1744 in Wales
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Events from the year 1744 in Wales.
See also:List of years in Wales
Timeline of Welsh history
Timeline of Welsh history
- 1744 in
- Great Britain
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) â George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley[1][2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan â Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton[3]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire â Thomas Morgan[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire â Wilmot Vaughan, 3rd Viscount Lisburne (from 10 May)[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire â vacant until 1755
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire â Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire â James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (until 9 August);[1]
- Bishop of Bangor â Matthew Hutton (from 13 November)[4]
- Bishop of Llandaff â John Gilbert[5][6]
- Bishop of St Asaph â Samuel Lisle (from 1 April)[7]
- Bishop of St Davids â The Hon. Richard Trevor (from 1 April)[8]
Events
- 1 April - The Hon. Richard Trevor is consecrated as Bishop of St David's, replacing Edward Willes. Samuel Lisle is consecrated as Bishop of St Asaph on the same day.[8]
- 18 May - Howell Harris marries Anne Williams.[9]
- date unknown - Richard Morris is selected by the S.P.C.K. to supervise the production of its edition of the Welsh Bible.
Arts and literature
New books
- Jane Brereton - Poems on several occasions (posthumously published)[10]
Music
- William Williams Pantycelyn - Aleluia (first collection of hymns)
Births
- 6 August - John Hanbury, ironmaster (died 1784)[11]
- 17 September - Albemarle Bertie, 9th Earl of Lindsey, father of Lady Charlotte Guest (died 1818)[12]
- date unknown
Deaths
- 19 January - Lady Lucy Herbert, writer, 74[14]
- 2 March - William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale, Jacobite, husband of Winifred Herbert, 67
- 9 August - James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire, 71[15]
- 21 September - William Nevill, 16th Baron Bergavenny, about 45[16]