1757 in Wales

* 1756
* 1755
* 1754
* 1753
* 1752

|  | 1757

Wales |

* 1758
* 1759
* 1760
* 1761
* 1762

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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

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* 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

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* 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

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### New books

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* 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

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

## Births

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* 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

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* 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

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1. ^ 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.
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.