1755 in Wales
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Events from the year 1755 in Wales.
See also:List of years in Wales
Timeline of Welsh history
Timeline of Welsh history
- 1755 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 Other Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth[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 George Rice[4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire â Richard Myddelton
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire â Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire â William Perry[1]
- Bishop of Bangor â Zachary Pearce[5]
- Bishop of Llandaff â Edward Cresset (until 13 February); Richard Newcome (from 13 April)[6]
- Bishop of St Asaph â Robert Hay Drummond[7]
- Bishop of St Davids â Anthony Ellys[8]
Events
- Following the death of his wife in this year, Griffith Jones (Llanddowror) goes to live at the home of Madam Bridget Bevan.
- The Brecknockshire Agricultural Society is formed.
Arts and literature
New books
- Rules of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion are published.[9]
Music
- Morgan Rhys â Golwg o Ben Nebo, ar Wlad yr Addewid (collection of hymns)[10]
Births
- 22 February â Henry Nevill, 2nd Earl of Abergavenny (died 1843)
- 9 May â Wilmot Vaughan, 2nd Earl of Lisburne, owner of the Trawsgoed estate (died 1820)[11]
- 5 July â Sarah Siddons, actress (d. 1831)[12]
- 14 October â Thomas Charles of Bala, clergyman (died 1814)[13]
- 21 October â Caleb Hillier Parry, Welsh-descended physician (died 1822)
- 18 November â Rev. William Jones (died 1821)[14]
Deaths
- 13 February â Edward Cresset, Bishop of Llandaff, 57[15][16]
- 30 June â Edward Wynne, lawyer and landowner[17]
- 12 July â Zachariah Williams, inventor, 81[18]
- date unknown â John Owen, chancellor of Bangor