1768 in Wales

none September 2019 September 2019 1768 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1768 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 – Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl MortimerJonathan 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 – 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 2 March - Rowland Pugh, a local miner, discovers the "Great Lode" of copper on Parys MountainCharles Frederick Cliffe The book of North Wales https://books.google.com/books?id=jbYHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA123 1851 Hamilton, Adams 123 and is rewarded with a bottle of whisky and a rent-free house for his lifetime. By May - Kymer's Canal opens.34395 Kymer's Canal, Kidwelly 29 September 2021 16 May - Evan Lloyd is fined £50 after being found guilty of libel against William Price.s-LLOY-EVA-1734 Lloyd, Evan (1734-1776), cleric and writer Cecil John Layton Price 1 October 2019 24 August - A seminary is founded at Trefeca-isaf for the training of evangelical preachers, with financial assistance from Selina, Countess of Huntingdon.http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=66624 British History Online The City of Cambridge: Theological Colleges 10 December - Richard Wilson is a founder member of the Royal Academy of Arts.s-WILS-RIC-1713 Wilson, Richard (1713-1782), landscape painter Gomer Morgan Roberts yes 13 March 2018 Oldest Jews' burial ground in Wales established at Swansea. The Ladies of Llangollen meet for the first time in Ireland. Controversial Bishop of Bangor John Egerton is translated to the see of Lichfield in England. Arts and literature New books English language John Griffith - Some Brief Remarks upon Sundry Important Subjects ... principally addressed to the ... Quakers ... s-GRIF-JOH-1713 Griffith, John (1713-1776), Quaker Robert (Bob) Owen yes 1 October 2019 Welsh language Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant) - Y Farddoneg Fabilonaidd William Williams Pantycelyn - Tri Wyr o Sodoms-WILL-WIL-1717 WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (1717-1791), Methodist cleric, author, and hymn-writer John Edward Horatio Steegman Iorwerth Peate Iorwerth Peate yes 13 March 2018 Music 14 May - In Dublin, a concert takes place for the benefit of "Jones", a resident of Britain Street, where music will be performed on "that most admired instrument, the Welsh Harp".John C. Greene Theatre in Dublin, 1745-1820: A Calendar of Performances https://books.google.com/books?id=DvWmc7Jiv8IC&pg=PA1150 2011 Rowman & Littlefield 978-1-61146-110-7 1150– Births 29 March - Sir Robert Vaughan, 2nd Baronet, landowner (died 1843) http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/vaughan-sir-robert-1768-1843 Vaughan, Sir Robert Williames, 2nd Bt. (1768-1843), of Nannau Hall, nr. Dolgellau, Merion History of Parliament Online 19 October 2021 23 October 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211023193804/http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/vaughan-sir-robert-1768-1843 dead 17 May (in Brunswick, Germany) - Caroline of Brunswick, future Princess of Wales (died 1821)4722 Caroline [Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel] E. A. Smith 5 August - Sydenham Edwards, botanical artist (died 1819)s-EDWA-TEA-1768 Edwards, Sydenham Teast (1768-1819), botanical and animal draughtsman Megan Ellis yes 19 October 2021 17 September - Edward Lloyd, 1st Baron Mostyn (died 1854)https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/lloyd-sir-edward-pryce-1768-1854 LLOYD, Sir Edward Pryce, 2nd Bt. (1768-1854), of Pengwern, Flints. and Bodfach, Mont. History of Parliament Online 19 October 2021(died 1854)https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/lloyd-sir-edward-pryce-1768-1854 LLOYD, Sir Edward Pryce, 2nd Bt. (1768-1854), of Pengwern, Flints. and Bodfach, Mont. History of Parliament Online 19 October 2021 22 November - William Williams (Gwilym Twrog), poet (died 1836)s-WILL-WIL-1768 Williams, William (Gwilym Twrog; 1768-1836), poet Bob Owen 14 June 2024 date unknown John Bird, landscape artist (died 1829)s-BIRD-JOH-1768 Bird, John (1768-1829), landscape painter Thomas Mardy Rees yes 19 October 2021 Thomas Parry, merchant (died 1824) Deaths 14 March - Owen Rees, Calvinist minister, 50/51s-REES-OWE-1717 Rees, Owen (1717-1768), Independent minister Robert Thomas Jenkins 14 June 2024 26 March - Humphrey Owen, academic, 65s-OWEN-HUM-1702 Owen, Humphrey (1702–1768), principal of Jesus College, Oxford, and Bodley's librarian Jenkins Robert Thomas Robert Thomas Jenkins yes 2007-08-15 13 May - Princess Louisa, daughter of the former Prince and Princess of Wales, 19 (consumption)The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford Peter Cunningham Bickers and son 1877 100 31 August - Henrietta Nevill, Baroness Bergavenny, 38G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant (reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 42. date unknown Robert Morris, industrialists-MORR-ROB-1768 MORRIS, ROBERT (d. 1768), industrialist Robert Thomas Jenkins yes 13 March 2018 Hannah Pritchard, actress References Wales Wales Category:1768 in Europe Category:1760s in Wales