1769 in Wales

Centuries:	16th; 17th; 18th; 19th; 20th;
Decades:	1740s; 1750s; 1760s; 1770s; 1780s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; 1769 in Great Britain Scotland

Events from the year 1769 in Wales.

Incumbents

Bishop of Bangor – John Egerton (until 10 January);[12] John Ewer
Bishop of Llandaff – John Ewer (until 10 January);[13] Jonathan Shipley (12 February - 8 September);[14] Shute Barrington (from 1 October)[15]
Bishop of St Asaph – Richard Newcome (until 3 June);[16] Jonathan Shipley (from September)[17]
Bishop of St Davids – Charles Moss (from 30 November)[18]

Events

August
- John Wesley is turned away from Welshpool Town Hall by the bailiff when he attempts to preach there during his tour of Wales.[19]
- Wesley speaks at Newtown, Montgomeryshire, and Llanidloes.
August/September - Robert Williams, a Welsh travelling preacher, arrives in America, the first licensed preacher to obtain permission from John Wesley to address the Methodist societies there.[20]
16 November - Henry Bayley succeeds to the barony of Beaudesert and takes the surname Paget.[21]
date unknown
- Daniel Rowland turns down the living of Newport, Pembrokeshire, to stay with his congregation at Llangeitho.
- Thomas Pennant employs Moses Griffith to illustrate his books of tours.

Arts and literature

New books

Elizabeth Griffith - The School for Rakes (play)[22]
William Williams (Pantycelyn) - Ffarwel Weledig, vol. 3

Births

2 February - Griffith Williams (Gutyn Peris), poet (died 1838)[23]
23 March - Benjamin Heath Malkin, antiquary and author (died 1842)[24]
3 May - John Vaughan, 3rd Earl of Lisburne, politician (died 1831)
6 December - Thomas Morgan, naval chaplain (died 1851)

Deaths

27 March - John Thomas, Anglican priest and antiquarian, 32[25]
April - Marmaduke Gwynne, father-in-law of Charles Wesley, 77/78[26]
12 April - Thomas Morgan, politician and lawyer, 66[5]
3 June - Richard Newcome, Bishop of St Asaph, 67/68[27]
July - Goronwy Owen, poet, 46[28]
19 August - Sir Herbert Lloyd, 1st Baronet, politician, 49[29]

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.
"MORGAN, Thomas (1702-69), of Ruperra, Glam. and Tredegar, Mon". History of Parliament Online (1754-1790). Retrieved 19 October 2021.
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.
Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae or a calendar of the principal ecclesiastical dignitaries in England and Wales. University Press. 1854. p. 256.
"Barrington, Shute (at Llandaff) (CCEd Appointment ID 275358)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
"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.
Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.
John Wesley (1829). The works of Rev. John Wesley, A. M. John Mason. p. 374.
Dee E. Andrews (31 March 2002). The Methodists and Revolutionary America, 1760-1800: The Shaping of an Evangelical Culture. Princeton University Press. p. 40. ISBN 0-691-09298-2.
George Edward Cokayne (1959). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom: pt. 1. Skelmersdale to Towton. St. Catherine Press, Limited. p. 200.
John Bell (1797). Bell's British Theatre: Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays. Cawthorn. pp. 2–.
Griffith Thomas Roberts. "Williams, Griffith (Gutyn Peris; 1769-1838), poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Malkin, Benjamin Heath (1769-1842), antiquary and author". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
Ramage, Helen Myfanwy (1959). "Thomas, John (1736–1769), cleric and antiquary". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
Thomas Jackson (1841). The Life of the Rev. Charles Wesley. Mason. p. 542.
"Newcome, Richard (NWCM718R2)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
David Gwenallt Jones. "Owen, Goronwy (1723-1769)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
Phillips, Bethan (2004). "Lloyd, Sir Herbert, first baronet (1720–1769)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/62906. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

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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.

[MorganHOP-5] "MORGAN, Thomas (1702-69), of Ruperra, Glam. and Tredegar, Mon". History of Parliament Online (1754-1790). Retrieved 19 October 2021.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[Fasti256-14] Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae or a calendar of the principal ecclesiastical dignitaries in England and Wales. University Press. 1854. p. 256.

[15] "Barrington, Shute (at Llandaff) (CCEd Appointment ID 275358)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 4 September 2014.

[16] "Newcome, Richard (NWCM718R2)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

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

[Fasti305-18] Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.

[Wesley1829-19] John Wesley (1829). The works of Rev. John Wesley, A. M. John Mason. p. 374.

[20] Dee E. Andrews (31 March 2002). The Methodists and Revolutionary America, 1760-1800: The Shaping of an Evangelical Culture. Princeton University Press. p. 40. ISBN 0-691-09298-2.

[21] George Edward Cokayne (1959). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom: pt. 1. Skelmersdale to Towton. St. Catherine Press, Limited. p. 200.

[Bell1797-22] John Bell (1797). Bell's British Theatre: Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays. Cawthorn. pp. 2–.

[23] Griffith Thomas Roberts. "Williams, Griffith (Gutyn Peris; 1769-1838), poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 October 2021.

[24] Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Malkin, Benjamin Heath (1769-1842), antiquary and author". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 October 2021.

[25] Ramage, Helen Myfanwy (1959). "Thomas, John (1736–1769), cleric and antiquary". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 31 March 2009.

[26] Thomas Jackson (1841). The Life of the Rev. Charles Wesley. Mason. p. 542.

[27] "Newcome, Richard (NWCM718R2)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[28] David Gwenallt Jones. "Owen, Goronwy (1723-1769)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 March 2020.

[29] Phillips, Bethan (2004). "Lloyd, Sir Herbert, first baronet (1720–1769)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/62906. (subscription or UK public library membership required)