1757 in Wales

Centuries:	16th; 17th; 18th; 19th; 20th;
Decades:	1730s; 1740s; 1750s; 1760s; 1770s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; Timeline of Welsh history 1757 in Great Britain Scotland Elsewhere

Events from the year 1757 in Wales.

Incumbents

Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) – George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley^[1]^[2]
Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Other Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth^[3]
Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Thomas Morgan^[1]
Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Wilmot Vaughan, 3rd Viscount Lisburne^[1]
Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice^[4]
Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Richard Myddelton
Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet^[1]
Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Howell Gwynne^[5]^[1]
Bishop of Bangor – John Egerton^[6]
Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Newcome^[7]
Bishop of St Asaph – Robert Hay Drummond^[8]
Bishop of St Davids – Anthony Ellys^[9]

Events

George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis, takes out a lease on Esgair-mwyn lead mine.^[10]
Hirwaun ironworks begins coke smelting.^[11]
Daines Barrington is appointed judge of the Merioneth, Caernarvonshire and Anglesey circuit (Court of Great Sessions).^[12]

Arts and literature

New books

John Dyer – The Fleece^[13]
Edward Evans – translation of S. Bourne's Catechism
Elizabeth Griffith – A Series of Genuine Letters between Henry and Frances^[14]
Joseph Harris – An Essay Upon Money and Coins
Joshua Thomas – Tystiolaeth y Credadyn^[15]

Music

Elis Roberts – "Jeils"
William Williams (Pantycelyn) – Rhai Hymnau a Chaniadau Duwiol^[16]

Births

12 September – John Williams, lawyer and writer on legal topics (died 1810)
date unknown – Thomas Foley, admiral (died 1833)^[17]
probable – Richard Jones, Ruthin priest and writer (died 1814)

Deaths

23 March – Thomas Herring, former Bishop of Bangor, 64^[18]
16 July – Richard Lloyd, politician, about 54^[19]
16 September – Savage Mostyn, naval officer, 40s
December – John Dyer, poet, 56^[20]

References

^ ^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.
^ Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 612. ISBN 9780806313146.
^ "Rice, George" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
^ 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.
^ "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.
^ "Ellys, Anthony" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
^ National Library of Wales Journal. Council of the National Library of Wales. 1999. p. 133.
^ Ince, Laurence (1993). The South Wales iron industry, 1750-1885. Great Britain: Ferric. p. 33. ISBN 9780951816516.
^ Stephens, Meic (1986). The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales. Oxford Oxfordshire New York: Oxford University Press. p. 33. ISBN 9780192115867.
^ Jack Lynch; John T. Lynch (2016). The Oxford Handbook of British Poetry, 1660-1800. Oxford University Press. p. 313. ISBN 978-0-19-960080-9.
^ Richard Griffith; Elizabeth Griffith (1761). A Series of Genuine Letters Between Henry and Frances. W. Johston.
^ Gwilym Lleyn (1869). Cambrian bibliography: containing an account of the books printed in the Welsh language, or relating to Wales, from the year 1546 to the end of the eighteenth century; with biographical notices. Printed and pub. by J. Pryse. pp. 445.
^ David Ceri Jones; Eryn Mant White (4 January 2012). The Elect Methodists: Calvinistic Methodism in England and Wales, 1735-1811. University of Wales Press. pp. 138–. ISBN 978-0-7083-2502-5.
^ Tom Wareham, ‘Foley, Sir Thomas (1757–1833)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, May 2007 accessed 9 March 2008 Oxford DNB - subscription required
^ Holtby, Robert T. (2004). "Herring, Thomas (1693–1757), archbishop of Canterbury". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13098. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "LLOYD, Richard (c.1703-57), of Mabws, Card". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
^ Shaw, Thomas B. A Complete Manual of English Literature. Ed. William Smith. New York: Sheldon & Co., 1872. 372. Print.

[Sainty-1] J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.

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

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

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

[5] Namier, Lewis. "Gwynne, Howell (1718-80), of Garth in Llanleonfel, Brec". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 7 October 2017.

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

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

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

[9] "Ellys, Anthony" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

[10] National Library of Wales Journal. Council of the National Library of Wales. 1999. p. 133.

[11] Ince, Laurence (1993). The South Wales iron industry, 1750-1885. Great Britain: Ferric. p. 33. ISBN 9780951816516.

[12] Stephens, Meic (1986). The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales. Oxford Oxfordshire New York: Oxford University Press. p. 33. ISBN 9780192115867.

[13] Jack Lynch; John T. Lynch (2016). The Oxford Handbook of British Poetry, 1660-1800. Oxford University Press. p. 313. ISBN 978-0-19-960080-9.

[14] Richard Griffith; Elizabeth Griffith (1761). A Series of Genuine Letters Between Henry and Frances. W. Johston.

[15] Gwilym Lleyn (1869). Cambrian bibliography: containing an account of the books printed in the Welsh language, or relating to Wales, from the year 1546 to the end of the eighteenth century; with biographical notices. Printed and pub. by J. Pryse. pp. 445.

[16] David Ceri Jones; Eryn Mant White (4 January 2012). The Elect Methodists: Calvinistic Methodism in England and Wales, 1735-1811. University of Wales Press. pp. 138–. ISBN 978-0-7083-2502-5.

[17] Tom Wareham, ‘Foley, Sir Thomas (1757–1833)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, May 2007 accessed 9 March 2008 Oxford DNB - subscription required

[18] Holtby, Robert T. (2004). "Herring, Thomas (1693–1757), archbishop of Canterbury". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13098. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[19] "LLOYD, Richard (c.1703-57), of Mabws, Card". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 2 January 2019.

[20] Shaw, Thomas B. A Complete Manual of English Literature. Ed. William Smith. New York: Sheldon & Co., 1872. 372. Print.

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