1764 in Wales
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Events from the year 1764 in Wales.
Incumbents
[edit]- 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
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Howell Gwynne[9][2]
- Bishop of Bangor – John Egerton[10]
- Bishop of Llandaff – John Ewer[11]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Richard Newcome[12]
- Bishop of St Davids – Samuel Squire[13]
Events
[edit]- January – South Wales industrialist Anthony Bacon succeeds John Wilkes as MP for Aylesbury.[14]
- February – Thomas Nowell, the new principal of St Mary Hall, Oxford, marries Sarah Munday, daughter of the Mayor of Oxford.[15]
- 21 June – Humphrey Edwards, physician, begins a voyage round the world as physician on the HMS Tamar.[16]
Arts and literature
[edit]New books
[edit]English language
[edit]- Rowland Jones – The Origin of Language and Nations[17]
- Gabriel Powell – Survey of Gower[18]
Welsh language
[edit]- Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) – Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Antient Welsh Bards[19]
- David Powell – Sail yr Athrawiaeth Gatholic[20]
- Morgan Rhys – Golwg o Ben Nebo[21]
Music
[edit]- 31 March – "Jones" performs on the Welsh harp at a benefit concert in Dublin, "in the true Spirit and Taste peculiar to the Genius of his Country".[22]
Births
[edit]- 29 April – Ann Hatton ("Ann of Swansea"), English novelist (d. 1838)[23]
- 20 June – Thomas Evans (Tomos Glyn Cothi), first Unitarian minister in Wales (d. 1833)[24]
- 20 July – Sir Robert Williams, 9th Baronet, politician (died 1830)[25]
- 27 July – John Thelwall, English-born orator, writer, political reformer, journalist and poet (died 1834)[26]
- date unknown
- William Crawshay I, ironmaster (d. 1834)[27]
- Robert Waithman, lord mayor of London (d. 1833)[28]
Deaths
[edit]- 17 March – Uvedale Tomkins Price, politician, Steward of the Courts for Denbigh, 78[29]
- 18 June – Christmas Samuel, minister and writer, 90[30]
- 22 June – Sir John Philipps, 6th Baronet, 63[31]
- 26 September – Joseph Harris, Assay-master of the Royal Mint, 60[32]
- October – Richard Lathrop, bookseller and printer, age unknown[33]
- date unknown – John Richards, preacher and poet, about 44[34]
References
[edit]- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 24.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Bacon, Anthony (c.1717-86), of Woodford, Essex, and Copthall Court, Throgmorton St., London". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ "Sir Thomas Munday (c.1696–1772)". Oxford History: Mayors & Lord Mayors. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ Griffith Thomas Roberts. "Edwards, Humphrey (1730-1788), physician and apothecary". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ William Rowlands. "Jones, Rowland (1722-1764), philologist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ Joan Thirsk (1967). The Agrarian History of England and Wales: 1500-1640, edited by Joan Thirsk. Cambridge University Press. p. 154. ISBN 978-0-521-06617-4.
- ^ Evan Evans (1764). Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Antient Welsh Bards. R. and J. Dodsley.
- ^ Sail yr Athrawiaeth Gatholic, gynnwysedig mewn Profess Ffydd a gyhoeddwyd gan Bâb Piws y Bedwerydd, ar wedd holiad. R. Balfe. 1764.
- ^ Gomer Morgan Roberts. "Rhys, Morgan (1716-1779), circulating schoolmaster, and hymn-writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ John C. Greene (1 December 2011). Theatre in Dublin, 1745–1820: A Calendar of Performances. Lehigh University Press. p. 895. ISBN 978-1-61146-111-4.
- ^ Philip H. Highfill; Kalman A. Burnim; Edward A. Langhans (1982). A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & and Other Stage Personnel in London: 1660-1800. SIU Press. p. 171. ISBN 978-0-8093-0918-4.
- ^ John Dyfnallt Owen. "Evans, Thomas ('Tomos Glyn Cothi'; 1764-1833), Unitarian minister [the first specifically Unitarian minister in Wales]". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ Stephen West WILLIAMS (1847). The Genealogy and History of the Family of Williams in America, More Particularly of the Descendants of Robert Williams of Roxburg. Merriam Mirick. p. 406.
- ^ David Jenkins. "Thelwall, John (1764-1834), reformer, lecturer and poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ Watkin William Price. "CRAWSHAY family, of Cyfarthfa, Glamorganshire, industrialists". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ David Williams. "Waithman, Robert (1764-1833), lord mayor of London". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ Robinson, Rev. Charles John (1873). A History of the Mansions and Manors of Herefordshire. Longman & Co.
- ^ John Dyfnallt Owen. "Samuel, Christmas (1674-1764), Independent minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ "PHILIPPS, John (1700-64), of Picton Castle, Pemb". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ^ Thomas Mardy Rees (1912). Welsh Painters, Engravers, Sculptors (1527-1911). Welsh Publishing Company. p. 71.
- ^ William Llewelyn Davies. "Lathrop, Richard (died 1764), bookseller and printer at Shrewsbury". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Richard(s), John (1720-1764), Calvinistic Methodist exhorter, and poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 14 February 2020.