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Events from the year 1767 in Wales.
Incumbents
- 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[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[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (from 16 July)[10][2]
- Bishop of Bangor – John Egerton[11]
- Bishop of Llandaff – John Ewer[12]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Richard Newcome[13]
- Bishop of St Davids – Charles Moss (from 30 November)[14]
Events
- 30 April - John Guest becomes manager of Dowlais Ironworks.[15]
- 29 August - John Wesley begins a two-week evangelical tour of South Wales.[16]
- Autumn - Cyfarthfa Ironworks probably first comes into blast.
- date unknown - On the death of Daniel Lewis, another local Baptist, Rachel Lewis, hosts meetings of multiple denominations in her home at Merthyr Tydfil.[17]
Arts and literature
New books
- Evan Thomas (Ieuan Fardd Ddu) - Traethawd ar Fywyd Ffydd[18]
Painting
- Thomas Jones is awarded a premium for landscape painting by the Society of Arts.[19]
Births
- 25 February - John Roberts, theologian (died 1834)[20]
- 2 October - John Evans, Baptist minister and writer (died 1827)[21]
- date unknown - Hugh Evans (Hywel Eryri), poet (died c.1841)[22]
- probable - James Davies, Baptist minister (died 1860)[23]
Deaths
- 29 April - Sir John Morgan, 4th Baronet, of Llangattock, politician, 56[24]
- 8 May - Emanuel Bowen, map engraver, 72[25]
- 11 September - Theophilus Evans, clergyman and historian, 74[26]
- 17 September - Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany, second son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, 28
- date unknown - Richard Nanney, evangelist, 75/76[27]
References
- ↑ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 24.
- 1 2 3 4 5 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.
- ↑ George Grenville (1962). Additional Grenville Papers 1763-1765. Manchester University Press. p. 176.
- ↑ Jonathan Williams (1859). The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. p. 115.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.
- ↑ Andrew Lorenz (16 April 2012). GKN: The Making of a Business, 1759 - 2009. John Wiley & Sons. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-470-68588-4.
- ↑ John Wesley (1971). John Wesley in Wales, 1739-1790: entries from his journal and diary relating to Wales. University of Wales Press. p. 129.
- ↑ Charles Wilkins (1867). The History of Merthyr Tydfil. H.W. Southey. p. 272.
- ↑ Thomas Isfryn Jones. "THOMAS, EVAN (Ieuan Fardd Ddu; 1733-1814), printer and translator". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ↑ Richard Griffith Owen. "JONES, THOMAS (1742-1803), landscape painter". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ↑ Megan Ellis; Llewelyn Gwyn Chambers. "ROBERTS, JOHN (1767-1834), Independent minister and theologian". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ↑ Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1889). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 18. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ↑ Robert (Bob) Owen. "EVANS, HUGH (Hywel Eryri; 1767-1841?), poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ↑ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Davies, James (1767?-1860), Baptist minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
- ↑ "MORGAN, Sir John, 4th Bt. (1710-67), of Kinnersley Castle, Herefs". History of Parliament Online (1715-1754). Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- ↑ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ↑ Enid Pierce Roberts. "Evans, Theophilus (1693-1767), cleric, historian, and man of letters". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ↑ Thomas Richards. "Nanney, Richard (1691-1767), Evangelical cleric". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
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