1754 in Wales
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Events from the year 1754 in Wales.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - George (later George III)
- Princess of Wales - vacant
Events
- April–May - In the British general election, newly elected MPs include Robert Wynne at Caernarvon Boroughs and Benjamin Bathurst at Monmouth Boroughs.
- John Jenkin (Ioan Siengcin) opens a Welsh school at Nevern.[1]
Arts and literature
New books
- Richard Rees - Collected sermons, published by Philip Charles[2]
- Ben Simon (ed.) - Collected works of Dafydd ap Gwilym[3]
- Mêr Difinyddiaeth Iachus (second edition, with a preface by Morgan Jones)[4]
Music
- William Williams (Pantycelyn) - Hosanna i Fab Dafydd, part 2[5]
Births
- 25 November - William Parry, minister and author (died 1819)[6]
- date unknown - Charles Hassall, surveyor (died 1814)[7]
- earliest likely year - Jane Cave, poet (died 1812)[8]
Deaths
- 10 January - Erasmus Lewis, writer and civil servant, 83[9]
- 20 February - John Owen, MP, about 52[10]
- March - Henry Vaughan, Radnorshire landowner, 33 (murdered)
References
- ^ Geraint Bowen. "Jenkin, John (Ioan Siengcin; 1716-1796), poet and schoolmaster". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Rees, Richard (1707-1749), Arminian Independent minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ "Ben Simon". Welsh Biography Online. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
- ^ John Dyfnallt Owen. "Jones, Morgan (1717?-1780), Congregational minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ 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. 440.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Parry, William (1754-1819), Independent minister and tutor, and author". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ John Chapman (31 July 1992). A guide to parliamentary enclosures in Wales. University of Wales Press. p. 166. ISBN 978-0-7083-1111-0.
- ^ Roger Lonsdale; Roger H. Lonsdale (1990). Eighteenth Century Women Poets: An Oxford Anthology. Oxford University Press. p. 373. ISBN 978-0-19-282775-3.
- ^ "LEWIS, Erasmus (1671-1754), of Abercothi, Carm. and St. James's, Westminster". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ Jacob Youde William Lloyd (1885). The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher, and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog: And the Ancient Lords of Arwystli, Cedewen, and Meirionydd. T. Richards. p. 285.