1763 in Wales
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Events from the year 1763 in Wales.
Incumbents
[edit]- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Thomas Morgan[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Thomas Wynn[5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne (from 27 July)[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice[6]
- 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[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – William Vaughan[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Howell Gwynne[9][2]
- Bishop of Bangor – John Egerton[10]
- Bishop of Llandaff – John Ewer[11]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Richard Newcome[12]
- Bishop of St Davids – Samuel Squire[13]
Events
[edit]- 26 January – Herbert Lloyd, MP for Cardigan Boroughs, is created a baronet.
- 11 October – Hester Lynch Salusbury marries Henry Thrale, against her family's wishes.[14]
- 5 December – Charles Morgan replaces Thomas Morgan (of Rhiwpera) as MP for Brecon.
- Plymouth Ironworks at Merthyr Tydfil established.
- Richard Penrhyn is created Baron Penrhyn
Arts and literature
[edit]New books
[edit]- Goronwy Owen, Lewis Morris et al. – Diddanwch Teuluaidd[15]
- Tomshone Catty's Tricks[16]
Music
[edit]- Aaron Williams – The Universal Psalmodist[17]
Births
[edit]- 1 April – John Wynne Griffith, politician (died 1834)
- 13 April – Robert Nicholl Carne, landowner (died 1849)[18]
- August – Peter Bailey Williams, clergyman and author (died 1836)
Deaths
[edit]- 18 May – Robert Williams, politician, about 68[19]
- 16 July – William Morgan (of Tredegar, younger), politician, 38[20]
- 25 November – Richard Morris, father of the noted Morris brothers ("Morrisiaid Môn"), 89[21]
References
[edit]- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 24.
- ^ a b c d e J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
- ^ Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN 9780806313146.
- ^ Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. p. 169.
- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 26.
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 612. ISBN 9780806313146.
- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 29.
- ^ Namier, Lewis. "Gwynne, Howell (1718-80), of Garth in Llanleonfel, Brec". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ John McClintock; James Strong (1981). Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature. Baker Book House. p. 324.
- ^ "Ewer, John (EWR723J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
- ^ "Squire, Samuel (SKR730S)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ John Tearle (1991). Mrs. Piozzi's Tall Young Beau, William Augustus Conway. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-8386-3402-8.
- ^ Joseph Falaky Nagy; Celtic Studies Association of North America (2006). Memory and the modern in Celtic literatures. Four Courts Press. p. 44. ISBN 978-1-85182-982-8.
- ^ Helen Phillips (2008). Bandit Territories: British Outlaw Traditions. University of Wales Press. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-7083-1985-7.
- ^ The London Chronicle. 1763. p. 280.
- ^ Sylvanus, Urban (1849). "Clergy deceased". The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle. Vol. 32. London: John Bowyer Nichols and Son. pp. 662–663.
- ^ "WILLIAMS, Robert (?1695-1763), of Erbistock, Denb". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ Walter Thomas Morgan. "Morgan family, of Tredegar Park". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ John Humphreys Davies (1909). The Letters of Lewis, Richard, William and John Morris of Anglesey, (Morrisiaid Mon) 1728-1765. Published privately by the editor and printed for him by Fox, Jones.