1764 in Wales
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Events from the year 1764 in Wales.
See also:List of years in Wales
Timeline of Welsh history
Timeline of Welsh history
- 1764 in
- Great Britain
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey â Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire â Thomas Morgan[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire â Thomas Wynn[5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire â Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire â George Rice[6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire â Richard Myddelton
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire â Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan â Other Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire â William Vaughan[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire â Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire â Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire â Howell Gwynne[9][2]
- Bishop of Bangor â John Egerton[10]
- Bishop of Llandaff â John Ewer[11]
- Bishop of St Asaph â Richard Newcome[12]
- Bishop of St Davids â Samuel Squire[13]
Events
- January â South Wales industrialist Anthony Bacon succeeds John Wilkes as MP for Aylesbury.[14]
- February â Thomas Nowell, the new principal of St Mary Hall, Oxford, marries Sarah Munday, daughter of the Mayor of Oxford.[15]
- 21 June â Humphrey Edwards, physician, begins a voyage round the world as physician on HMS Tamar.[16]
Arts and literature
New books
English language
- Rowland Jones â The Origin of Language and Nations[17]
- Gabriel Powell â Survey of Gower[18]
Welsh language
- Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) â Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Antient Welsh Bards[19]
- David Powell â Sail yr Athrawiaeth Gatholic[20]
- Morgan Rhys â Golwg o Ben Nebo[21]
Music
Births
- 29 April â Ann Hatton ("Ann of Swansea"), English novelist (d. 1838)[23]
- 20 June â Thomas Evans (Tomos Glyn Cothi), first Unitarian minister in Wales (d. 1833)[24]
- 20 July â Sir Robert Williams, 9th Baronet, politician (died 1830)[25]
- 27 July â John Thelwall, English-born orator, writer, political reformer, journalist and poet (died 1834)[26]
- date unknown
- William Crawshay I, ironmaster (d. 1834)[27]
- Robert Waithman, lord mayor of London (d. 1833)[28]
Deaths
- 17 March â Uvedale Tomkins Price, politician, Steward of the Courts for Denbigh, 78[29]
- 18 June â Christmas Samuel, minister and writer, 90[30]
- 22 June â Sir John Philipps, 6th Baronet, 63[31]
- 26 September â Joseph Harris, Assay-master of the Royal Mint, 60[32]
- October â Richard Lathrop, bookseller and printer, age unknown[33]
- date unknown â John Richards, preacher and poet, about 44[34]