1756 in Wales
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Events from the year 1756 in Wales.
Incumbents[edit]
- Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) – George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley[1][2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Other Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth[3]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Thomas Morgan[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Wilmot Vaughan, 3rd Viscount Lisburne[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice[4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Richard Myddelton
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – William Perry (until 13 January); Howell Gwynne (from 13 January)[5][1]
- Bishop of Bangor – Zachary Pearce (until 4 June);[6] John Egerton (from 4 July)[7]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Newcome[8]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Robert Hay Drummond[9]
- Bishop of St Davids – Anthony Ellys[10]
Events[edit]
- 5 January – An article appears in The New York Mercury, criticising the work of Lewis Evans in identifying boundaries in his General Map of the Middle British Colonies in America.[11]
- Spring – Completion of Britain's longest single-span bridge (at this date), William Edwards' Old Bridge, Pontypridd, over the River Taff, at the third (or fourth) attempt.[12]
- Lewis Morris loses his post as collector of tolls at Aberdyfi.[13]
Arts and literature[edit]
New books[edit]
Music[edit]
- Elis Roberts – "Argulus"
Births[edit]
- January – Richard Griffiths, industrial pioneer who opened up transport links into the Rhondda (died 1826)[16]
- 7 June – Edward Davies ("Celtic" Davies), writer (died 1831)
- 23 June – Thomas Jones, mathematician (died 1807)[17]
- 4 July – John Evans, surgeon and cartographer (died 1846)
- 18 November – Thomas Burgess, Bishop of St David's (died 1837)
- date unknown
- Thomas Jones of Denbigh, minister and author (died 1820)[18]
- Simon Lloyd, Methodist preacher (died 1836)
Deaths[edit]
- 12 June – Lewis Evans, surveyor, 56?[11]
- 5 August – Sir George Wynne, 1st Baronet, landowner and politician, 56[19]
- 14 September – William Parry, antiquarian and fellow of Jesus College, Oxford, 69[20]
- 23 September – John Talbot, judge and MP for Brecon, about 43/44[21]
- 28 October – Charles Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort, 47[22]
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Hole, Robert (2004). "Pearce, Zachary (1690–1774)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 4 June 2008.
- ^ 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.
- ^ The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ a b Mary Gwyneth Lewis. "Evans, Lewis (c.1700-1756), cartographer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ Ted Ruddock (1 January 2000). Masonry Bridges, Viaducts and Aqueducts. Ashgate Variorum. p. 221. ISBN 978-0-86078-751-8.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Morris, Lewis (Llewelyn Ddu o Fôn; 1701-1765), poet and scholar". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ Bethan M. Jenkins (15 March 2017). Writing Wales in English: Between Wales and England -: Anglophone Welsh Writing of the Eighteenth Century. University of Wales Press. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-78683-031-9.
- ^ Gruffydd Glyn Evans. "Kadwaladr, Sion fl. 1750-1765, writer of ballads and interludes". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
- ^ Lloyd, John Edward; Jenkins, R.T. (1958). The Dictionary of Welsh Biography, Down to 1940. Cardiff: William Lewis. p. 307.
- ^ "Thomas Jones (JNS774T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Thomas, Owen (2002). The atonement controversy : in Welsh theological literature & debate, 1707-1841. Edinburgh: Banner of Truth Trust. p. 151. ISBN 9780851518169.
- ^ "WYNNE, Sir George (1700-56), of Leeswood Hall, Flints". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ Cooper, Thompson (2004). "Parry, William (bap. 1687, d. 1756)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition, subscription access). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 24 April 2008.
- ^ "TALBOT, Hon. John (c.1712-56), of Lincoln's Inn". Retrieved 16 June 2016.
- ^ "Somerset, Lord Charles Noel (1709-56)". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 16 April 2019.