1767 in Wales

Centuries:	16th; 17th; 18th; 19th; 20th;
Decades:	1740s; 1750s; 1760s; 1770s; 1780s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; 1767 in Great Britain Scotland

Events from the year 1767 in Wales.

Incumbents

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.
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.
"Rice, George" . 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). "Evans, John (1767-1827)" . 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.
"Bowen, Thomas" . 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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[1] Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 24.

[Sainty-2] J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.

[3] Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN 9780806313146.

[4] Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. p. 169.

[5] Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 26.

[6] "Rice, George" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

[7] Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 612. ISBN 9780806313146.

[8] Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 29.

[9] George Grenville (1962). Additional Grenville Papers 1763-1765. Manchester University Press. p. 176.

[10] Jonathan Williams (1859). The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. p. 115.

[11] John McClintock; James Strong (1981). Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature. Baker Book House. p. 324.

[12] "Ewer, John (EWR723J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[13] The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.

[Fasti305-14] Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.

[15] Andrew Lorenz (16 April 2012). GKN: The Making of a Business, 1759 - 2009. John Wiley & Sons. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-470-68588-4.

[16] John Wesley (1971). John Wesley in Wales, 1739-1790: entries from his journal and diary relating to Wales. University of Wales Press. p. 129.

[17] Charles Wilkins (1867). The History of Merthyr Tydfil. H.W. Southey. p. 272.

[18] 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.

[19] Richard Griffith Owen. "JONES, THOMAS (1742-1803), landscape painter". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 March 2018.

[20] 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.

[21] Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1889). "Evans, John (1767-1827)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 18. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

[22] Robert (Bob) Owen. "EVANS, HUGH (Hywel Eryri; 1767-1841?), poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 March 2018.

[23] Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Davies, James (1767?-1860), Baptist minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 October 2019.

[24] "MORGAN, Sir John, 4th Bt. (1710-67), of Kinnersley Castle, Herefs". History of Parliament Online (1715-1754). Retrieved 10 April 2019.

[25] "Bowen, Thomas" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

[26] 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.

[27] Thomas Richards. "Nanney, Richard (1691-1767), Evangelical cleric". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 September 2019.