1765 in Wales
Events from the year 1765 in Wales.
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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 – Howell Gwynne[10][2]
Events
- July - Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis, resigns from his position as Treasurer of the Household when his former party, the Whigs, are returned to power.[15]
- 6 December – The Penrhyn estate comes into the possession of the Pennant family, through the marriage of Richard Pennant with the heiress of the Warburton family.[16]
- unknown dates
- Cyfarthfa Ironworks is founded by Anthony Bacon.[17]
- Richard Price becomes a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Arts and literature
New books
- John Jones - Catholic Faith and Practice[18]
Music
- 12 August - The Royal Shepherd, by Richard Rolt, is performed in Dublin to celebrate the birthday of the Prince of Wales.[19]
Births
- 4 May - Hopkin Bevan, minister and writer (died 1839)[20]
- 23 August - James Davies, schoolmaster[21]
- 8 October - George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor, politician (died 1852)[22]
- 13 October - J. R. Jones (Ramoth), Baptist minister (died 1822)
- date unknown - David Jones, barrister (died 1816)[23]
Deaths
- 10 April - Edward Heylyn, porcelain manufacturer, 69/70[24]
- 11 April - Lewis Morris, hydrographer and writer, eldest of the Morris brothers of Anglesey, 64[25]
- 16 May - William Wynne, lawyer and author, about 73[26]
- 8 June - Silvanus Bevan, apothecary, 73/74[27]
- 16 December - Thomas William, Methodist exhorter, 48
- 29 December - Prince Frederick William of Wales, son of the former Prince and Princess of Wales, 15[28]
References
- Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 24.
- 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.
- 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.
- Evan David Jones. "HERBERT family, (earls of POWIS)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- Raphael Samuel (1977). Miners, quarrymen, and saltworkers. Routledge & K. Paul. ISBN 978-0-7100-8353-1.
- Ince, Laurence (1993). The South Wales iron industry, 1750-1885. Great Britain: Ferric. p. 60. ISBN 9780951816516.
- Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology. J.B. Lippincott and Company. 1870. pp. 289.
- John C. Greene (2011). Theatre in Dublin, 1745-1820: A Calendar of Performances. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 990. ISBN 978-1-61146-110-7.
- Gomer Morgan Roberts. "Bevan, Hopkin (1765-1839), Calvinistic Methodist minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Davies, James (1765-1849), 'the schoolmaster of Devauden'". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- "Rice, Hon. George Talbot (1765-1852), of Newton alias Dynevor, Carm". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Heylyn, John". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. - Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Morris, Lewis (Llewelyn Ddu o Fôn; 1701-1765), poet and scholar". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- Turner, Roger (January 2008). "Wynne, William (bap. 1692, d. 1765)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
- Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Bevan, Silvanus (1691-1765), Quaker physician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- Gentleman's and Citizen's Almanack. Watson. 1772. p. 40.
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