Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth 1873 26 Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George RiceRice, George Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire - Richard Myddelton Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire - Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Other Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth Nicholas Thomas Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales Genealogical Pub. Co Baltimore 1991 9780806313146 612 Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - William VaughanEdward Breese Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth 1873 29 Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of PowisGeorge Grenville Additional Grenville Papers 1763-1765 Manchester University Press 1962 176 Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Howell Gwynne (until 12 July);http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/gwynne-howell-1718-80 Gwynne, Howell (1718-80), of Garth in Llanleonfel, Brec. Namier Lewis History of Parliament Online 7 October 2017 Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (from 16 July)Jonathan Williams The History of Radnorshire R. Mason 1859 115 Bishop of Bangor – John EgertonJohn McClintock James Strong Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature Baker Book House 1981 324 Bishop of Llandaff – John EwerEWR723J Ewer, John Bishop of St Asaph – Richard NewcomeThe Apostolical Succession in the Church of England James Parkes and Company 1866 15 Bishop of St Davids – Samuel Squire (until 7 May); Robert Lowth (from 14 June); Charles Moss (from 30 November)Thomas Duffus Hardy Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press 1854 305 Events 19 February - Thomas Kymer is granted an Act of Parliament allowing him to construct the Kidwelly and Llanelly Canal.Joseph Priestley Historical Account of the Navigable Rivers, Canals, and Railways of Great Britain: As a Reference to Nichols, Priestley & Walker's New Map of Inland Navigation https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_eUqIucVmZjwC 1831 Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green 365 12 May - Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet, marries Margaret, daughter of Rev Hugh Wynn and heiress to the Bodysgallen estate. July - Maurice Morgann becomes an under-secretary to the Earl of Shelburne, then Secretary of State for the South. In November he is made secretary of the Province of New Jersey. Morgann, Maurice (1725–1802) Cornish Rory T. 19246 2004 12 November - John, Lord Mountstuart marries Charlotte Jane, granddaughter of Thomas Windsor, 1st Viscount Windsor.Thomas Nicholas Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales: Containing a Record of All Ranks of the Gentry ... with Many Ancient Pedigrees and Memorials of Old and Extinct Families https://books.google.com/books?id=Y1IBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA619 1872 Longmans, Green, Reader 619 unknown date - The Welsh-language periodical Yr Awstralydd is launched by William Meirion Evans in Australia.James Jupp Director Centre for Immigration and Multicultural Studies James Jupp The Australian People: An Encyclopedia of the Nation, Its People and Their Origins https://books.google.com/books?id=wgoFxfSTfYAC&pg=PA740 October 2001 Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-80789-0 740 Arts and literature New books English language Evan Lloyd - The Powers of the Pens-LLOY-EVA-1734 Cecil John Layton Price Lloyd, Evan (1734-1776), cleric and writer 11 June 2024 Anna Williams - Miscellanies in Prose and VerseTeresa Barnard Anna Seward: A Constructed Life: A Critical Biography https://books.google.com/books?id=GwgHDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA152 15 April 2016 Routledge 978-1-317-18067-8 152 Welsh language David Jones of Trefriw (ed.) - Cydymaith DiddanFfion Mair Jones 'The Bard is a Very Singular Character': Iolo Morganwg, Marginalia and Print Culture https://books.google.com/books?id=VMImDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT422 14 June 2010 University of Wales Press 978-1-78316-407-3 422 Dafydd Jones - Salmau Dafydds-JONE-DAF-1711 Jones, Dafydd (1711-1777), hymn-writer Gomer Morgan Roberts 11 June 2024 Lloffion Prydyddiaeth ... Mr. Rees Prichards-EDDO-JOS-1724 Eddowes, Joshua (1724-1811), printer and bookseller at Shrewsbury William Llewelyn Davies 11 June 2024 John Roberts (Siôn Robert Lewis) - Drych y Cristions-ROBE-JOH-1731 ROBERTS, John (Siôn Robert Lewis; 1731-1806), author, almanack-maker, and hymn-writer Thomas Isfryn Jones 30 September 2019 William Williams Pantycelyn - Ffarwel Weledig, part 2s-WILL-WIL-1717 Williams, William (1717-1791), Methodist cleric, author, and hymn-writer Gomer Morgan Roberts 11 June 2024 Music Elis Roberts - Oliffernes a Jiwdaths-ROBE-ELI-1789 ROBERTS, ELIS (d. 1789), cooper, ballad-writer, and composer of interludes Gruffydd Glyn Evans yes 11 March 2018 Paintings Richard Wilson - Meleager and Atalanta Births March - William Turner, industrialist (died 1853) 10 November - John Jones (Jac Glan-y-gors), satirical poet and radical pamphleteer (died 1821)s-JONE-JOH-1766 Jones, John ('Jac Glan-y-gors': 1766-1821), satirical poet David Rowland Hughes yes 18 October 2021 6 December - Robert Williams (Robert ap Gwilym Ddu), poet (died 1850)s-WILL-ROB-1766 WILLIAMS, ROBERT (Robert ap Gwilym Ddu; 1766-1850), poet Stephen Joseph Williams yes 11 March 2018 18 December - Charles Lloyd, dissenting minister and schoolmaster (died 1829)s-LLOY-CHA-1766 Lloyd, Charles (1766-1829), Unitarian minister and schoolmaster Robert Thomas Jenkins 11 June 2024 25 December - Christmas Evans, preacher (died 1838)D. Densil Morgan Wales and the Word: Historical Perspectives on Religion and Welsh Identity https://books.google.com/books?id=-Z3YAAAAMAAJ 2008 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-2121-8 17 unknown date Martha Llwyd, hymnodist (died 1845)https://www.bbc.com/cymrufyw/38598265 Merched y gân 30 May 2017 BBC Cymru Fyw 18 October 2021 cy Henry Parry, clergyman and antiquarian (died 1854)s-PARR-HEN-1766 Parry, Henry (1766?-1854), cleric and antiquary William Llewelyn Davies 11 June 2024 Deaths 1 January - James Francis Edward Stuart, 77, nominally Prince of Wales from his birth until 1701Deborah C. Fisher Princes of Wales https://books.google.com/books?id=YrUIAQAAMAAJ 2006 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-2003-7 75 19 January - Wilmot Vaughan, 3rd Viscount Lisburne, landownerMorgan Gerald The Trawsgoed inheritance Ceredigion XII 1 33 1993 https://cylchgronau.llyfrgell.cymru/view/1093205/1098069/10 30 January - John Jeffreys, 59, politicianhttp://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/jeffreys-john-1706-66 JEFFREYS, John (1706–66), of the Priory, Brecon, and Sheen, Surr. The History of Parliament (1715-1754) 3 April 2016 June - Evan Edwards, 32, harpists-EDWA-EVA-1734 EDWARDS, EVAN (1734-1766), harpist Robert David Griffith yes 11 March 2018 7 May - Samuel Squire, 51/52, Bishop of St Davids 17 November - Morgan Morgan, 78, Welsh-born American colonist (in America) Callahan James Morton Butcher Bernard Lee Genealogical and Personal History of the Upper Monongahela Valley, West Virginia https://books.google.com/books?id=FGAMAAAAYAAJ 3 950 Lewis Historical Publishers 1912 date unknown - Milbourn Bloom, independent ministers-BLOO-MIL-1766 Bloom, Milbourn (died 1766), Independent minister Robert Thomas Jenkins 11 June 2024 References Wales Wales Category:1766 in Europe Category:1760s in Wales