1747 in Wales
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Events from the year 1747 in Wales.
See also:List of years in Wales
Timeline of Welsh history
Timeline of Welsh history
- 1747 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 William Perry[1]
- Bishop of Bangor â Matthew Hutton (until 10 December)[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
- August - In the general election, William Morgan of Tredegar Park becomes MP for Monmouthshire.
- date unknown
- Construction of the Usk Bridge (Usk), designed by William Edwards, begins.
- Portrait-painter William Williams relocates to Philadelphia.
- A Quaker meeting house is established at Quakers Friars in Bristol, the burial place of Llywelyn ap Dafydd.
- James Relly reports on his missionary tour to Bristol, Bath, Gloucestershire, and Birmingham.
Arts and literature
New books
- John Boydell - The Bridge Book
Music
- William Williams Pantycelyn - Aleluia (hymns)
Births
- January - Richard Fenton, poet and author (died 1821)[9]
- 10 March - Iolo Morganwg (Edward Williams), antiquarian, poet and literary forger (died 1826)[10]
- 5 April - Sir Thomas Hanmer, 2nd Baronet (2nd creation) (died 1828)[11]
- 6 April - Moses Griffith, artist (died 1819)[12]
Deaths
- February - Walter Lloyd, lawyer and politician, 68[13]
- 9 April - John Myddelton, landowner and politician, 61[14]
- 21 July - Robert Clavering, former Bishop of Llandaff, 70/71[15]
- probable - David Lloyd, clergyman and translator
