1761 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1761 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents[edit]
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet (from 25 November)[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire- Thomas Wynn (from 4 July)[5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Richard Myddelton
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet (from 10 July)
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – vacant
- Montgomeryshire – Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis (from 4 July)
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Other Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth[6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Thomas Morgan[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Wilmot Vaughan, 3rd Viscount Lisburne[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Howell Gwynne[8][2]
- Bishop of Bangor – John Egerton[9]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Newcome (until 9 July);[10] John Ewer (from 28 December)[11]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Robert Hay Drummond (until June)[12] Richard Newcome (from 9 July)
- Bishop of St Davids – Anthony Ellys (until 16 January)[13] Samuel Squire (from 24 March)
Events[edit]
- Edward Allgood II (1712–1801) establishes a japannery at Usk.[14]
- Goronwy Owen takes up his position as a rector in Virginia, and his salary is agreed.[15]
Arts and literature[edit]
New books[edit]
- Thomas Pennant – British Zoology, volume 1
- John Wesley – Rules of the United Societies, translated into Welsh by John Evans of Bala.[16]
Music[edit]
- John Parry – A Collection of Welsh, English and Scotch Airs[17]
Births[edit]
- 16 February – Priscilla Bertie, 21st Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, Welsh-descended noblewoman and Baroness Gwydyr (died 1828)
- 15 July – Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain), writer (died 1849)
- 11 October – David Charles, hymn-writer (died 1834)
- date unknown
- Charles Heath, Radical printer and writer, twice Mayor of Monmouth, in Worcestershire (died 1831)
- Elizabeth Whitlock, sister of Sarah Siddons and Julia Ann Hatton
- Helen Maria Williams, novelist and poet, in Scotland (died 1827)[18]
Deaths[edit]
- 16 January – Anthony Ellys, Bishop of St Davids, 70[13]
- 4 February – Samuel Davies, Welsh-descended evangelist in America, 37 (pneumonia)
- 8 April – Griffith Jones Llanddowror, pioneer in education, 77[19]
- 27 April – Sir William Williams, 2nd Baronet, of Clapton, Welsh-descended politician, ?31
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.
- ^ Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 612. ISBN 9780806313146.
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Newcome, Richard (NWCM718R2)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ "Allgood family". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales.
- ^ Goronwy Owen (1876). The Poetical Works of the Rev. Goronwy Owen (Goronwy Ddu O Fon): With His Life and Correspondence. Longmans, Green. p. 11.
- ^ "Evan, John (1723-1817)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales.
- ^ Phyllis Kinney (15 April 2011). Welsh Traditional Music. University of Wales Press. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-7083-2358-8.
- ^ Author and Book Info.com
- ^ Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1982. p. 449.