1758 in Wales
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Events from the year 1758 in Wales.
See also:List of years in Wales
Timeline of Welsh history
Timeline of Welsh history
- 1758 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 Howell Gwynne[5][1]
- Bishop of Bangor â John Egerton[6]
- Bishop of Llandaff â Richard Newcome[7]
- Bishop of St Asaph â Robert Hay Drummond[8]
- Bishop of St Davids â Anthony Ellys[9]
Events
- April â Goronwy Owen becomes headmaster of the grammar school attached to the College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia.[10]
- 13 July â Josiah Tucker becomes Dean of Gloucester.[11]
- October â Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) becomes curate of Llanllechid.
- December â The Llangibby estate passes into the hands of the Addams-Williams family when the original Williams line dies out.[12]
- date unknown â The Welsh Charity School becomes co-educational.[13]
Arts and literature
New books
- Peter Williams â Blodau i Blant
Music
- John Thomas â Caniadau Siôn, vol. 1
Births
- 3 May â Stephen Kemble, Herefordshire-born actor, brother of Sarah Siddons (died 1822)[14]
- 24 (or 20) August â Sir Thomas Picton, soldier (died 1815)[15]
- 3 September â Henrietta Clive, Countess of Powis (died 1822)[16]
- 18 October â Theophilus Jones, lawyer and historian (died 1830)
- date unknown â Richard Fothergill, ironmaster (died 1821)[17]
- probable â Isaac Davis, advisor to Kamehameha I of Hawaii (died 1810)
Deaths
- 24 January â William Wogan, religious writer, 79[18]
- 25 January â Herbert Windsor, 2nd Viscount Windsor, 50[19]
- 18 March â Matthew Hutton, Archbishop of Canterbury and former Bishop of Bangor, 65
- 24 March â Sir Thomas Mostyn, 4th Baronet, 53[20]
- December â Sir Leonard Williams, 5th Baronet[12]