1753 in Wales
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Events from the year 1753 in Wales.
See also:List of years in Wales
Timeline of Welsh history
Timeline of Welsh history
- 1753 in
- Great Britain
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) – George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley[1][2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton[3]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Thomas Morgan[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Wilmot Vaughan, 3rd Viscount Lisburne[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – vacant until 1755
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Richard Myddelton
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet (until 6 June);[4] Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet (from 2 August)[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – William Perry[1]
- Bishop of Bangor – Zachary Pearce[5]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Edward Cresset[6]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Robert Hay Drummond[7]
- Bishop of St Davids – Anthony Ellys (from 31 March)[8]
Events
- Lewis Morris is briefly imprisoned at Cardigan when the local squires challenge his rights as the Crown's local representative to mine for lead. As a result of the controversy, Morris visits London for the first time.
- Isaac Wilkinson of Cumbria takes out a lease on the Bersham furnace at Wrexham,[9] and settles at Plas Grono.[10]
- William Thomas, former Sheriff of Caernarvonshire, unsuccessfully brings an action in Chancery against Thomas James, Lord Bulkeley, claiming the advowson of Aber.
Arts and literature
New books
- Thomas Richards of Coychurch – Antiquæ linguæ Britannicæ thesaurus (English-Welsh dictionary)
- William Wogan – Essay on the Proper Lessons of the Church of England
Music
- 2 July – John Jones succeeds the late Johann Christoph Pepusch as organist at Charterhouse.
Births
- 2 April – William Lort Mansel, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge (died 1820)[11]
- 8 October – William Jones, Welsh-descended Governor of Rhode Island (died 1822)
- 10 December – Richard Thomas, Anglican priest and antiquarian (died 1780)
- date unknown
- Christopher Bassett, Methodist clergyman (died 1784)[12]
- Henry Davies, Baptist minister (died 1825)
Deaths
- 6 June – Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet, MP for Pembroke and Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire[13]
- date unknown
- Hughe Hughes, Dean of Bangor, about 44[14]
- William Gwyn Vaughan, politician, about 72[15]