1750 in Wales
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Events from the year 1750 in Wales.
See also:List of years in Wales
Timeline of Welsh history
Timeline of Welsh history
- 1750 in
- Great Britain
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, 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 Denbighshire â Richard Myddelton
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire â Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire â William Perry[1]
Events
- 9 January â At the age of 25, Henry Herbert the younger succeeds to his father's earldom of Pembroke.[8]
- "Disruption of 1750": Howell Harris and Daniel Rowland quarrel, resulting in a lasting split in the Welsh Methodist movement.[9]
- William Thomas begins his diary.[10]
Arts and literature
New books
English language
- Griffith Hughes - Natural History of Barbados[11]
Welsh language
- David Jones - Egluryn Rhyfedd[12]
- Daniel Rowland - Ymddiddan rhwng Methodist Uniawngred ac un Cyfeiliornus
Births
- June - William Morgan, actuary (died 1833)[13]
- 14 November - Edward Williams, clergyman and academic (died 1813)[14]
- 11 December - Isaac Shelby, Welsh-descended American politician (born in US; died 1826)[15]
- unknown date - Evan Davies, Independent minister (died 1806)[16]
Deaths
- 9 January - Henry Herbert, 9th Earl of Pembroke, 56[8]
- May - Sir Samuel Pennant, Lord Mayor of London[17]
- 22 May - Matthew Pritchard, Roman Catholic bishop, 81[18]
- 29 November - Bussy Mansel, 4th Baron Mansel[19]