1745 in Wales
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Events from the year 1745 in Wales.
See also:List of years in Wales
Timeline of Welsh history
Timeline of Welsh history
- 1745 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[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 vacant[1]
- Bishop of Bangor â Matthew Hutton[4]
- Bishop of Llandaff â John Gilbert[5][6]
- Bishop of St Asaph â Samuel Lisle[7]
- Bishop of St Davids â The Hon. Richard Trevor[8]
Events
- Following the failure of the Jacobite Rebellion, Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 3rd Baronet, is suspected of involvement and seeks protection from his father-in-law, Charles Noel Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort.
Arts and literature
Births
- 13 January â Robert Jones, Rhoslan, writer (died 1829)
- 14 February â David Davis (Castellhywel), poet (died 1827)[11]
- 15 July â Sir John Morris, 1st Baronet, industrialist (died 1819)[12]
- date unknown â Thomas Redmond, artist (died 1785)[13]
Deaths
- 22 October â William Herbert, 2nd Marquess of Powis, 80[14]
- date unknown â Erasmus Lewes, Anglican clergyman