1759 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1759 to Wales and its people.
See also:List of years in Wales
Timeline of Welsh history
Timeline of Welsh history
- 1759 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
- 19 September â The Dowlais Iron Company is formed.
- date unknown â Evan Davies resigns as head of the Welsh Academy, following a rift between the Presbyterian and Congregational Fund Boards.[10]
Arts and literature
New books
- Blodeu-gerdd Cymry (ed. Dafydd Jones)[11]
- Mathias Maurice â Social Religion Exemplify'd[12]
- John Wesley â Primitive Physick, translated by John Evans of Bala
Births
- 1 January â Joseph Foster-Barham, owner of the Trecŵn estate (died 1832)[13]
- 11 February â John Rice Jones, Welsh-born American politician (died 1824)[14]
- 16 March â Sir John Nicholl, politician and judge (died 1838)
- 7 August â William Owen Pughe, lexicographer (died 1835)[15]
- 10 September â George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke (died 1827)
- 18 October â Theophilus Jones, historian (died 1812)[16]
- date unknown -
- William Aubrey, engineer (died 1827)[17]
- David Thomas ("Dafydd Ddu Eryri"), (died 1822)
Deaths
- 11 August â John Heylyn, Welsh-descended clergyman, 74[18]
- 27 September â Isaac Maddox, Bishop of St Asaph, 62[19]
- 2 November â Charles Hanbury Williams, diplomat and satirist, 50[20]