1766 in Wales

List of events

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* List of years in Wales

1766 in
Great Britain

Scotland

Events from the year 1766 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[9]
* Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet[2]
* Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Howell Gwynne (until 12 July);[10][2] Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (from 16 July)[11]

* Bishop of Bangor – John Egerton[12]
* Bishop of Llandaff – John Ewer[13]
* Bishop of St Asaph – Richard Newcome[14]
* Bishop of St Davids – Samuel Squire (until 7 May); Robert Lowth (from 14 June); Charles Moss (from 30 November)[15]

## Events[edit]

* 19 February \- Thomas Kymer is granted an Act of Parliament allowing him to construct the Kidwelly and Llanelly Canal.[16]
* 12 May \- Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet, marries Margaret, daughter of Rev Hugh Wynn and heiress to the Bodysgallen estate.
* 12 November \- John, Lord Mountstuart marries Charlotte Jane, granddaughter of Thomas Windsor, 1st Viscount Windsor.[17]
* unknown date \- The Welsh-language periodical Yr Awstralydd is launched by William Meirion Evans in Australia.[18]

## Arts and literature[edit]

### New books[edit]

#### English language[edit]

* Anna Williams \- Miscellanies in Prose and Verse[19]

#### Welsh language[edit]

* David Jones of Trefriw (ed.) - Cydymaith Diddan[20]
* John Roberts (Siôn Robert Lewis) \- Drych y Cristion[21]

### Music[edit]

* Elis Roberts - Oliffernes a Jiwdath[22]

### Paintings[edit]

* Richard Wilson \- Meleager and Atalanta

## Births[edit]

* March - William Turner, industrialist (died 1853)
* 10 November \- John Jones (Jac Glan-y-gors), satirical poet and radical pamphleteer (died 1821)[23]
* 6 December \- Robert Williams (Robert ap Gwilym Ddu), poet (died 1850)[24]
* 25 December \- Christmas Evans, preacher (died 1838)[25]
* unknown date \- Martha Llwyd, hymnodist (died 1845)[26]

## Deaths[edit]

* 1 January \- James Francis Edward Stuart, 77, nominally Prince of Wales from his birth until 1701[27]
* 19 January \- Wilmot Vaughan, 3rd Viscount Lisburne, landowner[28]
* 30 January \- John Jeffreys, 59, politician[29]
* June - Evan Edwards, 32, harpist[30]
* 7 May \- Samuel Squire, 51/52, Bishop of St Davids[15]
* 17 November \- Morgan Morgan, 78, Welsh-born American colonist (in America)[31]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 24.
2. ^ 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.
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.
5. ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 26.
6. ^ "Rice, George" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
7. ^ Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 612\. ISBN 9780806313146.
8. ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 29.
9. ^ George Grenville (1962). Additional Grenville Papers 1763-1765. Manchester University Press. p. 176.
10. ^ Namier, Lewis. "Gwynne, Howell (1718-80), of Garth in Llanleonfel, Brec". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
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.
14. ^ The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
15. ^ a b Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.
16. ^ Joseph Priestley (1831). Historical Account of the Navigable Rivers, Canals, and Railways of Great Britain: As a Reference to Nichols, Priestley & Walker's New Map of Inland Navigation. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green. pp. 365.
17. ^ Thomas Nicholas (1872). Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales: Containing a Record of All Ranks of the Gentry ... with Many Ancient Pedigrees and Memorials of Old and Extinct Families. Longmans, Green, Reader. p. 619.
18. ^ James Jupp; Director Centre for Immigration and Multicultural Studies James Jupp (October 2001). The Australian People: An Encyclopedia of the Nation, Its People and Their Origins. Cambridge University Press. p. 740\. ISBN 978-0-521-80789-0.
19. ^ Teresa Barnard (15 April 2016). Anna Seward: A Constructed Life: A Critical Biography. Routledge. p. 152\. ISBN 978-1-317-18067-8.
20. ^ Ffion Mair Jones (14 June 2010). 'The Bard is a Very Singular Character': Iolo Morganwg, Marginalia and Print Culture. University of Wales Press. p. 422\. ISBN 978-1-78316-407-3.
21. ^ Thomas Isfryn Jones. "ROBERTS, John (Siôn Robert Lewis; 1731-1806), author, almanack-maker, and hymn-writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
22. ^ Gruffydd Glyn Evans. "ROBERTS, ELIS (d. 1789), cooper, ballad-writer, and composer of interludes". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
23. ^ David Rowland Hughes. "Jones, John ('Jac Glan-y-gors': 1766-1821), satirical poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
24. ^ Stephen Joseph Williams. "WILLIAMS, ROBERT (Robert ap Gwilym Ddu; 1766-1850), poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
25. ^ D. Densil Morgan (2008). Wales and the Word: Historical Perspectives on Religion and Welsh Identity. University of Wales Press. p. 17\. ISBN 978-0-7083-2121-8.
26. ^ "Merched y gân". BBC Cymru Fyw (in Welsh). 30 May 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
27. ^ Deborah C. Fisher (2006). Princes of Wales. University of Wales Press. p. 75\. ISBN 978-0-7083-2003-7.
28. ^ Morgan, Gerald (1993). "The Trawsgoed inheritance". Ceredigion. XII (1): 33.
29. ^ "JEFFREYS, John (1706–66), of the Priory, Brecon, and Sheen, Surr". The History of Parliament (1715-1754). Retrieved 3 April 2016.
30. ^ Robert David Griffith. "EDWARDS, EVAN (1734-1766), harpist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
31. ^ Callahan, James Morton (1912). Butcher, Bernard Lee (ed.). Genealogical and Personal History of the Upper Monongahela Valley, West Virginia. Vol. 3\. Lewis Historical Publishers. p. 950.