1764 in Wales

none September 2019 September 2019 1764 Events from the year 1764 in Wales. 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 Powis Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Howell Gwynnehttp://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 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 SquireSKR730S Squire, Samuel Events January – South Wales industrialist Anthony Bacon succeeds John Wilkes as MP for Aylesbury.http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1754-1790/member/bacon-anthony-1717-86 Bacon, Anthony (c.1717-86), of Woodford, Essex, and Copthall Court, Throgmorton St., London. History of Parliament Online 28 September 2019 February – Thomas Nowell, the new principal of St Mary Hall, Oxford, marries Sarah Munday, daughter of the Mayor of Oxford.https://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/mayors/1714_1835/munday_thomas_1750_1770.html Sir Thomas Munday (c.1696–1772) Oxford History: Mayors & Lord Mayors 28 September 2019 21 June – Humphrey Edwards, physician, begins a voyage round the world as physician on Tamar 1758 6.s-EDWA-HUM-1730 Edwards, Humphrey (1730-1788), physician and apothecary Griffith Thomas Roberts 28 September 2019 Arts and literature New books English language Rowland Jones – The Origin of Language and Nationss-JONE-ROW-1722 Jones, Rowland (1722-1764), philologist William Rowlands yes 14 February 2020 Gabriel Powell – Survey of GowerJoan Thirsk The Agrarian History of England and Wales: 1500-1640, edited by Joan Thirsk https://books.google.com/books?id=RbO-7UQ83mwC&pg=PA154 1967 Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-06617-4 154 Welsh language Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) – Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Antient Welsh BardsEvan Evans Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Antient Welsh Bards https://archive.org/details/somespecimensofp00evan 1764 R. and J. Dodsley David Powell – Sail yr Athrawiaeth GatholicSail yr Athrawiaeth Gatholic, gynnwysedig mewn Profess Ffydd a gyhoeddwyd gan Bâb Piws y Bedwerydd, ar wedd holiad https://books.google.com/books?id=WU5iAAAAcAAJ 1764 R. Balfe Morgan Rhys – Golwg o Ben Nebos-RHYS-MOR-1716 Rhys, Morgan (1716-1779), circulating schoolmaster, and hymn-writer Gomer Morgan Roberts yes 14 February 2020 Music 31 March – "Jones" performs on the Welsh harp at a benefit concert in Dublin, "in the true Spirit and Taste peculiar to the Genius of his Country".John C. Greene Theatre in Dublin, 1745–1820: A Calendar of Performances https://books.google.com/books?id=N9j88amH6U0C&pg=PA895 1 December 2011 Lehigh University Press 978-1-61146-111-4 895 Births 29 April – Ann Hatton ("Ann of Swansea"), English novelist (d. 1838)Philip H. Highfill Kalman A. Burnim Edward A. Langhans A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & and Other Stage Personnel in London: 1660-1800 https://books.google.com/books?id=HNed_aEZXdMC&pg=PA171 1982 SIU Press 978-0-8093-0918-4 171 20 June – Thomas Evans (Tomos Glyn Cothi), first Unitarian minister in Wales (d. 1833)s-EVAN-THO-1764 Evans, Thomas (‘Tomos Glyn Cothi’; 1764-1833), Unitarian minister [the first specifically Unitarian minister in Wales] John Dyfnallt Owen yes 28 September 2019 20 July – Sir Robert Williams, 9th Baronet, politician (died 1830)Stephen West WILLIAMS The Genealogy and History of the Family of Williams in America, More Particularly of the Descendants of Robert Williams of Roxburg https://books.google.com/books?id=YyBYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA406 1847 Merriam Mirick 406 27 July – John Thelwall, English-born orator, writer, political reformer, journalist and poet (died 1834)s3-THEL-JOH-1764 Thelwall, John (1764-1834), reformer, lecturer and poet David Jenkins yes 14 February 2020 date unknown William Crawshay I, ironmaster (d. 1834)s-CRAW-CYF-1739 CRAWSHAY family, of Cyfarthfa, Glamorganshire, industrialists Watkin William Price yes 28 September 2019 Robert Waithman, lord mayor of London (d. 1833)s-WAIT-ROB-1764 Waithman, Robert (1764-1833), lord mayor of London David Williams yes 28 September 2019 Deaths 17 March – Uvedale Tomkins Price, politician, Steward of the Courts for Denbigh, 78Robinson, Rev. Charles John (1873). A History of the Mansions and Manors of Herefordshire. Longman & Co. 18 June – Christmas Samuel, minister and writer, 90s-SAMU-CHR-1674 Samuel, Christmas (1674-1764), Independent minister John Dyfnallt Owen yes 28 September 2019 22 June – Sir John Philipps, 6th Baronet, 63 http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/philipps-john-1700-64 PHILIPPS, John (1700-64), of Picton Castle, Pemb. History of Parliament Online 10 May 2014 26 September – Joseph Harris, Assay-master of the Royal Mint, 60Thomas Mardy Rees Welsh Painters, Engravers, Sculptors (1527-1911) https://books.google.com/books?id=n5tDAQAAMAAJ 1912 Welsh Publishing Company 71 October – Richard Lathrop, bookseller and printer, age unknowns-LATH-RIC-1764 Lathrop, Richard (died 1764), bookseller and printer at Shrewsbury William Llewelyn Davies yes 14 February 2020 date unknown – John Richards, preacher and poet, about 44s-RICH-JOH-1720 Richard(s), John (1720-1764), Calvinistic Methodist exhorter, and poet Robert Thomas Jenkins yes 14 February 2020 References Wales Wales Category:1764 in Europe Category:1760s in Wales